Re: Network connection using BT connected 'modem'

[Dan Williams <dcbw redhat com>]

On Fri, 2009-01-30 at 09:26 +0100, Dominique Leuenberger wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I see NM 0.7 can do Internet connections (CDMA/GSM) but I seem not to find what is required for this to work.
> I have a phone connected using bluetooth (/dev/rfcomm) which I would like to use.
> 
> I can perfectly dial-in using wvdial, but of course NM does not know about the connection and a lot of fiddling with dbus signaling to announce a
> running network would be needed.
> 
> So my best idea so far would be to use also NM for this. 
> 
> Is there anything I'm missing, or is NM simply checking hal to see if I have a modem connected (which obviously fails for anything behind a BT
> connection).

NetworkManager doesn't natively support Bluetooth devices at this time,
but it's something that we're actively working on.

Dan