Access internet via phone using Bluetooth PAN: 'modprobe bnep' has no effect?

[cyberco]

Using Ubunty Feisty I want to access the internet via my 3G phone using bluetooth. I've been struggling with this issue for quite a while now and would like to get it working so I don't have to switch to Windows when I'm on the road.

Here are the steps I've taken:

- pair the laptop and phone (windows mobile 5)
- phone: turn on 'internet sharing'
- For the laptop I follow the steps as described here:
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.p...bluetooth+pand
- 'hcitool scan' works fine and shows list of BT devices
- Edit '/etc/bluetooth/hcid.conf' and set:
autoinit yes
security auto
pairing multi
passkey "0000"
- But then: 'sudo modprobe bnep' gives no output. As if nothing happens.
-- 'iwconfig' shows no bnep0,
-- so doing 'sudo ifconfig bnep0' throws an error saying 'bnep0: error fetching interface information: Device not found'
- What I've also tried:
-- set 'PAND_ENABLED=1' in '/etc/init.d/bluetooth'
-- What's discussed here (second half): http://news.softpedia.com/news/Conne...on-50670.shtml

I'm at a loss, I have no idea what I'm doing wrong and where I should be looking for a solution.

Some relevant links that I found but didn't solve my issue:

Other way around (laptop/desktop as internet proxy for phone)
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.p...bluetooth+pand

General:
http://bluez.sourceforge.net/contrib/HOWTO-PAN

In Gentoo:
http://gentoo-wiki.com/HOWTO_The_host-to-host_Bluetooth

Dialup networking:
http://www.howtoforge.com/bluetooth_pand_debian_etch

[evuraan]

Try calling pand manually, and see if bnep0 is created:

# pand --listen -c <macid> --role=NAP -n --persist
pand[11406]: Bluetooth PAN daemon version 3.9
pand[11406]: Connecting to <macid>
pand[11406]: bnep0 connected

[cyberco]

Originally Posted by evuraan Try calling pand manually, and see if bnep0 is created: # pand --listen -c <macid> --role=NAP -n --persist pand[11406]: Bluetooth PAN daemon version 3.9 pand[11406]: Connecting to <macid> pand[11406]: bnep0 connected

That solved my problem! Thank you very much!

So the steps I now take are:

sudo pand --listen -c 00:17:83:11:AB:F9 --role=NAP -n --persist

Then in another terminal:

sudo ifconfig bnep0
sudo ifup bnep0

One small question I still have is how I can put this all in one script (which launches 'pand' in a seperate process/thread).

[evuraan]

Just evoke pand without -n and --persist, you won't need to spawn another terminal.

pand man page:

       --nodetach -n
              Do not become a daemon

       --persist -p[interval]
              Persist mode

[tech0007]

Originally Posted by evuraan Try calling pand manually, and see if bnep0 is created: # pand --listen -c <macid> --role=NAP -n --persist pand[11406]: Bluetooth PAN daemon version 3.9 pand[11406]: Connecting to <macid> pand[11406]: bnep0 connected

I get this error why I do 'pand --listen -c <macid> --role=NAP -n --persist'

SIOCSIFADDR: No such device
bnep0: unknown interface: No such device
SIOCSIFNETMASK: No such device

I would appreciate any help.

[cyberco]

Originally Posted by tech0007 I get this error why I do 'pand --listen -c <macid> --role=NAP -n --persist' SIOCSIFADDR: No such device bnep0: unknown interface: No such device SIOCSIFNETMASK: No such device I would appreciate any help.

According to:

http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/li...-enable.html#2

it looks as if your 'BNEP (Bluetooth Network Encapsulation Protocol)' doesn't 'register itself with the Linux networking layer as an Ethernet device'. It should show up when issuing 'ifconfig'.

I'm sorry I can't help you any further than that, but I hope it helps.

[ivaylo]

Hi,

Can anyone explain me what can be the cause for

pand[3947]: Connecting to <macid>
pand[3947]: Connect to <macid> failed. Connection refused(111)

I want to note, also that I have pan0 device and I can assign an IP on it. I don't really know where this device came from

I hope that someone will help me with this

[3gun]

Originally Posted by evuraan Try calling pand manually, and see if bnep0 is created: # pand --listen -c <macid> --role=NAP -n --persist pand[11406]: Bluetooth PAN daemon version 3.9 pand[11406]: Connecting to <macid> pand[11406]: bnep0 connected

that didn't solve my problem

modprobe bnep
pand --listen --role GN
ifconfig bnep0 10.0.0.1

DID work for some time. but after i tried to make it a script and put it in /etc/init.d and update-rc.d myscript defaults device became unfindable by others. even after removing script with update-rc.d -f myscript remove and rm /etc/init.d/myscript. there are outputs of some commands:

# pand --listen -c 00:09:D0:50:0F:44 --role NAP -n
pand[6521]: Bluetooth PAN daemon version 3.19
pand[6521]: Connecting to 00:09:D0:50:0F:44
pand[6521]: Connect to 00:09:D0:50:0F:44 failed. No route to host(113)

# pand --listen --role NAP -n
pand[6518]: Bluetooth PAN daemon version 3.19
// now it hangs...

also tried all of this after calling /etc/init.d/bluetooth restart. didn't help too.
there are no bnep0 in output of ifconfig.
PS: trouble came after Vista connected to Ubuntu, any ideas?

[flytripper]

may i ask why? are you rich? have you any idea how much phone companies charge for that kind of connection? i am in england and on o2 if i acces the internet on my pc through my mobile its like 5 quid a MB. the guy in the shop looked horrified when i inquired as to the tarrif for that kind of thing..

[3gun]

actually, i don't need an internet via phone )) my point is to connect my PC with my notebook with PAN, but i have a same problem as posted in #1

P.S. sometimes it's useful to have inet via phone. f.e. when u're on study