How to setup an internet connection on Symbian phones using Bluetooth
This
tutorial is mainly intended for newer symbian phones
like the 7610/6670/6260/3230/6630/6680/6681/6682. Guides for older phones can
be found at http://www.cs.helsinki.fi/u/mraento/symbian/bt-ap.html
or http://gnubox.dnsalias.org/gnubox/
Guide to set up your computer (HOST) (Windows XP)
I will describe using Widcomm (4.0.1.700) & BlueSoleil (1.6.1.4) here, you may
have other softwares for your Bluetooth adapter.
You can download the BlueSoleil
drivers at http://www.bluesoleil.com.
You can download the Widcomm
drivers at here.
I don’t have enough web space to upload the
latest drivers here. Please get them through the internet search.
Latest
Drivers Version
BlueSoleil -> 2.3.0
Widcomm -> 5.1.0.2800
1.
Find out the COM-Port associated with the Bluetooth-Software.
Under Widcomm software the information is located at Bluetooth Configuration
-> Local Services ->
Under
for BlueSoleil software information is located at My
Services -> Properties -> Serial Port A. Note the COM port. For my case,
my
2.
Next you'll need to install a modem. Go to Control Panel->
Phone and Modem Settings -> Modems ->Add. Check the box “select modem
manually“ and choose the “direct communication cable“.
Now you see a list of COM-Ports. Choose the one you looked up earlier. For my
case, I will select COM 4 for Widcomm and COM 7 for BlueSoleil.
Note: You must insert your Bluetooth adapter before
you configure the COM-Ports. If not, you may not see the
After
setup, you should see something like this.
Open the properties for the "Communications cable
between two computers" that was created for the Bluetooth connection.
Go to the modem tab and set maximum port speed to max
(115200). This will increase the speed from the default 19.2Kbs to 115.2Kbs.
3.
Now we'll set up an incoming connection: At the Network
connections page choose “New Connection Wizard“. Choose Advanced Connection->Accept
incoming connections or just incoming connection (depends on your Windows
version). Select the "Communication cable between two computers" that
you have added just now.
On the next screen, choose "Do not allow virtual private
connections". Now you'll have to add the user you specified in the phone
settings. Also assign the password entered on the mobile. You may also choose
to allow devices to connect without password. To do so, check the following
after you finish setup on the wizard.
In the next dialog you are presented the network protocols. Open up the TCP/IP
properties and select the “Allow callers access to the
local network“. If you want to have the IP assigned by DHCP or manually is up
to you. Windows 2000 users specify the IP range manually, since the DHCP
feature doesn't seems to work. For manual IP settings, you can specify any
range of your IP depends on your usage. Here I will allow four connections to
my host computer.
4.
You may now need to enable ICS if you are using ADSL dialup
connection. For Lan
connection, you may skip this steps. Go to your dialup network connection,
click on properties, check "Allow other network
users to connect though this computer's Internet connections".
Click
on settings. Enable the HTTP & HTTPS Server for NetFront or Opera to open
page. You may add other services like FTP server, POP3 etc. if you use it
on your phone.
5.
Activate routing on your computer. Open up the Registry editor by
clicking Start -> Run and type “regedit.exe“.
In
Registry Editor, locate the following registry key: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\Tcpip\Parameters
Set the following
registry value:
Value Name: IPEnableRouter
Value type: REG_DWORD
Value Data: 1 (Default: 0)
A value of 1 enables TCP/IP forwarding for all
network connections that are installed and used by this computer.
Quit Registry Editor.
Reboot your machine to
apply the settings!
This
completed the setup of your host computer. Next, read below for the setup on S60
phone.
Guide to set up your S60 phone using
Bluetooth serial port
1.
