Re: [gentoo-user] Bluetooth-Hotspot

[dexters84]

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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