Use Nokia E65 as GPRS modem in Ubuntu 8.04

A short description about how to use a Nokia E65 as a GPRS modem in Ubuntu 8.04.

Install the needed software packages:

sudo apt-get install bluez bluez-utils wvdial

Enable bluetooth on your phone, scan for it and copy the address for your phone.

hcitool scan

The next step is to find the channel for the phone’s dialup service. Run

sdptool browse xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx

where xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx is the address found in the previous step. Look for “Service Name: Dial-Up Networking”, and note the channel number.

The phone now has to be bound as a rfcomm device, which is configured in /etc/bluetooth/rfcomm.conf. Add

rfcomm4 { bind yes; device xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx; channel 2; comment “Serial Port”; }

to the file with the numbers found above.

Now make a configuration file for wvdial

sudo gedit /etc/wvdial.conf

with this content:

[Dialer Defaults]
Modem = /dev/rfcomm4
Baud = 115200
Init1 = ATZ
Init2 = ATQ0 V1 E1 S0=0 &C1 &D2 +FCLASS=0
Init3 = ATM0
Init5 = AT+CGDCONT=1,”IP”,”internet”
ISDN = 0
Modem Type = Analog Modem
Phone = *99***1#
Username = foo
Password = bar

Thats it. I use the commands below to start the connection. First shut down wlan0, which should not be necessary, but sometimes DNS won’t work if wlan0 is searching for access points. I restart bluetooth in order to make sure the phone is bound, and finally, I run wvdial to start the connection.

sudo ifconfig wlan0 down
sudo /etc/init.d/bluetooth restart
sudo wvdial