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