On Sat, Feb 28, 2009 at 11:32 PM, Lee Jones <slothpuck@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hello all, > > Here's what I am trying to do. Basically my aim is to use USB based > bluetooth adapters to share an internet connection from one PC to an > old Apple imac (G3). However, I'm not really having much success in > doing so. > > First of all let me mention what version of linux distro I'm using. > The computer(s) I am using all run slackware, slamd64 (64-bit version > of slackware) and slackintosh (a PPC version of slackware). From > memory, slackintosh is 12.1; slackware and slamd64 are on 12.2 . > > Unfortunatly although slackware already comes with a compiled version > of bluez which appears to be functioning I cannot really find any > information on how to set it all up. All the information to date I've > come across by googling suggests the following; > > * Refers to a different distro (e.g. ubuntu) so all the config/setup > details are different. > * The information is 3,4,5 or more years old and out of date. > * "Install KDE". :( . > > Ok so you might wonder why I don't just use wireless? Well, the idea > goes like this -- use wireless (which is already functioning on the PC > running slamd64) to get the internet connection (fully working, I'm > using it right now to type this message and email it!) and then use > bluetooth on the old imac G3 with slackintosh to share the PC's > internet connection. Ndiswrapper could never work on the G3 since it's > only for x86, not PPC, and none of my USB wireless adapters work > without ndiswrapper. Besides, on such an old (but usable) machine the > full speed of a wlan (wireless) USB would never be used. > > But bluetooth *does* seem to work on the G3, and for that matter -the > 64 bit (slamd64) system too! Only snag is .... is how to set it all > up. > > One bluetooth adapter (on the 64 bit system) is configured with MAC > address 00:11:67:45:45:45 > The other (G3 imac) is configured with MAC address 00:11:67:18:18:18 > > So far, I can get each adapter to scan one another, and they detect > one another ok. So "hcitool scan" on the system with MAC address > displays 00:11:67:18:18:18; the other 00:11:67:45:45:45 . But that's > as far as I can get! > > Now if I try hcitool hci0 up, and try to l2ping one anothers' > bluetooth USB sticks, I always get the same message - "no route to > host". Trying something like "sdptool browse 00:11:67:45:45:45" > displays nothing, I have to hit CTRL-C to stop it. > > I understand that both USB bluetooth sticks need to "see" each other > but that's where I cannot find the information. Both of my USB > bluetooth sticks have green LEDs which flash on and off, which (I'm > guessing) means they're looking for one another but can't find one > another. > > Can anyone help on this? > > ljones > I should also add that I get exactly the same problems if I replace the G3 imac with a normal PC laptop, I have tried doing the same thing by replacing the G3 imac with an IBM T22 laptop, but I get the same problems. ljones -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-bluetooth" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
