F8x86_64 on the Acer Ferrari 3400LMi
#Bluetooth address of the phone device 00:0A:D9:E9:D8:4F;
#RFCOMM channel for the Dial Up Networking service channel 4;
#Description of the connection
comment "Modem on my phone";
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13.2.4 Dynamic routine
If the method above works, you are all set and done. I started out that way and everything worked great for a while. Then all of a sudden I was unable to connect. It turned out that the DUN channel on my phone had changed!?! Instead of 4 as in the example above it showed up as channel 2, and later on as channel 3...
The statical configuration done by editing the rfcomm.conf file cannot handle this confusion. Instead I needed to dynamically decide which channel my phone used for the DUN service today and bind to it.
This is done in a simple shell script, that is called just before I intend to connect. Personally, I use Kppp and find it great for both modemtomodem dialups and GPRS connections. So, I have configured KDE to call my script just before Kppp is opened.
First I was a bit suspicious about this method to work all the time, but I have not had any trouble this far and I have been using it for years now. You may find a printout of the script in Appendix C, or download it from http://ferrari.databa.se/3400/f8/dunbind.sh. Obviously, you will need to change the name of the bluetooth device, BTNAME, and maybe the port to connect it to, RFPORT. Once that is done you may test run it:
#wget http://ferrari.databa.se/3400/f8/dunbind.sh
#chmod +x dunbind.sh
#./dunbind.sh
Checking | for local Bluetooth device... | [ | OK | ] | |
Checking | that | /dev/rfcomm1 is free... | [ | OK | ] |
Searching for | remote Bluetooth device SGs P900... | [ | OK | ] | |
Searching for | Dial Up Networking service... | [ | OK | ] | |
Binding /dev/rfcomm1 to DUN channel 3... | [ | OK | ] | ||
# rfcomm | a |
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rfcomm1: | 00:0A:D9:E9:D8:4F channel 3 clean |
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Now all you need to do when you want to use your phone as a modem are the most basic steps:
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Turn on bluetooth on your phone
Turn on the bluetooth hardware on your laptop Dial!
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