Subject: Re: [Bluez-users] ipaq 1945
From: Marcel Holtmann <marcel@holtmann.org>
To: Nigel Magnay <nigel.magnay@gmail.com>
Cc: Wolfgang <wood.stock@gmx.net>, bluez-users@lists.sourceforge.net
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Date: Tue, 28 Sep 2004 14:28:07 +0200

Hi Nigel,

> I got a lot further, I can connect to my server now; I am just left
> with trying to understand why I can't get bridging to work.
> 
> I have:
>  - router (Internet, DHCP serving 192.168.1.{100-200}) (255.255.255.0)
>  - linux box, eth0 = 192.168.1.55 (fixed), bnep0 for bluetooth
>  - iPaq connecting to bluetooth
> 
> I can talk to the server by making bnep0 192.168.*2*.254 and fixing
> the IP address in the ipaq (or running a dchp server on linux as
> well), but it would be nice to not have to have another dchp server.
> 
> I had thought I could bridge the interfaces, but I have tried lots of
> things like
> brctl addbr br0
>  brctl addif br0 eth0
>  brctl addif br0 bnep0
> 
> but that just leads to aggravating things like the linux box dropping
> off the network altogether ..

look at the PAN howto. It has the correct commands to setup a bridge
when you are using Bluetooth BNEP.

Regards

Marcel


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