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= How to Use Internet Over Mobile Phone =

== General ==
This page describes how you can connect your Computer with your mobile phone using bluetooth to get an internet connection.

If you cannot get a GPRS Connection from your mobile phone yet, it most likely won't work with your computer as well, get it work with your phone alone before attempting to get it with computer. Hint: Call your ISP, they'll send you the configuration for your phone if you ask them.

== Linux ==
Get a root shell
 sudo bash

or
 su -

=== Check if everything is in place ===
 updatedb # generates index of files on disk
 locate pppd # searches that index for pppd (there should be one in: /usr/sbin)
 locate rfcomm # in /usr/bin
if any of theese commands are unfamiliar to you, read the DESCRIPTION part of the man page (try "apropos ppp" or "man pppd")

If theese are not in place use apt or emerge (depending on distribution) to find and get them.
The packages on ubuntu are:
 bluez-utils
 libbluetooth2

"hciconfig" should show like this:
 hci0:   Type: USB
         BD Address: 00:1E:37:E6:3F:62 ACL MTU: 1017:8 SCO MTU: 64:8
         UP RUNNING PSCAN ISCAN 
         RX bytes:9298 acl:42 sco:0 events:94 errors:0
         TX bytes:1333 acl:31 sco:0 commands:43 errors:0

IF NOT: your bluetooth device is not up and running, try switching off and on again. If that does not help: search "howto bluetooth linux" and your machine name (e.G. "HP 2510p").

"hcitool scan" should show like this:
 Scanning ...
        00:17:B0:40:29:18       Ben Mobile
IF NOT: your computer does not detect your mobile. Try switching the bluetooth of your computer and mobile off and on again, then test again. If that does not help search: "howto bluetooth linux mobile" and your machine and mobile name.

=== setting up config files ===
==== /etc/ppp/peers/gprs ====
 /dev/rfcomm0 115200
 connect '/usr/sbin/chat -v -f /etc/chatscripts/gprs'
 noauth
 defaultroute
 usepeerdns
 debug
 noipdefault
 local
 ipcp-accept-local
 novj
 novjccomp
 lcp-echo-failure 10000
 lcp-echo-interval 1000
===== Explantation =====
/dev/rfcomm0 is the channel that rfcomm listens to.
115200 the connection speed. (115200 bits/sec)

/usr/sbin/chat is the protocoll to use (chat)
/etc/chatscripts/gprs references the config for that chat.

==== /etc/chatscripts/gprs ====
 TIMEOUT         5
 ECHO            ON
 ABORT           '\nBUSY\r'
 ABORT           '\nERROR\r'
 ABORT           '\nNO ANSWER\r'
 ABORT           '\nNO CARRIER\r'
 ABORT           '\nNO DIALTONE\r'
 ABORT           '\nRINGING\r\n\r\nRINGING\r'
 ''              \rAT
 TIMEOUT         15
 OK              ATE1
 OK              'AT+CGDCONT=1,"IP","internet.eplus.de","",0,0'
 OK              ATD*99***1#
 CONNECT         ""
===== Explantations =====
"internet.eplus.de" has to be changed for your ISP. There is a list at the bottom of the page [[#List Of ISP Specific Data]]

=== Last steps ===
open 2 shells, get root in both of them:
first:
 rfcomm connect 0 00:17:B0:40:29:18
second:
 pon gprs
 route del default gw
 route add default gw 10.6.6.6
==== Explantations ====
* rfcomm opens the bluetooth connection. 00:17:B0:40:29:18 is the address of my phone, yours is different!
* pon opens a ppp connection (the file /etc/ppp/peers/'gprs' is the config for it
* route del default gw removes the old gateway adress (if any)
* route add default gw 10.6.6.6 sets the new one 
10.6.6.6 is the gateway of my isp, lookup yours [[#List Of ISP Specific Data|below]] or do
 ifconfig ppp0
and use the 'P-t-P:' value found there

=== Done ===
=== Knows Problems ===
* The connection has to be established manually
* The default route won't be set automagically

=== Tested with ===
==== Mobile Phones ====
* Nokia 6103
==== Computers ====
* HP 2510p
==== ISPs ====
* EPlus (BASE) Germany
==== Distributions ====
* Ubuntu 7.10


== Windows ==
=== Tested with ===
==== Mobile Phones ====
==== Computers ====
==== ISPs ====

== Weblinks ==
* [[http://www.unix-ag.uni-kl.de/~leonard/linux-n6600-howto.html For Nokia 6660]]
* [[http://users.tkk.fi/u/kehannin/bluetooth/bluetooth.html For Nokia 6310]]
* [[http://www.free-sms-world.de/handy-konfiguration.php configs for some german ISPs]] 

== Google searches ==
* howto ppp over bluetooth Nokia
* Nokia 6103 PPP howto linux

== List Of ISP Specific Data ==
=== Germany ===
==== Eplus ====
* Zugangspunkt/APN/Accesspoint: internet.eplus.de
* gateway adress: 10.6.6.6

== References ==
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== Categories ==
[[category: Computer|Computer]]