Download the corresponding version of GnuBox for your phone:
a. 7610/6670: http://gnubox.dnsalias.org/gnubox/gnubox_6670.sis
b. 3230: http://gnubox.dnsalias.org/gnubox/gnubox_3230.sis
c. 6260: http://gnubox.dnsalias.org/gnubox/gnubox_6260.sis
d. 6682: http://gnubox.dnsalias.org/gnubox/testing/gnubox_6682.sis
e. 6630/6680/6681: http://gnubox.dnsalias.org/gnubox/testing/gnubox_6630_80_81.sis
2.
Connect to your phone to your pc using the data cable. Double
click the .sis file and install the application on your phone.
3.
Launch GnuBox.
Some configuration text will be displayed:
(Loading
CommDb settings)
ISP ‘Bt’ Not found
Create a CommsDB dump using the Debug->Dump Full CommsDB menu
entry. The file appears as commsdb.txt in your C: (internal memory) drive.
(Exact path is C:\Nokia\commsdb.txt) You can download this file using the PC
suite. Save this file for your reference. It is not possible to automatically
restore the CommsDB from this dump, that's why you may need to do a phone
backup.
To do a memory backup, go to Tools->Memory, Choose “Backup
phone mem”.
In this way, you can restore your phone memory back, if
GnuBox affect your other connections.
Note: The below instructions are for 3230,6260,7610,6670.
For 6630/6680/6681, please read the notes on the next section.
4.
On your phone go to Settings->Connection->Access points.
Select Options->New Access point->Use default settings. Apply the following
settings (case sensitive!)
a. Connection Name: Bt (older versions of GnuBox may need „GnuBox“)
b. Data bearer: Data call (on some devices gsm)
c. Dial up number: 0000 (basically any number is valid as long the phone
accepts it)
d. User name: btdialin (or any other. But you'll have
to remember it later on)
e. Prompt password: no
f. Password: bt (or any other. But you'll have to
remember it later on)
g. Authentication:
h. Homepage: none
i. Data call type: analogue
j. Maximum data speed: automatic
5.
Now go to Options->Advanced settings and apply the following settings:
a. Phone IP address: Automatic
b. Primary name server: 0.0.0.0
(For ADSL dialup connections, set DNS to the DNS
of your ADSL connections. You can view this by typing “ipconfig/all”
under command prompt.)
c. Second. name server:
0.0.0.0
d. Proxy server address: none
e. Proxy port number: 0
f. Use callback: No
g. Callback type: Use server no.
h. Callback number: None
i. Use PPP compression: Yes
j. Use login script: Yes
k. Login script:
CHARMAP [windows-1252]
{
SEND "CLIENT"+<0x0d>
WAIT 3
{
"SERVER" OK
}}
EXIT KerrNoAnswer$
OK:
EXIT
(You may leave this blank as you can set this automatically under GnuBox later.)
l. Modem initialisation: None
6.
Now leave the Access Points settings (your changes will be
automatically saved). Navigate in the menu to the previously installed GnuBox
software.
Once launched use the following steps:
a. Options->set RAS login script (if you leave
the login script blank at the Access Points settings. This will set the login
script above for you.)
b. Options->auto set modem ID
c. Options->create records
(Now the settings of the AP you just created will be manipulated for our
needs.)
d. Options->2 Box Bluetooth->Serial port.
Select your PC Bluetooth connection.
When ask for "Do you want to require encryption", select OK.
Close GnuBox.
At Widcomm make sure that you have enabled
secure connections.
To do so,
Bluetooth Configuration
-> Local Services -> Bluetooth Serial Port. Click on properties,
may sure that "Secure Connections" is checked.
At BlueSoleil, make
sure that you have enabled Data Encryption.
To do so,
My
Bluetooth -> Security ->General. Select High for
security level, may sure that "Enable Data Encryption" is checked.
e. Next is to test your connections, under GnuBox,
Debug->Test comm channel.
During this time, WIDCOMM on your PC will prompt you about serial port
connections. Make sure that you allow the connections.
After the test, close GnuBox. Use FileManager, go to c:\nokia\ctest.txt and view this text
file
Make sure that you got the following
123456Error = 0
78 Error = -3
This confirms that your phone setup is correct. If you
got other error message, you may need to repeat the phone setup process again.
