Re: access point networking without X

[Stefan Seyfried <stefan.seyfried@googlemail.com>]

On Fri, 14 Aug 2009 01:07:44 -0600
Brad Midgley <bmidgley@gmail.com> wrote:

> Hey
> 
> I've got some python scripts for driving access point services
> (dun/pan) under bluez4. The idea is to cover machines like gumstix or
> beagleboard that run without a ui and can't do the gnome/kde bluetooth
> controllers.
> 
> Is anyone interested in me pulling these things together and housing
> them in a standalone project? I was thinking we could move toward a C
> implementation once things have settled down in the python prototype.
> (Python is not always a great requirement to put on embedded hosts).
> If anyone else has built similar helpers, we should collect those
> together.

I am definitely interested in BlueZ console tools (not only) for
embedded systems. It can also be beneficial for debugging (even though
most of that can be done with the bluez-supplied test scripts).

> I'd like to be able to extend this beyond simple access point and be
> able to do audio and voip sort of services as well. These little
> machines are quite capable these days and wouldn't have much trouble
> keeping up.

Would be cool, and I would be willing to help (where possible with my
rather limited knowledge ;-)
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