Re: [NetworkManager] Bluetooth support

[Paul Ionescu <i_p_a_u_l yahoo com>]

Hi,

On Tue, 19 Apr 2005 16:36:01 -0300, Claudio Takahasi wrote:

> Hi folks,
> 
> I am writing to know if I can contribute with NetworkManager. My interest
> is develop/enhance
> the bluetooth PAN support.
> 
> Everybody knows that setup a bluetooth PAN, assign IP address and control
> the device role
> are hard tasks. BlueZ (Bluetooth linux stack) provides tools to enable
> setup Bluetooth PANs. However, It is not transparent enough and an user
> mode application
> is not able to control Bluetooth connections.
> 
> Therefore, my objetive is remove this gap, enabling and controlling
> seamless connections.
> 
> Is this topic useful for this group?
> 
> Claudio Takahasi.

Hello Claudio,

I want support for bluetooth in NM too.
Bluetooth is in NM spec, so I think it is useful for this list.
Right now I am using bluetooth with PAN in a manual way and works fine,
but I would love to have it in NM.
I can help with testing as I already have a PAN at home.
It should be even more simple than wireless, as it does not have the
complexity and multiple authentication types as wireless.
Even more, the mess in wireless is because of different drivers with
different behaviors, but in bluetooth, all drivers are from BlueZ stack.

Thx,
Paul