Perhaps you may have miss out some steps. Ensure that your Bluetooth connection
on your phone is always on during the phone setup
7.
Once this is ok. Open Opera or NetFront and try to open up a web
page. Now a dialog is presented to you where you'll have to choose a AP. Take “Bt“ (or “GnuBox“). Now
you should notice the Bluetooth icon in the system tray turn green (Widcomm
only). Some seconds later an icon signaling a new network connection should also show up in the system tray.
Now you should be able to surf the web through the internet connection of your
computer.
If not working, you may try to reconfigure your phone again. If you have a
firewall installed on your PC there could be issues with making this work. If
you have done all of the above and you still get DNS error messages using
NetFront or Opera then try disabling the firewall and re-connect the phone to
the network and see if it works. If it does, then look into your firewall
software to see how to enable the Bluetooth network connection.
Instructions for 6630, 6680
and 6681
The usage instructions are exactly the same as
7610/6670/6260/3230 tutorial above, with the following exceptions and
limitations:
- You cannot set the access point
'Bt' to Data call when creating. You have only the option 'GPRS'. Set it
to GPRS.
- You don't have to enter a phone number while creating
the access point.
- If you need to enter DNS or IP address manually, these
settings are ignored by default. You can click on Install -> copy from
GPRS to activate these settings. Do this only after the entire setup (but
for sure after ‘create records’).
- If you need to set a proxy, make sure you enter this
information when you create the access
point Bt.
- After clicking Install -> create records in gnubox, the access point will disappear from the
settings->access point menu. It won't be available anymore. If you need
to change proxy or DNS settings, do the following: click install -> set
to GPRS. Then go to the phone settings | access points, apply the
necessary changes. Then go back to gnubox, click
install -> create records. You need then to click install -> copy
from gprs unless you only changed proxy
settings.
- Built-in applications cannot
access the access point Bt (and thus use the bluetooth internet connection). The internal access point
selection dialog never lists the access point Bt. There are other
applications which can use it, including for example IM+, Opera (go to the
second page of the settings, select 'Connect to default access point' and
select Bt from the list there), putty, vnc
client, etc.
I do not have 6630/6680/6681
phones to create screenshots for this here. For more information, please refer
to Xan’s gnubox forum.
Setup for Firewall
For ZoneAlarm, go to Firewall
-> Advanced. You must set "This computer is an ICS/NAT gateway" to
work.
For others Firewall, you
may need to find whether there is this option.
Some hints on debugging
/ Assistance
• IPView
(http://my-symbian.com/7650/download/search.php?name=Ip%20View) helps a lot. It shows
you your network config and allows to
send pings.
• Using Ethereal and the
latest WinPCap beta libraries you're even able to
capture on the incoming connection device.
• If you have problems
with domain name resolution, you can set the DNS server in the AP settings.
• The GnuBox software
has many debug features build in. See the debug menu (bring IF up is very handy
to test if the connection to the pc can be established).
• If your PC isn't
connected to the internet via a LAN, but via dial up you might run into
trouble. Try activating Internet connection sharing on your modem's connection.
• For testing purposes disable your
firewall. Depending on your firewall, it may deny routing packets.
• If you have any
questions please take a look at http://www.symbianos.org/yabbse/index.php?board=2
and ask
your question there.
Other guides on gnubox:
1.
Internet
Access For Nokia Mobiles via Bluetooth in Linux HOWTO
2.
Tutorial for
Nokia 3230 and gnuBox using Analogx
Proxy
3.
Internet sharing methods
for GnuBox
4.
The Big GnuBox troubleshooting walkthrough
Credits
xan (@symbianis.org) http://gnubox.dnsalias.org/gnubox/
- for making
GnuBox, he made this Bluetooth internet connection possible.
Sebastian Schuon - For his guide on Nokia 6670/7610 in PDF format.
Version 0.1D, 09/07/06
KK (kkfireboy@yahoo.com.sg)