Linux 2.6.x Bluetooth PAN Network HOWTO

Introduction

This document describes how to setup a PAN network between Linux hosts using Bluetooth.

Setup (Linux PC side)

Testing the setup

On both hosts (accesspoint and client), do this:

root@osiris:~# modprobe bnep root@osiris:~# modprobe hci-usb root@osiris:~# hcid

Then check that your Bluetooth device is found:

blip@osiris:~$ hcitool dev Devices: hci0 00:60:57:xx:xx:xx

On the accesspoint (master), do this:

Networks between Linux PCs

Network for Linux PC <--> Linux PC (doesn't work with Palm !)

# on master side modprobe bnep pand --listen --master --role=NAP ifconfig bnep0 192.168.1.1 netmask 255.255.255.0 #use some kind of NAT for example #on slave modprobe bnep pand -c <bt_addr_of_master> ifconfig bnep0 192.168.1.2 netmask 255.255.255.0 route add default gw 192.168.1.1