[ubuntu-uk] Using computer's internet connection on phone via bluetooth

[Tony Arnold]

Tom,

On 05/07/10 13:41, Thomas Ibbotson wrote:

> I have a Nexus One, but I don't have a wireless router in my college
> accommodation and I'm not allowed to install one. I was wondering if
> anyone knew a way to connect my phone to my computer's internet
> connection via bluetooth. I know you can do the opposite, i.e. allow
> my computer to use my phone's internet connection, but I think I'm the
> only person in the world who wants to do it the other way round. It's
> impossible to find anything by searching, as everything I find is for
> connecting my computer to my phone. I know network-manager can handle
> bluetooth networks, but I can't find a way to set one up that my phone
> can connect to.

I'm no expert on this, but I think it depends on what Bluetooth services
your phone supports. If it supports PAN (Personal Area Network) then
once connected I would think it would not matter in which direction
traffic is going. You would need to do some routing etc on your PC to
route traffic from the Bluetooth connection to your college connection.

Many phones only support the Bluetooth serial connection and so you
connect to your phone and effectively use it as a modem.

HTH.

Regards,
Tony.
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