Quick Settings
If you are close to Acacia (in Melba, ACT - Australia), you will see a Bluetooth LAN called "Acacia" that you can connect to by setting the following:
- Server Device Name = Acacia
- Server Mac Address = 00:11:67:25:B8:8F
- Type = Computer
- Proxy = 192.168.2.2:80
- Passkey = (to be advised via email)
All that we ask is that you comply with our Acceptable Use Policy and that you email us to tell us your experience with this facility.
Overview
The aim of this project is to provide bluetooth connectivity to both the Web and a POP email server, and to share these facilities within the 100m coverage area without exposing the Acacia LAN to the world. In order to provide this facility, we implement a Bluetooth Access Point in this project and take advantage of the Acacia Public WLAN project infrasture.
This project provides all of the details that you will need in order to set up a similar shared access facility.
Physical Configuration
The diagram below shows the physical configuration of this project. You should note the IP addresses as these will help you understand the script settings. Also note that you need to replace xxx with your own settings.
Hardware
To emulate this public Bluetooth Access Point configuration, you will need:
- The equipment noted in the Acacia Public WLAN project (but not the WLAN base station).
- A "LASER" Bluetooth Class 1 USB dongle (or equivalent)
- A spare USB port on your Linux system.
Logical Configuration
The diagram below shows the logical configuration of this project.
Some points to note on this diagram include:
- The Bluetooth Access Point provides a single static IP address, so one person at a time can use the facility.
- The WLAN firewall also blocks access to the private LAN, but still makes use of its facilities.
Software
In order to implement this project in your own environment, you will need one or more PCs with the following software installed:
- Secure Shell Client (SSH) for the firewall test and configuration PC.
- iptables on the WLAN firewall.
- A web proxy server.
- Linux (Fedora 4 or newer)
Code
Refer to Tao of MAC for independent setup instructions.
Configuration and Testing
This is a fairly straight forward if you already have the Acacia Public WLAN project up and running. The following steps should guide you through the additional processes:
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Bluetooth Access Point Configuration
Bluetooth Access Point Testing
These are the most important steps and you may as well stop here if you can't get through this testing.
Administration
Using the configuration supplied in this project, you can administer both the WLAN Firewall and the WLAN Router from your internal network as follows:
Links
It may be worth reading some of the following links if you are encountering problems:
- See Tao of MAC for setup instructions on Fedora Core.
Ideas
This is a growing project. Some enhancement ideas include:
- ...
- You tell me...
Please let me know if you have problems setting this up or you have suggestions or corrections.
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