Package: bluetooth
Version: 3.36-3
Severity: normal
-- System Information:
Debian Release: 5.0
APT prefers testing
APT policy: (500, 'testing')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
Kernel: Linux 2.6.26-1-amd64 (SMP w/2 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=pl_PL.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=pl_PL.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
Versions of packages bluetooth depends on:
ii bluez-utils 3.36-3 Bluetooth tools and daemons
bluetooth recommends no packages.
bluetooth suggests no packages.
-- debconf-show failed
I attempt to build a simple PAN with two computers (a desktop and a
notebook). I have three different
USB Bluetooth dongles, one of them is Pentagram Fang Compact, second one
is a no-name and the third one
a Billionton dongle.
The devices discover each other and can pair as well. I run pand on the
desktop system, using:
pand --listen --role=NAP --devup=/etc/bluetooth/dev-up
where my desktop dev-up script is:
#!/bin/sh
echo 1 > /proc/sys/net/ipv4/ip_forward
ifconfig bnep0 192.168.0.1 netmask 255.255.255.248 up
iptables -t nat -A POSTROUTING -s 192.168.0.0/29 -j MASQUERADE
On the notebook system I run pand with:
pand --role=PANU --connect 00:11:67:cf:a1:f7
--devup=/etc/bluetooth/pan/dev-up
where my notebook dev-up script is:
#!/bin/sh
ifconfig bnep0 192.168.0.2 netmask 255.255.255.248 up
route add default gw 192.168.0.1
Both of the devices create & configure bnep0 interface and connect
properly. From my notebook I can
access the desktop (ping 192.168.0.1) as well as internet (ping
google.pl). I can even use a browser.
But only a limited set of webpages works properly (i.e. google.pl,
wikipedia.pl). They can be
browsed on and on for a long time. Other pages (i.e. onet.pl, wp.pl,
gazeta.pl) immediately cause the
connection to hang. Internet becomes unaccessible, the computers can no
longer
ping each other, furthermore the services on the desktop computer become
undiscoverable. Only
unplugging & replugging the desktop dongle and restarting bluetooth
service helps. It is not a browser
issue, I tried several browsers with no effect.
What is more, a simple apt-get update also causes the connection to
hang. Even with Windows 2000 with
Bluesoleil driver running on the notebook I get exactly the same issue:
connection starts, some pages
load properly and then everything freezes.
What I also tried was connecting to the internet with a ssh tunnel using
local socks proxy for the
browser. Unfortunately, this only prolonges the connection lifetime a
little. It hangs at some point
nevertheless.
Interestingly, I noticed, that leaving the connection open without
sending any considerable data
doesn't freeze the connection. For example, from my notebook I can ping
any internet domain as long as I wish to.
Hcidump on both computers doesn't report any errors. The packets simply
flow correctly until at some
point the transmission stops. No error messages in /var/log/syslog or in
dmesg. Not a single one.
Running pand with --nodetach option also gives no clue.
Of course I tried several howtos from the internet, tried to play with
bluetooth config on both
computers (hcid.conf from desktop attached), to switch dongles, to
manually set-up the bnep interfaces, to modify iptables config on
my desktop. No effect.
Best regards
Marcin
#
# HCI daemon configuration file.
#
# HCId options
options {
# Automatically initialize new devices
autoinit yes;
# Security Manager mode
# none - Security manager disabled
# auto - Use local PIN for incoming connections
# user - Always ask user for a PIN
#
security auto;
# Pairing mode
# none - Pairing disabled
# multi - Allow pairing with already paired devices
# once - Pair once and deny successive attempts
pairing multi;
# Default PIN code for incoming connections
passkey "1234";
}
# Default settings for HCI devices
device {
# Local device name
# %d - device id
# %h - host name
name "Moriel Desktop";
# Local device class
class 0x080104;
# Default packet type
#pkt_type DH1,DM1,HV1;
# Inquiry and Page scan
iscan enable;
pscan enable;
# Default link mode
# none - no specific policy
# accept - always accept incoming connections
# master - become master on incoming connections,
# deny role switch on outgoing connections
lm accept, master;
# Default link policy
# none - no specific policy
# rswitch - allow role switch
# hold - allow hold mode
# sniff - allow sniff mode
# park - allow park mode
lp rswitch,hold,sniff,park;
}
