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PAN on the roadmap?

Hi,

I've got a lovely new Samsung i600 - and would love to use the nice HSDPA 3G on my N800.

EXCEPT, of course, it doesn't do DUN - only PAN. Does anybody know if Nokia are ever going to include this in a firmware update on the N800? Is there anybody at Nokia I can contact about this?

(I know there's a hack available - but I can't imagine it's anything like as easy to use as the built-in DUN on the N800).

Otherwise, I need to make a heartbreaking decision of whether to get rid of the i600 or the N800 :-(

Dave

Re: PAN on the roadmap?

I already put in a request on bugzilla. I've never been able to get the hack working on OS2007 on my 770 though.

You can try to vote on the bug I submitted, maybe it'll get escalated. Or create a new one for the n800

https://maemo.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=1195

Re: PAN on the roadmap?

Here is the enhancement request, for anybody interested....

https://maemo.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=1346

I really hope Nokia address this as actually being able to connect to the internet is kind of a core, mission-critical component of the N800!

(And yes, I know it's all Microsoft's fault - 'DUN is obsolete so we won't include it'! - but the great thing about Linux, as opposed to the inflexible monolithic approach of MS, is the fact that stuff like this does tend to get added in short order).

Re: PAN on the roadmap?

treefrog911 - I suspect it might not be a good idea to have two bug reports for essentially the same bug. I realise the first (#1195) is against the 770, but if PAN is going to be fixed it will be fixed in OS 2007 which should cover both the N800 and 770 (via the OS 2007 Hacker Edition as OS 2006 is unlikely to see any further changes). In fact there's already a comment against the bug to this effect.

I would suggest #1346 is marked as a dupe of #1195 - having two reports for one bug may "split the vote" and could lessen the chances of the bug being fixed. :) Your link to the Windows Mobile Team blog is useful background info and could be added to #1346 although #1195 will automatically link to #1346 once the latter is a marked as a dupe of the former.

Re: PAN on the roadmap?

That sounds logical. Have just updated the bug report so it's resolved as a duplicate as you suggested.

Re: PAN on the roadmap?

This is my modified PAN script which originated from one of our wonderful members (but embarassed that I forget who and cannotgivethe proper kudos)

Just for the record, here is my PANUP script for the *770 to my blackjack *(which ICS must be enabled on--the process isn't well orchestrated for this entire setup)

Code:

#!/bin/sh

PATH='/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/bin/X11'

BTADDR='00:18:AF:95:15:6E'

IP=192.168.0.170

GW=192.168.0.1

NS=192.168.0.1

IFACE=bnep0



hciconfig hci0 up



#insmod just to be sure

insmod /mnt/initfs/lib/modules/current/bnep.ko

#start PAN Bluetooth connection

pand --connect $BTADDR



# wait for the interface created by pand

s=60

echo -n "Waiting $s secs for $IFACE"

while [ $s -gt 0 ] ; do

        ifconfig $IFACE >/dev/null 2>&1 && break

        s=$((s-1))

        echo -n "."

        sleep 1

done

echo

if ifconfig $IFACE >/dev/null 2>&1 ; then

# bring it up

echo "OK, bringing $IFACE up"

ifconfig $IFACE $IP up

route add default gw $GW

echo "nameserver $NS" >/tmp/resolv.conf.lo

else

    echo "Error: $IFACE not available."

fi

best I recall I had to rip the MAC and other junk from the phone (from a winxp pan connection to the Blackjack) and put it in the file.

Remeber, first you must create a dummy connection but this works well.

Re: PAN on the roadmap?

it was working for me. In fact I even got the dbus to be modified properly to connect directly from the connection manager...BUT that was on IT2006 and now I'm running IT2007 Hacker Edition and well, things don't seem to be the same. It connects to my Dash, but I can't browse the internet. Its time for a more elegant solution!

Re: PAN on the roadmap?

Quote:

Originally Posted by Luna (Post 47941)

This is my modified PAN script which originated from one of our wonderful members (but embarassed that I forget who and cannotgivethe proper kudos)

Few bits are mine :-) Here is my current version, it is suitable as ON/OFF shortcut in menu since it toggles the state. Also prints infoprint when not run from terminal. Beware that long dbus-send line may be wrapped incorrectly, it is in fact single line. True that for GUI stuff in IT2007 it needs additional hacks instead of the DUMMY connection but it is good enough even for quick ssh into the device.

