Connecting to the Internet via Bluetooth and Orange (Partner) Cellular Network

[Amichai Rotman]

Thanks guys, for that.

I agree it isn't a good idea to use the Bluetooth method...

Can you tell me what do I have to do to make this work with the USB cable?

Thanks!

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Amichai Rotman

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On Mon, May 25, 2009 at 14:44, Nitzan Brumer <nitzanb at gmail.com> wrote:
> I'm using USB cable to do that, using 3g modem with BT drains a lot of power
> from the battery.
> But I'm guessing that you will have to do that:
>
> 1. hcitool scan - to find your cellular Mac address
> 2. sdptool browse Mac_Address - check the Dialup Networking for "channel
> number"
> 3. sudo gedit /etc/bluetooth/rfcomm.conf
> create a new BT object:
> rfcomm0 {
>            bind yes;
>            device MAC_ADDRESS;
>            channel CHANNEL;
>            comment "nokia ppp";
> }
> well, thats the first steps, than you should try to connect to your nokia, I
> think you should select "pc Suite" in order to connect to the Internet.
> That's what I did with 8.04 : http://n2b.org/archives/859
>
> On Mon, May 25, 2009 at 2:11 PM, Amichai Rotman <amichai at iglu.org.il> wrote:
>>
>> Hello all,
>>
>> I have an Asus eeePC running Ubuntu Mobile Remix (9.04).
>>
>> I'd like to be able to surf the Internet using my Nokia 71's GSM modem
>> over Bluetooth.
>>
>> I have the Mobile Broadband tab in the Network preferences, and I add
>> Orange.
>>
>> What's the next step?
>>
>> Any of you got this to work?
>>
>> Thanks!
>>
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>>
>> Amichai Rotman
>>
>> UIN#: 6401746
>> Registered Linux User#: 201192 [http://counter.li.org/]
>> Registered Ubuntu User #12851 [http://ubuntucounter.geekosophical.net]
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