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RFCOMM_PPPD(8)		  BSD System Manager's Manual		RFCOMM_PPPD(8)

NAME
     rfcomm_pppd — RFCOMM PPP daemon

SYNOPSIS
     rfcomm_pppd -c [-dh] -a address -C channel -l label -u N
     rfcomm_pppd -s [-dDhS] [-a address] -C channel -l label

DESCRIPTION
     The rfcomm_pppd daemon is a simple wrapper daemon that allows the use of
     ppp(8) via an RFCOMM connection.  It can operate in two modes: client and
     server.

     In client mode, rfcomm_pppd opens an RFCOMM connection to the specified
     server's BD_ADRR and channel.  Once the RFCOMM connection is established,
     rfcomm_pppd executes ppp(8) in -direct mode with the specified label.
     Likewise, ppp(8) operates over the RFCOMM connection just like it would
     over a standard serial port, thus allowing a user to “dial out” and con‐
     nect to the Internet.

     In server mode, rfcomm_pppd opens an RFCOMM socket and listens for incom‐
     ing connections from remote clients.  Once the new incoming connection is
     accepted, rfcomm_pppd forks and executes ppp(8) in -direct mode with the
     specified label.  Likewise, ppp(8) operates over the RFCOMM connection
     just like it would over a standard serial port, thus providing network
     connectivity to remote clients.

     The options are as follows:

     -a address
	     In client mode, this required option specifies the address of the
	     remote RFCOMM server.  In server mode, this option can be used to
	     specify the local address to listen on.  By default, in server
	     mode, the daemon will listen on ANY address.  The address can be
	     specified as BD_ADDR or name.  If a name was specified, the
	     rfcomm_pppd utility will attempt to resolve the name via
	     bt_gethostbyname(3).

     -C channel
	     In both client and server mode, this required option specifies
	     the RFCOMM channel to connect to or listen on.  In server mode,
	     the channel should be a number between 1 and 30.  In client mode,
	     the channel could either be a number between 1 and 30 or a ser‐
	     vice name.	 Supported service names are: DUN (Dial-Up Networking)
	     and LAN (LAN Access Using PPP).  If a service name is used
	     instead of a numeric channel number, then rfcomm_pppd will try to
	     obtain an RFCOMM channel number via SDP (Service Discovery Proto‐
	     col).

     -c	     Act as an RFCOMM client.  This is the default mode.

     -d	     Do not detach from the controlling terminal, i.e., run in fore‐
	     ground.

     -D	     In server mode, register the DUN (Dial-Up Networking) service in
	     addition to the LAN (LAN Access Using PPP) service.  AT-command
	     exchange can be faked with ppp(8) chat script.

     -h	     Display usage message and exit.

     -l label
	     In both client and server mode, this required option specifies
	     which ppp(8) label will be used.

     -S	     In server mode, register the SP (Serial Port) service in addition
	     to the LAN (LAN Access Using PPP) service.

	     It appears that some cell phones are using the so-called
	     “callback mechanism”.  In this scenario, the user is trying to
	     connect his cell phone to the Internet, while the user's host
	     computer is acting as the gateway server.	It seems that it is
	     not possible to tell the phone to just connect and start using
	     the LAN service.  Instead, the user's host computer must “jump
	     start” the phone by connecting to the phone's SP service.	What
	     happens next is the phone kills the existing connection and opens
	     another connection back to the user's host computer.  The phone
	     really wants to use the LAN service, but for whatever reason it
	     looks for the SP service on the user's host computer.  This
	     brain-damaged behavior was reported for the Nokia 6600 and the
	     Sony/Ericsson P900.

     -s	     Act as an RFCOMM server.

     -u N    This option maps directly to the -unit ppp(8) command-line option
	     and tells rfcomm_pppd to instruct ppp(8) to only attempt to open
	     /dev/tunN.	 This option only works in client mode.

PPP CONFIGURATION
   Important Notes on PPP Configuration
     Special attention is required when adding new RFCOMM configurations to
     the existing PPP configuration.  Please keep in mind that PPP will always
     execute commands in the “default” label of your /etc/ppp/ppp.conf file.
     Please make sure that the “default” label only contains commands that
     apply to every other label.  If you need to use PPP for both dialing out
     and accepting incoming RFCOMM connections, please make sure you have
     moved all commands related to dialing out from the “default” section into
     an appropriate outgoing label.

