Connecting to Telstra CDMA packet network in Ubuntu via bluetooth

Quick setup guide

This is mainly a guide so that I can remember how to connect to the CDMA packet network using my mobile phone via bluetooth. My phone is Nokia 6255. From what I understand this should work for other CDMA phones as well. I am not sure whether the same instructions apply to the GSM-GPRS network, you'll have to give it ago.

• Find you phone via bluetooth. I use hcitool.

  hcitool scan

• This will list the available bluetooth devices in the vicinity.

  00:02:EE:99:59:6B MooMee

• Now you should be able to assign a serial port using rfcomm:

  rfcomm bind /dev/rfcomm0 00:02:EE:99:59:6B 1

• Create a file in /etc/ppp/peers/ called telstraCDMA:

  noauth
  connect "/usr/sbin/chat -v -f /etc/chatscripts/telstraCDMA"
  debug
  /dev/rfcomm0
  115200
  defaultroute
  noipdefault
  user user@telstra.pcpack
  ipparam telstraCDMA
  usepeerdns
  remotename telstraCDMA
  

• Create a file in /etc/chatscripts called telstraCDMA:

  # This chatfile was generated by pppconfig 2.3.10.
  ABORT BUSY ABORT 'NO CARRIER' ABORT VOICE ABORT 'NO DIALTONE' ABORT 'NO DIAL TO$# modeminit
  '' ATZ
  # ispnumber
  OK-AT-OK "ATDT#777"
  # ispconnect
  CONNECT \d\c
  

• Add these lines to the end of you /etc/ppp/pap-secrets:

  users@telstra.pcpack telstraCDMA "telstra"

• I have added this to my /etc/network/intefaces file:

  iface ppp0 inet ppp
  provider telstraCDMA
  auto ppp0
  

• Now to bring up the interface run:

  ifup ppp0

  Your computer should be given an IP-address via DHCP and the name-servers should be assigned correctly. Just be aware that connecting in this method can rack up some huge costs on your bill. On a standard mobile plan the cost is $0.02 per KB - yes thats $20 per megabyte.

Last update: August 14, 2006