thanks. I will give it a whirl. Looks a little too sophisticated for me. But I will try. Let us know when you complete your tool.

oh it'll work.. make sure you get the becomeroot package.. you can find it if you search on http://gronmayer.com/it..

the hardest part of this i'd suppose is editing in your mac address.. if you're not comfortable with the maemo's default text editors.. maybe this will make it easier..

copy and paste that code i had into a text editor on your home computer.
find the part that says..

#BT MAC of PC/phone
BTADDR='00:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx'

and instead of 00:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx, make it your MAC address.. you can find this somewhere in your phone's bluetooth setup usually..

save the file as "pan.sh" or something.. doesnt really matter..

get that onto your nokia, either by usb connection or some other means..

open xterm (now available by default on os2008!)

'cd' to the directory you saved that file.. ex. 'cd /media/mmc1'

'chmod a+x pan.sh' (or whatever you named that file)

turn on internet connection sharing on your phone

'sudo gainroot'

'./pan.sh'

'udhcpc -i bnep0'

and you should be in!..

im gonna begin working on a gui version of my original program to make it a lot easier for initial setup.. after that all you'll have to do is select the 'Whitejack' connection in the Connection Manager like a normal wifi connection or something, and it'll do all the work for you.. so bear with me and i'll get us something easy, but i just dont want to put out some crap program that requires more input from you or me to do something so simple.. welp.. hope that helps.. and stay tuned..

sounds great ! If I dont wait for the GUI version, it is going to be like when I try to fix plumbing around the house over holiday weekends ! Not a good result. Have a nice holiday.

Thanks for all the tips. I'm quite new to linux and to the N800. I've been following the directions to the letter and have gained root access as well. However, when I try to run './pan.sh', I get 'permission denied'. What am I doing incorrectly? It's not just with bluetooth pan. I get the same 'permission denied' while trying to set up openvpn. Thanks. I'm running OS 2008.

i run the script, it says:

"Scanning bluetooth devices...
/usr/bin/whitejack.rb:15: command not found: hcitool scan

No bluetooth device availble"

For anyone who is still looking there is a add-on to the OS 08 software called maemo-pan here is a link

http://pycage.blogspot.com/2008/02/n...for-maemo.html

Hope this helps you connect to your nokia n800 or 810