Hi, >Date: Fri, 9 Apr 2010 00:18:24 +0400 >From: Vitaly Bordug <vitb@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> >Subject: Re: Bluetooth PAN on N900 >To: Dave Neary <dneary@xxxxxxxxx> >Cc: maemo-users@xxxxxxxxx >Message-ID: <20100409001824.2eb38e11@vitb-lp> >Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 > >? Thu, 08 Apr 2010 16:38:57 +0200 >Dave Neary <dneary@xxxxxxxxx> ?????: > >> Hi, >> >> Andre Klapper wrote: >> > Am Donnerstag, den 08.04.2010, 16:06 +0200 schrieb Andr? H?nsel: >> >> Dave Neary schrieb: >> >> >> >>> For me, the best Bluetooth PAN page is >> >>> http://wiki.maemo.org/Bluetooth_PAN >> >> You mean, that is the place where the correct information should >> >> be? Certainly, I agree, but that doesn't help me setting up >> >> Bluetooth PAN. ;) >> >> >> >> There it says, one must install the maemo-pan package, but there >> >> is no maemo-pan package, neither in the preinstalled catalogs nor >> >> in the three extra repositories. >> > >> > I think maemo-pan is in the Maemo4 (diablo) repository. I don't >> > recommend using that repository on Maemo5 (fremantle) though if you >> > don't exactly know what you are doing. >> >> OK then - what is PAN? How can I share a network connection from my >> cellular device (N900 or other) with other devices over Bluetooth from >> Maemo 4 and Maemo 5 devices? >> > >When stumbled upon this topic, I did some small investigation but fall >back to use DUN after all. > >Enabling "network" is enough to get your PC connect over BT to N900 >using PAN (and well, bluetooth manager on my Linux box reports >success). But to use that connection, it is not enough. N900 should set >up PAN network interface, and enable dhcp over that, as well as IP >forwarding. In that case, network connection will be shared over PAN >and (potentially) it will be possible for several devices to "tether" >that way, using N900 as BT gateway. > >Practically, it is not apparent to establish, and BT bandwidth is >limited anyway, so for similar usage profile WIFI hotspot mode serves >better; and BT DUN (using package available for Fremantle) in usual >tethering case. Check Maemo PC Connectivity for setting up BT (or WLAN or USB) networking for N900 and N8x0 devices. http://maemo.org/news/announcements/maemo_pc_connectivity_2nd_edition_final_released/ The PreFinal version of Maemo PC Connectivity Tutorial is available as HTML and PDF document here: http://tablets-dev.nokia.com/maemo-dev-env-downloads.php Cheers, //Jarmo _______________________________________________ maemo-users mailing list maemo-users@xxxxxxxxx https://lists.maemo.org/mailman/listinfo/maemo-users
