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

[Thomas Ibbotson]

On 5 July 2010 14:16, Paul Morgan-Roach <roachy at roachy.net> wrote:
> Not sure about Bluetooth, but with a second wifi adapter you should be able
> to configure an ad-hoc network from the Ubuntu machine.  You'd need to
> configure the Ubuntu machine as a DHCP server and configure IP forwarding -
> this might be a breach of terms though as this would technically make the
> Ubuntu machine a Wireless router....

That's certainly an option, and I have set up an ad-hoc network.
However the Nexus One can't connect to ad-hoc networks, to make that
work would require rooting my phone and fiddling with it. I'd rather
not go down that path unless absolutely necessary.
>
> I'd be interested to find out if this is possible using bluetooth...although
> if bluetooth devices are assigned an IP address then it should be possible
> to route traffic from bluetooth over the Ubuntu box.
>
> P
>

Given you can do it the other way round, I thought it must be
feasible. Somehow I get the feeling that even if it was possible it
would probably still require me rooting my phone.

Tom