Code:

#!/bin/sh

# use gainroot to become root and relaunch itself

if [ `id -u` != 0 ] ; then

#if not already root, call itself as root

        exec sudo gainroot <<EOF

exec $0 $*

EOF

        exit $?

fi

# real script follows

BTADDR='00:16:41:B7:B9:07'

BTNAME="FRANTA"

IP=192.168.2.2

GW=192.168.2.1

NS=10.6.101.1

IFACE=bnep0



#thanks to inz on #maemo IRC channel for this

infoprint(){

dbus-send >/dev/null 2>&1 --system --print-reply --dest=com.nokia.statusbar /com/nokia/statusbar com.nokia.statusbar.system_note_infoprint "string:$*"

}



bnep_start(){

#insmod just to be sure

insmod /mnt/initfs/lib/modules/current/bnep.ko

#start PAN Bluetooth connection

pand --connect $BTADDR -d GN

# wait for the interface created by pand

s=60

echo -n "Waiting $s secs for $IFACE"

while [ $s -gt 0 ] ; do

        ifconfig $IFACE >/dev/null 2>&1 && break

        s=$((s-1))

        [ -t 1 ] && echo -n "."

        sleep 1

done

echo

if ifconfig $IFACE >/dev/null 2>&1 ; then

# bring it up

echo "OK, bringing $IFACE up"

ifconfig $IFACE $IP up

route add default gw $GW

echo "nameserver $NS" >/tmp/resolv.conf.lo

    [ -t 1 ] || infoprint "Connected to $BTNAME"

else

    echo "Error: $IFACE not available."

    [ -t 1 ] || infoprint "Connection failed"

fi

}



bnep_stop(){

echo "OK, bringing $IFACE down"

echo -n '' >/tmp/resolv.conf.lo

pand -K

sleep 1

rmmod bnep

[ -t 1 ] || infoprint "Disconnected"

}



COMMAND=$1

if [ "$COMMAND" = "" ] ; then

    if ifconfig $IFACE >/dev/null 2>&1 ; then

        COMMAND=stop

    else

        COMMAND=start

    fi

fi



case $COMMAND in

    start)      bnep_start ;;

    stop)       bnep_stop ;;

esac

Re: PAN on the roadmap?

Oh yeah! Thanks again fanoush

Re: PAN on the roadmap?

Why would I get a Segmentaion fault on this portion

Code:

#!/bin/sh

# use gainroot to become root and relaunch itself

if [ `id -u` != 0 ] ; then

#if not already root, call itself as root

        exec sudo gainroot <<EOF

exec $0 $*

EOF

        exit $?

Re: PAN on the roadmap?

it was just clipped from the fragment.

Are you always root so it never gets hit. I also have to add the path in to get the script to work so obviously you have a relatively customized setup.

Re: PAN on the roadmap?

Hmm, I have /usr/sbin in .profile but I don't remember adding it there and nobody told me in last 2 years that 'sudo gainroot' doesn't work for him.

Re: PAN on the roadmap?

Oddly, my .profile is not present ... So that gives me a clue

Re: PAN on the roadmap?

Update: Gainroot had a strict path in it. I do not recall doing so and that makes me wonder if the gainroot deb did it???

Re: PAN on the roadmap?

Fanoush, how do you run this script from the menu? Or do I always just have to run it from xTerm?

Re: PAN on the roadmap?

Quote:

Originally Posted by phi (Post 50726)

Fanoush, how do you run this script from the menu? Or do I always just have to run it from xTerm?

check install_shortcut.sh inside http://fanoush.wz.cz/maemo/kbdd.tar.gz and replace btkbd for your script name

I just got a 770 today, I was one of the wooters that got one hoping for some fun... anyway I'm new to everything here. And I was wondering if one of you guys could write up a little tutorial for how to get my Blackjack PAN working from a totally stock 770. I'm not new to linux, I run a two Ubuntu boxes, but I have no idea where to start with this, I can't even find a terminal on this thing.

Quote:

Originally Posted by ilovenicotine (Post 56026)

Me too :) just got one off woot. I am guessing whatever would work with the blackjack would work for the 8525, or anything WM5. I want to use my 3g speed!

Re: PAN on the roadmap?

Let me add my name to the list. I had my Nokia 6201i paired and working with 2007HE and 2006, but have not been able to get my Blackjack working at all as of yet. 3G speed is the goal for getting the blackjack altogether.

Re: PAN on the roadmap?

Woot! Me too. Tried doing the above script with no luck. Trying to hook up to a PPC-6700 with AKU 3.5 installed on it. So it has "Internet Sharing" on it.

When I run the script, it sits at the waiting 60 secs and then times out.

Anyone care to give a step by step or have this actually working for the PPC-6700? If you do have it working for the PPC-6700, can ya post it!

Ideally, one of you gurus, could ya please write a program to make this simple for us simples folks! But at this point, I'd take anything to get it working.