   RFCOMM Server
     One of the typical examples is the LAN access.  In this example, an
     RFCOMM connection is used as a null-modem connection between a client and
     a server.	Both client and server will start talking PPP right after the
     RFCOMM connection has been established.

	   rfcomm-server:
	    set timeout 0
	    set lqrperiod 10
	    set ifaddr 10.0.0.1 10.0.0.2 255.255.255.0
	    enable lqr
	    accept lqr
	    accept dns
	    # Do not use PPP authentication. Assume that
	    # Bluetooth connection was authenticated already
	    disable pap
	    deny pap
	    disable chap
	    deny chap

   RFCOMM Client
     The rfcomm_pppd utility supports both LAN (LAN Access Using PPP) and DUN
     (Dial-Up Networking) access.  The client's configuration for LAN access
     is very similar to the server's and might look like this:

	   rfcomm-client:
	    enable lqr
	    accept lqr
	    set dial
	    set timeout 0
	    disable iface-alias
	    set ifaddr 10.0.0.1/0 10.0.0.2/0 255.255.255.0 0.0.0.0
	    # Do not use PPP authentication. Assume that
	    # Bluetooth connection was authenticated already
	    deny pap
	    disable pap
	    deny chap
	    disable chap

     The client's configuration for DUN access is different.  In this sce‐
     nario, the client gets connected to the virtual serial port on the
     server.  To open a PPP session, the client must dial a number.  Note that
     by default ppp(8) will not execute any configured chat scripts.  The
     force-scripts option can be used to override this behavior.  An example
     configuration is shown below:

	   rfcomm-dialup:
	    # This is IMPORTANT option
	    enable force-scripts

	    # You might want to change these
	    set authname
	    set authkey
	    set phone "*99***1#"

	    # You might want to adjust dial string as well
	    set dial "ABORT BUSY ABORT NO\\sCARRIER TIMEOUT 5 \
		      \"\" AT OK-AT-OK ATE1Q0 OK \\dATDT\\T TIMEOUT 40 CONNECT"
	    set login
	    set timeout 30
	    enable dns
	    resolv rewrite

	    set ifaddr 10.0.0.1/0 10.0.0.2/0 255.255.255.0 0.0.0.0
	    add default HISADDR

     Note that by adjusting the initialization string, one can make a CSD
     (Circuit Switched Data), HSCSD (High Speed Circuit Switched Data) or GPRS
     (General Packet Radio Service) connection.	 The availability of the par‐
     ticular connection type depends on the phone model and service plan acti‐
     vated on the phone.

EXIT STATUS
     The rfcomm_pppd utility exits 0 on success, and >0 if an error occurs.

EXAMPLES
	   rfcomm_pppd -s -a 00:01:02:03:04:05 -C 1 -l rfcomm-server

     This command will start rfcomm_pppd in the server mode.  The RFCOMM
     server will listen on local address 00:01:02:03:04:05 and channel 1.
     Once the incoming connection has been accepted, rfcomm_pppd will execute
     ppp(8) in -direct mode with the “rfcomm-server” label.

	   rfcomm_pppd -c -a 00:01:02:03:04:05 -C 1 -l rfcomm-client

     This command will start rfcomm_pppd in the client mode.  rfcomm_pppd will
     try to connect to the RFCOMM server at 00:01:02:03:04:05 address and
     channel 1.	 Once connected, rfcomm_pppd will execute ppp(8) in -direct
     mode with the “rfcomm-client” label.

CAVEATS
     The rfcomm_pppd utility in server mode will try to register the Bluetooth
     LAN Access Over PPP service with the local SPD daemon.  If the local SDP
     daemon is not running, rfcomm_pppd will exit with an error.

SEE ALSO
     rfcomm_sppd(1), bluetooth(3), ng_btsocket(4), ppp(8), sdpcontrol(8),
     sdpd(8)

AUTHORS
     Maksim Yevmenkin ⟨m_evmenkin@yahoo.com⟩

BSD			       February 4, 2003				   BSD
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