The cable setup works quite well, and has for years. Nokia phones show up as ucom (I've tried several models (including the 6233), they all worked so far - in many cases you have to select the 'default' USB mode). See http://www.weirdnet.nl/openbsd/gprs/.
The phone generally picks the best connection available (umts / gprs / etc) - availability depends on a number of factors, including local network coverage and subscription. I still haven't gotten around to getting this to work with bluetooth, please let the list know once you do. Paul 'WEiRD' de Weerd On Sun, Apr 26, 2009 at 08:48:32AM -0700, J.C. Roberts wrote: | On Sun, 26 Apr 2009 15:08:05 +0200 Thomas Pfaff <[email protected]> | wrote: | | > On Sun, 26 Apr 2009 13:41:56 +0200 | > Thomas Pfaff <[email protected]> wrote: | > > Hi. Is it possible to use ubt(4) to connect to my cellphone and | > > then create a ppp interface so I can gain Internet access? My MSI | > > Wind has a built-in USB bluetooth adapter that connects to ubt(4): | > > | > > $ dmesg | grep ubt0 | > > ubt0 at uhub4 port 1 "Micro Star International Bluetooth" rev | > > 2.00/31.64 addr 2 | > [...] | > | > As pointed out to me, I completely forgot to tell you what kind | > of Internet connection my cellphone has. It's a GPRS/UMTS phone | > that's been properly configured for Internet access. And, as | > shown in the bt inquiry, it's a Nokia 6233 (no WiFi or anything | > too fancy). | > | | According to the manual for your phone, the ability to just *use* the | handset to function as an Internet connected device (i.e. "properly | configured") is actually different beast than using the handset as a | bridge to connect a PC to the Internet. There's a separate | configuration that must be done to enable the (bridge) "Packet Data | Connection Access Point" feature. | | See pg. 67 and 68 | http://nds1.nokia.com/phones/files/guides/Nokia_6233_UG_en.pdf | | Also, you might want to note the handset actually supports GPRS, EGPRS, | HSCSD, CSD, and WCDMA, along with the well buried fact that there is no | way to configure between GPRS and EGPRS; the latter is always used if | available. In short, we still don't know what you're actually using ;-) | | As you'll see on page 67, you have three choices to hook your phone to | a computer; (1) Bluetooth, (2) Infrared, and (3) USB data cable. Though | it might be possible to get Bluetooth working, the USB data cable might | be the easiest. | | The hope of getting the supposedly required MS-Windows only "Nokia PC | Suite" software running on OpenBSD is dismal and pointless. | | A quick search for `"Nokia PC Suite" linux` turns up: | http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=378968 | | Yep, it's doable in linux, so it's probably easier for us. | | First of all, attach the handset via USB cable go looking for the | USB VendorID and ProductID. I plugged in some currently unsupported | Phillips webcam that was given to me for christmas: | | ------------------------------------------------------------------------ | $ usbdevs -dv | Controller /dev/usb0: | addr 1: high speed, self powered, config 1, EHCI root hub(0x0000), Intel | (0x8086), rev 1.00 uhub0 | port 1 powered | port 2 powered | port 3 powered | port 4 powered | port 5 powered | port 6 powered | Controller /dev/usb1: | addr 1: full speed, self powered, config 1, UHCI root hub(0x0000), Intel | (0x8086), rev 1.00 uhub1 | port 1 powered | port 2 powered | Controller /dev/usb2: | addr 1: full speed, self powered, config 1, UHCI root hub(0x0000), Intel | (0x8086), rev 1.00 uhub2 | port 1 powered | port 2 powered | Controller /dev/usb3: | addr 1: full speed, self powered, config 1, UHCI root hub(0x0000), Intel | (0x8086), rev 1.00 uhub3 | port 1 powered | port 2 addr 2: full speed, power 500 mA, config 1, Philips Webcam | (0x204a), Sunplus mMobile Inc(0x0471), rev 1.00 uvideo0 | $ | ------------------------------------------------------------------------ | | Then from the device line, grab the ProductID (first hex number) and | VendorID (second hex number) and go looking if it's supported. | | ------------------------------------------------------------------------ | $ grep -i 0x204a /usr/src/sys/dev/usb/usbdevs | $ grep -i 0x0471 /usr/src/sys/dev/usb/usbdevs | vendor PHILIPS 0x0471 Philips | product PHILIPS DSS150 0x0471 DSS 150 Digital Speaker System | $ | ------------------------------------------------------------------------ | | Since I have no clue what handset belonged to the ProductID and VendorID | mentioned in the linux upuntu forum, you'll obviously need to figure | them out on your own. A quick look for Nokia in our supported USB | devices shows: | | ------------------------------------------------------------------------ | $ grep -i nokia /usr/src/sys/dev/usb/usbdevs | vendor NOKIA 0x078b Nokia | /* Nokia products */ | product NOKIA CA42 0x1234 CA-42 Serial | ------------------------------------------------------------------------ | | You might just find the USB-to-serial device on you phone, then again, | you might need to add the ProductID and VendorID to usbdevs. If you got | lucky, then you'll have a ucom? device listed in your dmesg and have | access to the /dev/cuaU? USB call out device (serial) needed to connect | with ppp(8). | | If you've got a serial device, all you need to do is configure ppp(8) | to use it. | | NOTE: AT THIS POINT, I'M *JUST* GUESSING BASED ON MY EVDO SETUP AND | WHAT WAS POSTED ON THE UPUNTU FORUM. | | I'm *GUESSING* your /etc/ppp/ppp.conf file would look something like: | ------------------------------------------------------------------------ | default: | set log connect Phase Chat LQM LCP IPCP CCP tun command | | handset: | set device /dev/cuaU0 | set speed 230400 | set phone "*99#" | set authname <YOUR_USER_NAME> | set authkey <YOUR_PASS_WORD> | set dial "ABORT BUSY ABORT NO\\sCARRIER TIMEOUT 5 \"\" \ | AT OK \ | ATZ0 OK \ | ATQ0 OK \ | ATV1 OK \ | ATE1 OK \ | ATS0=0 OK \ | AT&C1 OK \ | AT&D2 OK \ | AT+FCLASS=0 OK \ | \\dATDT\\T TIMEOUT 30 CONNECT" | set login | set timeout 0 | set redial 3 0 | set ifaddr 10.0.0.1/0 10.0.0.2 255.255.255.0 0.0.0.0 | enable dns | set cd off | ------------------------------------------------------------------------ | | The USER_NAME and PASS_WORD might not matter, depending on the type of | service and service provider. Also, some providers use a dial "phone" | number of "#777" for Internet access, so you'll have to figure out what | the number is for your provider. There are some additional ppp.conf | examples for wireless/cellular services in umsm(4). | | If the above /etc/ppp/ppp.conf actually works without modification, I'll | be frightened, *very* frightened, but none the less, to bring up the | network just run: | | # ppp -auto handset | | If it works, you'll see the created tun0 interface in `ifconfig -a` but | if not, then you'll promptly enjoy the level of hell otherwise known as | debugging ppp(8) connections. | | CAVEATS: | 1.) Supported VendorID for Nokia (they probably have a few) | 2.) Supported ProductID for the USB-To-Serial Converter | 3.) Debugging ppp(8) with your service provider | | If you can get past the CAVEATS, you'll be good to go with the USB | cable connection. | | -- | J.C. 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