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From: Marcel Holtmann <marcel@holtmann.org>
To: BlueZ users <bluez-users@lists.sourceforge.net>
Subject: Re: [Bluez-users] problems with network via bluetooth
Date: Mon, 04 Jun 2007 21:14:34 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <1180984474.13429.84.camel@violet> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <a481fbf0706041011y702f79f1odfcfb1946254cfcb@mail.gmail.com>

Hi Raymond,

> > > if i run in the NB:  hcitool scan
> > > correctly get:
> > > 11:11:11:11:11:11   paperino-0
> >
> > this is not a valid MAC address. And PAN/Ethernet will fail with it.
> 
>  How does one change the MAC address with a USB bluetooth adapter? (I
> understand that you can't change the actual value in the firmware, but
> isn't there a way to modify it in software, the way many Ethernet
> cards can?)
> 
>  I ask because I have a cheap Bluetooth adapter ("Integrated System
> Solution Corp. KY-BT100 Bluetooth Adapter" according to lsusb) that
> uses that MAC address, too. It works for talking to my Palm Treo, but
> it'd be nice to be able to set it to a more conventional, legal value.

there are ways to change the address, but I don't support any of them.
So you are on your own. However I would return that dongle since it is
actually illegal.

Regards

Marcel



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  reply	other threads:[~2007-06-04 19:14 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2007-06-02 16:40 [Bluez-users] problems with network via bluetooth Aldo Maggi
2007-06-04 15:24 ` Marcel Holtmann
2007-06-04 17:11   ` Raymond Ingles
2007-06-04 19:14     ` Marcel Holtmann [this message]
2007-06-08 22:27   ` Aldo Maggi

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