Build a Bluetooth-Oriented Wireless Network in Ubuntu

If you already have a desktop to access the Internet in Ubuntu, using Bluetooth to build a wireless network can be another option beyond wifi. In linux, the components of the Bluetooth PAN (personalareanetwork) are very simple. Assume that you have two fast Bluetooth adapter addresses: 11: 22: 33: 44: 55: 66host66: 55: 44: 22: 22: 11 client =

If you already have a desktop to access the Internet in Ubuntu, using Bluetooth to build a wireless network can be another option beyond wifi.

In linux, the components of the Bluetooth PAN (personal area network) are very simple.

Assume you have two quick Bluetooth adapters.

The addresses are:

11: 22: 33: 44: 55: 66 host

66: 55: 44: 22: 22: 11 client

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For host (that is, the desktop that you connect to the Internet)

Modify/etc/default/bluetooth

########### PAND

#

# Run pand -- ethernet: creates new network interfaces bnep

# That can be configured in/etc/network/interfaces

# Set to 1 for enabled, 0 for disabled

PAND_ENABLED = 1

# Arguments to pand

# Read the PAN howto for ways to set this up

# Http://bluez.sourceforge.net/contrib/HOWTO-PAN

PAND_OPTIONS = "-- listen -- master -- role NAP"

Configure the ip address of the host Bluetooth adapter

Modify/etc/network/interfaces

Add

Auto bnep0

Iface bnep0 inet static

Address 192.168.128.1

Netmask 255.255.255.0

Restart the Bluetooth service

Sudo/etc/init. d/bluetooth restart