Connect Ubuntu to Windows Mobile 3G

I connected a netbook running Ubuntu Jaunty 9.04 (UNR) to a Windows Mobile 6.1 (WM6) phone using bluetooth to get mobile broadband access.

The Windows Mobile phone has "Internet Sharing" which allows the phone to act as a wireless router and dhcp server giving bluetooth devices access to the phone's data plan.

• Ubuntu Setup
• Connect
  • Windows Mobile Phone
  • Ubuntu
• Disconnect
  • Ubuntu
  • Windows Mobile Phone

Ubuntu Setup

1. Right click on the bluetooth icon and select Preferences
2. Select "Always Visible"
3. Pair the Windows Mobile phone with your Ubuntu laptop (Start --> Settings --> Connections --> Bluetooth --> Add new device...)
4. Install pand and enable pand on boot

sudo -s
aptitude update
aptitude install bluez-compat
echo "PAND_ENABLED=1" >> /etc/default/bluetooth
/etc/init.d/bluetooth restart

5. Display current bluetooth pairings so that you can get the BD address of the phone

cat /var/lib/bluetooth/*/names

6. Add a section to your ''/etc/network/interfaces'' where 00:XX:XX:XX:XX:XX is the BD address you got from the names file above.

iface bnep0 inet dhcp
    pre-up /usr/bin/pand --connect 00:XX:XX:XX:XX:XX -n
    post-down /usr/bin/pand --kill 00:XX:XX:XX:XX:XX

Connect

Windows Mobile Phone

1. Go to: Start --> Programs --> Internet Sharing
2. Set the PC Connection to Bluetooth PAN
3. Click Connect

(Bluetooth will be started automatcially on the phone).

Ubuntu

1. Open a terminal and connect

sudo ifup bnep0

Disconnect

Ubuntu

sudo ifdown bnep0

Windows Mobile Phone

1. Disable bluetooth to save your battery