Date: Wed, 24 Mar 2004 22:04:36 -0500 From: Dmitry Yaitskov <dima@rogers.com> To: freebsd-bluetooth@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Windows client/FreeBSD server Q. Message-ID: <84lllp1vaz.fsf@nothing.nowhere.com> In-Reply-To: <4061729F.4010504@realss.com> (Zhang Weiwu's message of "Wed, 24 Mar 2004 19:35:59 %2B0800") References: <84hdwfvtzq.fsf@nothing.nowhere.com> <4061729F.4010504@realss.com>
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Zhang Weiwu <zhangweiwu@realss.com> wrote: > Dmitry Yaitskov wrote: > >>Hi, >> >>I have a couple of bluetooth USB dongles (made by BlueGear), and would >>like to use these to connect my laptop to my home LAN. I went through >>the basic setup steps described here >>http://www.oook.cz/bsd/bluetooth.html and got my gongle up and running >>on FreeBSD. It can also see the other dongle on the laptop, e.g. the >> >># hccontrol -n ubt0hci inquiry >> >>returns the other device's BT_ADDR etc. Also, the other device does >>see the FreeBSD one. >> >>My question is, now what? I"d like somehow to let the laptop access >>the LAN on which the FreeBSD system is, so I need some server on the >>FreeBSD side (I've downloaded the sdp-1.5 package but I could not find >>much (any) docs/info on its use unfortunately) and a Windows client on >>the laptop - any pointers/advice will be much appreciated. >> > You need to run rfcomm_pppd. This tool builds ppp connection on both > side. If you ever configured ppp(8) it won't be difficult. Thanks, I understand more or less what needs to be done on the server side. I am still unclear though about the client - which is WinXP - what do I need to do/run there? > You need to run sdpd on server side, sdpd is not necessary on client side. > > You need to read rfcomm_pppd(8). I'm not in my office, I'll send my > real configure file later when I am in my office. Could you do that? Thanks. -- Cheers, -Dima.
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