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HowTo iPhone Tethering Ubuntu 9.04 over Bluetooth

What you need:

• iPhone with OS 3.0 and Tethering enabled
• Laptop
• Bluetooth Adapter

Be sure that your iPhone and your PC are paired.

sudo echo "deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/blueman/ppa/ubuntu jaunty main" >> /etc/apt/sources.list
sudo aptitude install bluez blueman bluez-compat      #you need bluez from 4.32 to 4.39

sudo echo "PAND_ENABLED=1" >> /etc/default/bluetooth
sudo echo 'PAND_OPTIONS="--role=PANU"' >> /etc/default/bluetooth
sudo /etc/init.d/bluetooth restart
echo "iface bnep0 inet dhcp" >> /etc/network/interfaces

put the following in /etc/dhcp3/dhclient.conf

lease {
interface "bnep0";
option domain-name-servers 208.67.220.220, 208.67.222.222;
}

get your iPhone Mac Adress:

hcitool scan

connect your iPhone with this commands

sudo pand --connect 00:aa:bb:cc:dd:ee -n
sudo dhclient bnep0

to disconnect your phone throw this in the command line:

sudo ifdown bnep0
sudo pand -K

Your should now be able to Tether over your iPhone.

Thanks to the helpful tutorials at ubuntuusers.de and Google.