Re: Networkmanager + Bluetooth

[van Schelve <public van-schelve de>]

>> Hi.
>> 
>> After some more testing I found out that NM is able to bring up the
>> connection when following these steps:
>> 
>> 1. sudo rfcomm connect hci0 <bdaddr>
>> 2. In nm-applet you can now start the already configured connection
>> 
>> My questions are now:
>> - Is it possible to lable the bluetooth based connections as
"Bluetooth"
>> or whatever.
> 
> They are, if correctly configured.  This already happens for PAN
> connections, but DUN connections are not yet natively supported even
> though they will work if you create the rfcomm connection underneath NM.
> DUN is slated for the 0.8.1 release.
> 

Do you have a timeline for 0.8.1? Do you see a chance that this will be
available until March 2010?

>> - why do i need to open the rfcomm connection? Isn't it enought to bind
>> to
>> the mobile?
> 
> You wont' need to do this after real DUN support lands.  NM will do it
> automatically for you.
> 

Interesting.

Best regards and happy new year to all of you!

> Dan
> 
> 
>> -- HG
>> 
>> 
>> > I am currently looking for way to use bluetooth based dial up
together
>> > with networkmanager.
>> > 
>> > Can someone give me an overview? What I'm looking for is
>> > 
>> > 1. simple dialog for the initial pairing
>> > 2. an entry in nm-applet to bring up or disconnect the connection
>> > 3. I need to configure the apn + chap credentials.
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