How to connect to the Internet using Bluetooth Cellphone on Ubuntu
Cellphone that has Bluetooth and modem capability can be used as a dial up modem that will make you could access the Internet. Below are steps you have to do:
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First, install ‘bluez-gnome’ you could install it via Synaptic
System > Administration > Synaptic.
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Install the gnome-ppp.
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Plug your bluetooth, wait until the Bluetooth icon appears on the Tray.
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Activate your cellphone’s bluetooth then do pairing first.
Check whether the bluetooth already recognized or not by clicking
lsusb | grep Bluetooth Bus 002 Device 002: ID 1131:1001 Integrated System Solution Corp. KY-BT100 Bluetooth Adapter
Activate the bluetooth then scan it from your computer.
hcitool scan
Scanning ...00:1A:75:B3:04:C5 Dayat-Phone.
choose the cellphone’s channel to edit.
sdptoop search DUN
Inquiring ...Searching for DUN on 00:1A:75:B3:04:C5 ...Service Name: Dial-up NetworkingService RecHandle: 0x10002Service Class ID List:"Dialup Networking" (0x1103)"Generic Networking" (0x1201)Protocol Descriptor List:"L2CAP" (0x0100)"RFCOMM" (0x0003)Channel: 2Profile Descriptor List:"Dialup Networking" (0x1103)Version: 0x0100
Edit the rfcomm.conf to make it fits the scanning result.
sudo gedit /etc/bluetooth/rfcomm.conf
Edit the file so it looks like this
rfcomm0 {bind yes;device 00:1A:75:B3:04:C5;channel 2;comment ?Bluetooth Modem?;}
Do binding first, by executing:
sudo rfcomm bind 0 00:1A:75:B3:04:C5 2
Check binding’s result:
rfcomm
rfcomm0: 00:1A:75:B3:04:C5 channel 1 clean
Edit the wvdial.conf
sudo gedit /etc/wvdial.conf
Edit it to make it match the description of your ISP
[Dialer Defaults] Modem = /dev/rfcomm0 Baud = 56700 Init1 = AT Init2= AT&FE0V1&D2&C1S0=0 Phone = dial_number Username = your_username Password = your_password Stuppid Mode = yes
Start the connection, you could use wvdial or gnome-ppp.
Tags: Ubuntu, Bluetooth, Cell Phone, Connect to Internet
