On Tue, 2008-04-15 at 22:10 +0200, dexters84 wrote: [correcting top-posting] > > 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 > > > 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.
Thanks, you pointed me in the right direction! The solution is really unobvious but described here: http://bluez.sourceforge.net/contrib/HOWTO-PAN
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