I've did this thing a while ago. Bluetooth router is a cool thing,
unfortunatelly only in theory.
To solve Your problem, look in /etc/bluetooth directory and check the
manual of bluez - there are a couple of pre-up and post-up scritps that
solve the problem.
I did manage to get bt router working but my usb dongle was cousing a
lot of problems - long story short - one dongle was not sufficient for
more than two simultanous connections.
Florian Philipp pisze:
Hi list!
I could need some help.
Long story (if you don't want to hear, scroll down):
For six months a year I'm attending a university of cooperative
education and although I pay 1000€ a year for infrastructure and stuff
like that its services for students are a big joke. Especially its
WLAN-hotspot isn't nearly up to the job.
Because I have an UMTS-card my idea was to set up a personal area
network (PAN) via bluetooth and act as a router to support my friends
during the WLAN-outages.
Most of the job is already done but I have problems setting up a
DHCP-server and the network configuration. Because the virtual ethernet
interface only exists when a connection is established, dhcpd doesn't
start from the init-script and, although I haven't tried it yet, normal
network config shouldn't fare any better. When the last client
disconnects, all the configuration is gone and when someone reconnects,
I have to call "ifconfig bnep0 192.168.4.1" again.
Short question:
How do I automate the configuration of network interfaces and related
deamons when the whole interface keeps appearing and disappearing out of
the clear blue sky?
I don't think ifplugd will be up to the job (haven't tried it though).
Thanks in advance!
Florian Philipp
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