How to Use Internet Over Mobile Phone

How to Use Internet Over Mobile Phone

This article is a draft. It was just started and needs further work.

General

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

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
locate sdptool # 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
libbluetooth1

"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.

"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.

Tested with

Mobile Phones

* Nokia 6103

Computers

* HP 2510p

ISPs

* EPlus (BASE) Germany

Distributions

* Ubuntu 7.10

Windows

=== Tested with ===-

Weblinks

* [For Nokia 6660]
* [For Nokia 6310]

Google searches

* howto ppp over bluetooth Nokia
* Nokia 6103 PPP howto linux

References

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