Re: [Bluez-users] BD hardware address problem

[Marcel Holtmann <marcel@holtmann.org>]

Hi Lukasz,

> >>> I've been trying to make a bluetooth link between two computers, a 
> >>> windows run laptop and my linux box - using two bluetooth usb dongles
> >>> I think the problem is quite obvious: they both have been assigned the 
> >>> same bd address: 11:11:11:11:11:11
> >> this is a known problem and it is these stupid ISSC dongles where the
> >> manufacturer doesn't assigned unique addresses to each dongle. You can
> >> try to use bdaddr from CVS to set your own address.
> 
> > Can't write new address
> 
> of course it couldn't, I wasn't root ;]
> after executing this set of commands
> bdaddr -r -i hci0 22:22:22:22:22:22
> hciconfig hci0 down
> hciconfig hci0 up
> I got the device up and going with the new address and the rest of my 
> config, then I fired up:
> pand -c 11:11:11:11:11:11
> but now it ends with:
> Connect to 11:11:11:11:11:11 failed. Protocol error(71)
> and I'm stuck again ;]

use a valid BD_ADDR and not an address that will be a broadcast address
in the Ethernet range. Also run "hcidump -X -V" to see what is really
going on.

Regards

Marcel




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