How to set up Internet Tethering with the BlueMan Applet

I found there was a bit of stuffing around to get this Internet tethering going, so here is my quick guide to how it worked for me. So my setup is I'm running Ubuntu 8.10, have BlueMan installed and have an iPhone 3GS 32GB. So here are the steps. 1) Open Bluetooth BlueMan applet on laptop (enable bluetooth if not enabled) 2) Open Bluetooth settings in iPhone (enable bluetooth if not enabled) 3) The device name (your-laptop-name) should be showing on the iPhone. Press the name with your finger to connect (!! not the arrow as I kept doing !!) 4) It should ask for a PIN, type in an easy PIN into the iPhone for the connection authentication, you'll see why in the next step. 5) On the laptop a popup will show for about 4 seconds (you have to be very quick), in that time type in the PIN you typed into the iPhone. The first time I did it the window popped up under another window, and it took me ages to figure out why the devices wouldn't connect! If you are too slow minimize all windows except the BlueMan applet and move that to the top right corner of the screen so you can see the desktop and and start again. Watch carefully for the popup box. If you do it right then it will say connected on the iPhone. 6) In the BlueMan device manager on your laptop find the entry for your iPhone and right click on it, then click Network Access -> Network Access point. 7) Nearly done, one more step. You will now have an entry in the network settings under wired connections called bepn0 or something. Click on that and it will provide internet access though the iPhone. 8) When done you can click disconnect in the BlueMan applet, or just turn bluetooth off on the iPhone and laptop. Troubleshooting Tips In step 3 - You have to press the name with your finger to connect not the arrow. In step 5 - Use the keypad to type the number and press enter on the keyboard. Wheew, no wonder I keep forgetting how to configure this.

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