Tethering with Froyo

Question

Hi,
I just updated my Defy to Froyo and looked forward to use tethering now, but it doesn't work here.
As written in the wiki I loaded the module usbnet but there's no usb0.
Am I missing a package?
\edit: Before anyone aks: yes, tethering is activated on my phone
Last edited by Barghest (2011-07-06 18:03:09)

Answer 1

Barghest wrote:How about tethering via bluetooth?
No idea. I know how to do it with my old Nokia phone, but I haven't tried the same thing with my Defy yet.
Ok, I just tried. Listing all bluetooth services of the phone, Dial-up Networking is not one of them. So the same method won't work. I'm using CyanogenMod though, and maybe I'm missing some setting somewhere. Try something for me:
- activate bluetooth on the phone, and make it visible
- on the computer, run 'hcitool scan' and note down the bdaddress of the phone
- scan for services: 'sdptool browse <bdaddress_of_phone>'
- what you need is the channel of the Dial-up Networking service
- modify /etc/bluetooth/rfcomm.conf, adjusting the channel accordingly, it was channel 2 on my old Nokia:
# RFCOMM configuration file.
rfcomm0 {
# Automatically bind the device at startup
bind yes;
# Bluetooth address of the device
device <bdaddress_of_phone>
# RFCOMM channel for the connection
channel 2;
# Description of the connection
comment "Dial-Up Networking";
- restart the bluetooth service: /etc/rc.d/bluetooth restart
- now /dev/rfcomm0 is your modem, use your favorite dial-up tool, like wvdial, the number to dial is *99#
Where it fails for me is that 'sdptool browse' doesn't list a Dial-up service, just a few others. But I'll do a search, maybe I'll find something out.
Last edited by Gusar (2011-07-10 13:32:27)