From: Marcel Holtmann <marcel@holtmann.org>
To: BlueZ users <bluez-users@lists.sourceforge.net>
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Date: Sat, 11 Aug 2007 20:27:55 +0200
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Subject: Re: [Bluez-users] Problem building a piconet with pand
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Hi Laurent,

> I'm actually working on a project where I need embedded devices to
> communicate between them. We decided to use bluetooth dongles and pan
> to build a piconet.
> Actually this work fine when we have only 3 devices : 1 GN & 2 PANU
> (PANU#1 & PANU#2). When we try to add a third PANU (PANU#3), pand say
> the host is down. If I shut down the connection of one of the two
> thers PANU, I'm able to establish a connection with PANU#3 to the GN.
> I try to setup a different GN on a linux desktop, same result, 1 GN &
> 2 PANU.
> 
> On my server I do this : 
> pand --listen --nosdp --role GN -i yy:yy:yy:yy:yy:yy
> I use brctl on the GN to bridge the interface
> 
> On my clients I do this :
> pand --nodetach -i xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx --role PANU --connect
> yy:yy:yy:yy:yy:yy
> 
> On connected PANU i have :
> pand[7334]: Bluetooth PAN daemon version 2.25
> pand[7334]: Connecting to yy:yy:yy:yy:yy:yy
> pand[7334]: bnep0 connected
> 
> On PANU's I can't connect:
> pand[8492]: Bluetooth PAN daemon version 2.25
> pand[8492]: Connecting to yy:yy:yy:yy:yy:yy
> pand[8492]: Connect to yy:yy:yy:yy:yy:yy failed. Host is down(112)
> 
> 
> I have read & reread the HOWTO-PAN. I mainly used it to setup my pan.
> I know there is a limitation of 7 PANU max but there I'm far away of
> the 7 devices. Is there is something I have forgotten ?
> misconfigured  ... ? A problem with my dongles ?
> If anyone could help me

your version of pand is ancient. Install bluez-utils-3.14.

Regards

Marcel


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