Step by step Guide:
This guide should also work with kernel 2.4.18-14 (shipped with RedHat
. First, verify your kernel version with:uname -r
Download the following files from http://bluez.sourceforge.net/download/redhat/
bluez-bluefw-0.9-1.i386.rpm
bluez-libs-2.3-1.i386.rpm
bluez-pan-1.1pre4-1.i386.rpm
bluez-sdp-1.0rc2-1.i386.rpm
bluez-utils-2.2-1.i386.rpm
Install the packages with:
rpm -ivh bluez-libs-2.3-1.i386.rpm
rpm -ivh bluez-utils-2.2-1.i386.rpm
rpm -ivh bluez-bluefw-0.9-1.i386.rpm
rpm -ivh bluez-pan-1.1pre4-1.i386.rpm
rpm -ivh bluez-sdp-1.0rc2-1.i386.rpm
Add the following lines to your /etc/modules.conf
alias net-pf-31 bluez
alias bt-proto-0 l2cap
alias bt-proto-2 sco
alias tty-ldisc-15 hci_uart
alias bt-proto-3 rfcomm
Now, create the dependencies with:
depmod -a
Manually load the modules with:
modprobe bluez
modprobe hci_usb
modprobe hci_uart
modprobe l2cap
modprobe sco
Connect your Bluetooth USB Dongle, and issue the following attach the device with the following commands:
hcid -f /etc/bluetooth/hcid.conf
hciattach /dev/ttyUB0 csr 115200 flow (you might want to try this again in case it fails)
hciconfig hci0 up
Finally, hcitool should list your device address:
hcitool dev
Devices:
hci0 00:08:1B:00:CA:CE
Repeat this procedure in your remote computer. You should now be able to see your remote device with:
hcitool scan
Scanning ...
00:08:1B:00:B7:67 BlueZ (0)
You can also ping your remote device with l2ping (make sure you replace the remote address with your remote computes's address):
l2ping 00:08:1B:00:CA:CE
Ping: 00:08:1B:00:CA:CE from 00:08:1B:00:B7:67 (data size 20) ...
no response from 00:08:1B:00:CA:CE: id 200
20 bytes from 00:08:1B:00:CA:CE id 201 time 62.37ms
20 bytes from 00:08:1B:00:CA:CE id 202 time 42.54ms
20 bytes from 00:08:1B:00:CA:CE id 203 time 46.60ms
20 bytes from 00:08:1B:00:CA:CE id 204 time 39.74ms
Edit /usr/local/etc/rfcommd.conf on the server side as follows:
options {
psm 3; # Listen on this psm.
ppp /usr/sbin/pppd;
ifconfig /sbin/ifconfig;
route /sbin/route;
firewall /sbin/ipchains;
}
# Network Access
na {
channel 1;
up {
ppp "noauth 10.0.0.1:10.0.0.2";
};
}
Start rfcommd server (ip address 10.0.0.1) with:
# rfcommd -s na
Edit /usr/local/etc/rfcommd.conf on the client side as follows:
options {
psm 3; # Listen on this psm.
ppp /usr/sbin/pppd;
ifconfig /sbin/ifconfig;
route /sbin/route;
firewall /sbin/ipchains;
}
# Network Access
na {
channel 1;
up {
ppp "noauth";
};
}
Start rfcommd client (ip address 10.0.0.2) with:
rfcommd na 00:08:1B:00:B7:67
(replace address with your server's address)
Check /var/log/messages on both computers and make sure that there is no errors.
Now you can get your server to forward ip packets or just install a proxy server in order to share your internet connection.
Enjoy
Julian