From a5bc4cb785480755574a11b214cc615504966cc9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Thomas Haller Date: Fri, 30 Aug 2019 11:02:00 +0200 Subject: man: add examples how to configure bluetooth devices to `man nmcli-examples`. --- man/nmcli-examples.xml | 22 ++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 22 insertions(+) diff --git a/man/nmcli-examples.xml b/man/nmcli-examples.xml index e777c326d1..53e003fb11 100644 --- a/man/nmcli-examples.xml +++ b/man/nmcli-examples.xml @@ -587,6 +587,28 @@ Connection 'ethernet-4' (de89cdeb-a3e1-4d53-8fa0-c22546c775f4) successfully + Bluetooth connection profiles + NetworkManger supports both connecting to NAP and DUN devices as a client. It also + supports sharing the network via a NAP server. + + For NAP client connections, NetworkManager automatically creates a suitable in-memory profile + for paired devices if none is available. You may use that generated profile directly, but you may also modify + and persist it, which will prevent to automatically re-create it. You may also create a profile from scratch. + For example, the following uses DHCP and IPv6 autoconf for address configuration: + +$ nmcli connection add type bluetooth con-name "Profile for My Bluetooth Device (NAP)" autoconnect no bluetooth.type panu bluetooth.bdaddr "$BDADDR" + For DUN connections, the user needs to configure modem settings and hence no profile + gets created automatically. The modem settings depend on your device and you either need + a "gsm" or a "csma" section. For example, + +$ nmcli connection add type bluetooth con-name "Profile for My Bluetooth Device (DUN)" autoconnect no bluetooth.type dun bluetooth.bdaddr "$BDADDR" gsm.apn apn.com + Finally, you can create a bluetooth hotspot. BlueZ implements those as a bridge device, + so such profiles also have a bridge section. Also, you probably want to set IP methods as "shared", + so that clients get automatic IP addressing. Note that the "shared" IPv4 method requires dnsmasq to be available. + +$ nmcli connection add type bluetooth con-name "My Bluetooth Hotspot" autoconnect no ifname btnap0 bluetooth.type nap ipv4.method shared ipv6.method shared + + -- cgit v1.2.1