On Mon, 5 Jul 2010 14:25:30 +0100 Thomas Ibbotson wrote: > On 5 July 2010 14:16, Paul Morgan-Roach <[email protected]> wrote: > > Not sure about Bluetooth, but with a second wifi adapter you should > > be able to configure an ad-hoc network from the Ubuntu machine. > > You'd need to configure the Ubuntu machine as a DHCP server and > > configure IP forwarding - this might be a breach of terms though as > > this would technically make the Ubuntu machine a Wireless router.... > > That's certainly an option, and I have set up an ad-hoc network. > However the Nexus One can't connect to ad-hoc networks, to make that > work would require rooting my phone and fiddling with it. I'd rather > not go down that path unless absolutely necessary. > > > > I'd be interested to find out if this is possible using > > bluetooth...although if bluetooth devices are assigned an IP > > address then it should be possible to route traffic from bluetooth > > over the Ubuntu box. > > > > P > > > > Given you can do it the other way round, I thought it must be > feasible. Somehow I get the feeling that even if it was possible it > would probably still require me rooting my phone. > > Tom
Yes, it is technically possible *if* the Bluetooth tools on the Nexus One support it. I used to do this with my ol' Sony Ericsson K800i. If I remember correctly you'd need to: + edit the laptop's "class" in /etc/bluetooth/main.conf + configure Bluetooth PAN networking + setup a bridge between your eth/wlan device and your bnep device Grant. -- [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
