General discussion • Raspberry Pi Bluetooth PAN setup AD 2025

As I spent few hours trying to make my RPis connectable via Bluetooth network from Linux machine, I am posting summary what IMHO needs to be done.
I wanted to update thread viewtopic.php?p=2198716&hilit=bluetooth+pan+network but thread is locked now.

What is needed more than in viewtopic.php?p=2198716&hilit=bluetooth+pan+network ( IMHO) :
- make /etc/systemd/system/bt-network.service start after bluetooth.service [1]
- pair and trust bluetooth devices when bt-network.service is running

What is not needed from viewtopic.php?p=2198716&hilit=bluetooth+pan+network:
- modifications of /etc/bluetooth/main.conf
- modifications of bluetooth.service ( --noplugin= ... )
- running bt-agent.service ( I am pairing Bluetooth devices manually)

To sum up, steps to have working Bluetooth PAN are, on server (PAN master):
Add /etc/systemd/network/pan0.netdev [2]
Add /etc/systemd/network/pan0.network [3]
Add /etc/systemd/system/bt-network.service [1]
Run bluetoothctl on both devices and pair and trust each device

On client machine:And it should be working
Let me know if I missed something, or if sth is not clear.


[1] /etc/systemd/system/bt-network.service [2] /etc/systemd/network/pan0.netdev:[3] /etc/systemd/network/pan0.network :

Statistics: Posted by matkor — Mon Jan 06, 2025 8:51 pm — Replies 0 — Views 0

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