Damn Small Linux - Not!

Juanito · Joined: 11 Sep 2006 Posts: 88 Location: Dubai, U.A.E.

This might seem obvious, but remember to switch your Bluetooth device on before starting (enabled in BIOS, software & hardware switch)

[load the bluetooth utilities or bluez-utils.dsl once I post it]

#apt-get install bluez-utils

[Load the required modules]

# modprobe hci_usb
# modprobe rfcomm

[Check details of your local Bluetooth device]

# hcitool dev

Devices:
ID Dell TrueMobile Bluetooth Module USB\VID_413C&PID_8000
Dell TrueMobile Bluetooth Module
Manufacturer: Widcomm [now Broadcom...]
USB device
Manufacturer: Cambridge Silicon Radio
Firmware Revision: 1266
Bluetooth Device Address (BDA) 00:10:C6:56:F4:9F
HCI Version: Bluetooth HCI 1.2
LMP Version: Bluetooth LMP 1.2
LMP Sub Version: 04F2

[bring up the interface]

# hciconfig hci0 up

[verify everything loaded OK]

# hciconfig -a
hci0: Type: USB
BD Address: 00:10:C6:56:F4:9F ACL MTU: 192:8 SCO MTU: 64:8
UP RUNNING PSCAN ISCAN
RX bytes:71 acl:0 sco:0 events:8 errors:0
TX bytes:31 acl:0 sco:0 commands:8 errors:0
Features: 0xff 0xff 0x8f 0x78 0x18 0x18 0x00 0x80
Packet type: DM1 DM3 DM5 DH1 DH3 DH5 HV1 HV2 HV3
Link policy:
Link mode: SLAVE ACCEPT
Name: 'CSR - bc2'
Class: 0x000000
Service Classes: Unspecified
Device Class: Miscellaneous,
HCI Ver: 1.2 (0x2) HCI Rev: 0x4f2 LMP Ver: 1.2 (0x2) LMP Subver: 0x4f2
Manufacturer: Cambridge Silicon Radio (10)

# hcitool dev
Devices:
hci0 00:10:C6:56:F4:9

[Now look for remote devices within range]

# hcitool scan
Scanning ...
00:0A:D9:E8:4A:65 .P900 [mobile phone]

[Check communication with remote device]

# l2ping 00:0A:D9:E8:4A:65
Ping: 00:0A:D9:E8:4A:65 from 00:10:C6:56:F4:9F (data size 20) ...
0 bytes from 00:0A:D9:E8:4A:65 id 0 time 56.93ms
0 bytes from 00:0A:D9:E8:4A:65 id 1 time 36.70ms
0 bytes from 00:0A:D9:E8:4A:65 id 2 time 31.67ms
<ctrl-c>
3 sent, 3 received, 0% loss

[Pair with remote device]

# hcitool auth 00:0A:D9:E8:4A:65 [asks for PIN on screen, PIN request on mobile]

[Search for modem on remote device and connect to it]

# sdptool search DUN
Inquiring ...
Searching for DUN on 00:0A:D9:E8:4A:65 ...
Service Name: Dial-up Networking
Service Description: Dial-up Networking
Service Provider: Sony Ericsson
Service RecHandle: 0x10015
Service Class ID List:
"Dialup Networking" (0x1103)
Protocol Descriptor List:
"L2CAP" (0x0100)
"RFCOMM" (0x0003)
Channel: 7
Language Base Attr List:
code_ISO639: 0x656e
encoding: 0x6a
base_offset: 0x100
Profile Descriptor List:
"Dialup Networking" (0x1103)
Version: 0x0100

# rfcomm bind 0 00:0A:D9:E8:4A:65 1

[Check connection made OK]

# rfcomm show
rfcomm0: 00:0A:D9:E8:4A:65 channel 1 clean

Now I guess you are ready to use your mobile phone modem to connect to the Internet - didn't try it yet though...

uddevil · Joined: 15 Dec 2006 Posts: 4 Location: Bandung, Indonesia

can i use this for sending / receiving data from my cellphone..?

thanks

Juanito · Joined: 11 Sep 2006 Posts: 88 Location: Dubai, U.A.E.

Apparently you can - I saw via Google that several had managed it using other versions of Linux.
Let us know how you get on