In part 1, wired USB tethering is explained. In this part 2, we will continue with wireless bluetooth tethering. Wireless tethering in Ubuntu 10.04 (Lucid Lynx) First, you need to pair the mobilephone to the Ubuntu PC. Once bluetooth pairing is completed, keep the mobilephone’s bluetooth in “visible mode” for the remaining of the steps [...]
This post is a follow up to Ubuntu Hardy Heron Nokia N95 as 3G modem. In particular, this post will describe how to set-up mobile broadband tethering from Ubuntu 10.04 (Lucid Lynx) to a Nokia N95 mobilephone. More than two years have passed since Ubuntu Hardy, with the corresponding improvements. With Ubuntu Lucid, the set-up [...]
This is a follow up to the post I wrote two years ago about bluetooth pairing in Ubuntu Intrepid Ibex. Actually, I have my eeePC 900 running Ubuntu Intrepid Ibex 8.10 for two years straight, almost 6 months past the end of life of that release. Recently, however, I decided it’s time to upgrade to [...]
I posted this article two years ago in ubuntu.sg website. Sadly, the site has since been taken down. However, I believe this article still has some value as Ubuntu Hardy 8.04 has not reached end-of-line yet. Therefore, I am reposting the article here. Background There are two ways of using a telecom’s 3G mobile network [...]
Two months ago, I wrote about bluetooth pairing in Ubuntu Hardy, specifically using a Nokia N95 and eeePC 900. Actually, the process I described could be applied generally with any supported bluetooth devices and Ubuntu Hardy PC. Since installing Intrepid Ibex beta, I have been testing various functionalities for possible regression. This will help me [...]
I have a laptop (eeePC 900) running standard Ubuntu Hardy Heron 8.04, which I used for on-the-go computing. To get connected to the internet, I used one of these connection, depending on where I am: wired network via ethernet (sometimes, at home) WiFi (mostly at home, sometimes in wireless@sg area) Mobile 3G network via Bluetooth [...]
With the improvement of Bluetooth support in Ubuntu Hardy, transferring files to and from Nokia N95 via bluetooth is easy. Also, while this post is specifically on Nokia N95, it is likely other bluetooth phones would work the same. There are more than one method to copy files via bluetooth; however, I will describe only [...]
Previously, I mentioned about switching from a Treo650 to a Nokia N95. The data migration from one phone to the other involved two main steps. First, move the data from Treo650 to a PC (I am using Ubuntu Hardy 8.04). Second, move the data from the PC to Nokia N95. In this post, I will [...]
Ubuntu Hardy 8.04 introduced a number of improvements to bluetooth support. Recently, I have been testing a few of these functionalities and found that they now worked easily with very little hacks. Bluetooth devices Items used: eeePC 900 running fully updated Ubuntu Hardy 8.04.1 i386 Nokia N95 8GB Chronos USB2.0 Bluetooth V2.1 mini dongle Set [...]
