GPRS via Bluetooth with HP compaq nc8000 laptop and Nokia 6310i mobile phone

Written by Cristian N. Bradiceanu (cbredi (at) xnet dot ro)

Introduction

This document covers setting up a GPRS connection via a Bluetooth connection between a HP compaq nc8000 laptop and a Nokia 6310i phone.

The document assumes that:

FreeBSD 5.2.1 is installed and running on the laptop
subscription to a GPRS service at your mobile network provider

Loading the kernel module

# kldload ng_ubt

Load the module from /boot/loader.conf.

ng_ubt_load="YES"

The output similar to the following will appear on the console (or in syslog or in dmesg output).

ubt0: ACTIONTEC Bluetooth by hp, rev 2.00/13.93, addr 2
ubt0: Interface 0 endpoints: interrupt=0x81, bulk-in=0x82, bulk-out=0x2
ubt0: Interface 1 (alt.config 5) endpoints: isoc-in=0x83, isoc-out=0x3; wMaxPacketSize=49; nframes=6, buffer size=294

Copy /usr/share/examples/netgraph/bluetooth/rc.bluetooth at /etc/rc.bluetooth.

Configuring usbd

Make sure that

usbd_enable="YES"

in /etc/rc.conf file.
Add the following lines to /etc/usbd.conf

# Actiontec
device "Bluetooth by HP"
        devname "ubt0"
        vendor 0x049f
        product 0x0086
        detach "/etc/rc.bluetooth stop ubt0"
        attach "/etc/rc.bluetooth start ubt0"

This ensures that the Bluetooth stack is started when you press the wireless network button.
You can manually start the Bluetooth stack:

# /etc/rc.bluetooth start ubt0
BD_ADDR: 00:20:e0:24:f7:60
Features: 0xff 0xff 0x8f 0x78 0x18 0x18 00 0x80 
<3-Slot> <5-Slot> <Encryption> <Slot offset>
   
   
    
  
 
Max. ACL packet size: 192 bytes
Number of ACL packets: 8
Max. SCO packet size: 64 bytes
Number of SCO packets: 8

Configuring hcsecd

Add the following lines to /etc/bluetooth/hcsecd.conf:

device {
        bdaddr  00:60:57:6e:1c:22;
        name    "myphone";
        pin     "xxxx";
}

Starting hcsecd

Add the following lines to /etc/rc.local:

/usr/sbin/hcsecd
echo -n "hcsecd

Configuring the mobile phone

Configuring ppp

Add the gprs section to ppp:

gprs:
  set timeout 0
  enable force-scripts
  set authname "****"
  set authkey "****"
  set ifaddr 10.0.0.1/0 10.0.0.2/0 255.255.0.0 0.0.0.0
  add default HISADDR
  set dial "ABORT BUSY ABORT NO\\sCARRIER TIMEOUT 5 \
        \"\" AT OK-AT-OK \
        AT+CBST=0,0,1;+CHSN=6,0,0,0 OK \
        ATDT*99***1# TIMEOUT 84 CONNECT"
  set login
  set logout "ABORT BUSY ABORT ERROR TIMEOUT 6 \
        \"\" +++ATH OK-ATH-OK"
  enable dns