Date: Thu, 12 Feb 2009 09:30:39 +0200 From: Alexander Motin <mav@mavhome.dp.ua> To: Jack Twilley <jmt@twilley.org> Cc: Vincent Hoffman <vince@unsane.co.uk>, freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Tethering with HTC Touch Pro -- how? Message-ID: <4993D01F.5070507@mavhome.dp.ua> In-Reply-To: <4993CF8B.2030103@mavhome.dp.ua> References: <1233145383.00067348.1233133205@10.7.7.3> <1233231789.00067817.1233220802@10.7.7.3> <1233761002.00070820.1233750002@10.7.7.3> <1233761005.00070824.1233750602@10.7.7.3> <1234419790.00074006.1234407602@10.7.7.3> <4993CF8B.2030103@mavhome.dp.ua>
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Alexander Motin wrote: > Jack Twilley wrote: >> Alexander Motin wrote: >>> Vincent Hoffman wrote: >>>> On 29/1/09 09:13, Alexander Motin wrote: >>>>> Jack Twilley wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> I have enabled internet connection sharing on my HTC Touch Pro by >>>>>> modifying the registry. The phone works for tethering on my Vista >>>>>> box >>>>>> as expected. How do I make it work on FreeBSD? >>>>>> >>>>> I am successfully using my Qtek S200 with WM6.1 as plain Bluetooth >>>>> GPRS/EDGE modem. BT PAN profile could be better for internet >>>>> sharing; I >>>>> haven't seen it implemented, but there were some activity. Sharing via >>>>> USB cable requires RNDIS support, which is also not implemented, AFAIK >>>>> due to buggy and undocumented protocol. >>>>> >>>> Just as a quick appendium, bluetooth PAN support got added to >>>> -CURRENT a >>>> couple of days ago. >>>> I'll try and dig out my old HTC Hermes and test it, will report >>>> back if >>>> I do. >>> >>> I have even tested it already and replied on freebsd-bluetooth@. It >>> works fine with my Qtek S200 with WM6.1. >> >> I went to the freebsd-bluetooth mailing list archives and saw that it >> worked, but nobody's actually posted anything on how to do it, >> starting from a system with a recent -CURRENT and a phone that can do >> the right thing. >> >> I was able to use the FreeBSD Handbook chapter on Bluetooth to do >> stuff like successfully pair my phone and my laptop. I was able to >> search for nap and opush with sdpcontrol and see a screen or so each >> of output but I didn't quite see what to do next. The chapter talks >> about searching and browsing services, and I can run the commands and >> get output, but it doesn't quite make enough sense for me to move >> forward. If you can document what you did to make it work, what >> commands and configuration files and all, that'd be really really >> helpful to those of us who aren't as familiar with Bluetooth as you >> guys and just want to tether our laptops. > > I have written such script for myself: > > #!/bin/sh > > trap "/usr/bin/killall btpand" SIGINT > > ifconfig tap10 create && \ > btpand -d acer -a s200 -s NAP -i tap10 && \ > sleep 1 && \ > dhclient tap10 && \ > echo Running... && \ > while pgrep btpand >/dev/null > do > sleep 2 > done && > printf 'Terminated\a' > echo > ifconfig tap10 destroy > > acer is the my system name and s200 is my phone name, both addresses > added to /etc/bluetooth/hosts. If devices are peered, no other > configuration required. The only thing needed in my case is to l2ping > phone several times before connecting, to wake it's BT up. Surely you should also run "Internet sharing" application on phone. -- Alexander Motin
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