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authormarkus <markus@FreeBSD.org>2006-11-13 01:13:28 +0000
committermarkus <markus@FreeBSD.org>2006-11-13 01:13:28 +0000
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- Grammar fixes
- Reword some sentences - Use .Cm for arguments - s/CAVEAT/CAVEATS/ Based on PR: docs/78174 Submitted by: Jeremy Chadwick <freebsd@jdc.parodius.com> Reviewed by: brueffer Approved by: emax (mentor) MFC after: 3 days
-rw-r--r--usr.sbin/bluetooth/rfcomm_pppd/rfcomm_pppd.8130
1 files changed, 74 insertions, 56 deletions
diff --git a/usr.sbin/bluetooth/rfcomm_pppd/rfcomm_pppd.8 b/usr.sbin/bluetooth/rfcomm_pppd/rfcomm_pppd.8
index 47ef1ab..5f7886e 100644
--- a/usr.sbin/bluetooth/rfcomm_pppd/rfcomm_pppd.8
+++ b/usr.sbin/bluetooth/rfcomm_pppd/rfcomm_pppd.8
@@ -48,18 +48,18 @@
.Sh DESCRIPTION
The
.Nm
-daemon is a simple wrapper daemon that allows to use standard
+daemon is a simple wrapper daemon that allows the use of
.Xr ppp 8
-on RFCOMM connection.
+via an RFCOMM connection.
It can operate in two modes: client and server.
.Pp
-In the client mode,
+In client mode,
.Nm
opens an RFCOMM connection to the specified server's
.Ar BD_ADRR
and
.Ar channel .
-Once RFCOMM connection is established,
+Once the RFCOMM connection is established,
.Nm
executes
.Xr ppp 8
@@ -67,14 +67,14 @@ in
.Fl direct
mode with the specified
.Ar label .
-The
+Likewise,
.Xr ppp 8
-in its turn operates over the RFCOMM connection just like it would operate
-over the standard serial port thus allowing user to
+operates over the RFCOMM connection just like it would over a standard serial
+port, thus allowing a user to
.Dq "dial out"
and connect to the Internet.
.Pp
-In the server mode,
+In server mode,
.Nm
opens an RFCOMM socket and listens for incoming connections from remote clients.
Once the new incoming connection is accepted,
@@ -85,41 +85,41 @@ in
.Fl direct
mode with the specified
.Ar label .
-The
+Likewise,
.Xr ppp 8
-in its turn operates over the RFCOMM connection just like it would operate over
-the standard serial port thus providing network connectivity to remote clients.
+operates over the RFCOMM connection just like it would over a standard serial
+port, thus providing network connectivity to remote clients.
.Pp
The options are as follows:
.Bl -tag -width indent
.It Fl a Ar address
-In the client mode, this required option specifies the address of the remote
+In client mode, this required option specifies the address of the remote
RFCOMM server.
-In the server mode, this option can be used to specify the local
+In server mode, this option can be used to specify the local
address to listen on.
-By default, server will listen on
+By default, in server mode, the daemon will listen on
.Dv ANY
address.
The address can be specified as BD_ADDR or name.
-If name was specified then the
+If a name was specified, the
.Nm
utility will attempt to resolve the name via
.Xr bt_gethostbyname 3 .
.It Fl C Ar channel
-In both client and server modes, this required option specifies RFCOMM channel
-to connect to or listen on.
-In the server mode, RFCOMM channel should be a number between 1 and 30.
-In the client mode, RFCOMM channel could either be a number between 1 and 30
+In both client and server mode, this required option specifies the RFCOMM
+channel to connect to or listen on.
+In server mode, the channel should be a number between 1 and 30.
+In client mode, the channel could either be a number between 1 and 30
or a service name.
Supported service names are:
.Cm DUN
-(for DialUp Networking service) and
+(Dial-Up Networking) and
.Cm LAN
-(for LAN Access Using PPP service).
-If service name was specified instead of numeric RFCOMM channel then
+(LAN Access Using PPP).
+If a service name is used instead of a numeric channel number, then
.Nm
-utility will try to obtain RFCOMM channel for the service via Service
-Discovery Protocol.
+will try to obtain an RFCOMM channel number via SDP
+(Service Discovery Protocol).
.It Fl c
Act as an RFCOMM client.
This is the default mode.
@@ -128,39 +128,51 @@ Do not detach from the controlling terminal, i.e., run in foreground.
.It Fl h
Display usage message and exit.
.It Fl l Ar label
-In both client and server modes, this required option specifies which
+In both client and server mode, this required option specifies which
.Xr ppp 8
label will be used.
.It Fl S
-In the server mode, register the Serial Port (SP) service in addition to the
-LAN Access Using PPP (LAN) service.
+In server mode, register the
+.Cm SP
+(Serial Port) service in addition to the
+.Cm LAN
+(LAN Access Using PPP) service.
+.Pp
It appears that some cell phones are using the so-called
.Dq "callback mechanism" .
In this scenario, the user is trying to connect his cell phone to the Internet,
-and user's host computer is acting as the gateway server.
+while the user's host computer is acting as the gateway server.
It seems that it is not possible to tell the phone to just connect and start
-using the LAN service.
+using the
+.Cm LAN
+service.
Instead, the user's host computer must
.Dq "jump start"
-the phone by connecting to the phone's SP service.
+the phone by connecting to the phone's
+.Cm SP
+service.
What happens next is the phone kills the existing connection and opens another
connection back to the user's host computer.
-The phone really wants to use LAN service, but for whatever reason it looks
-for the SP service on the user's host computer.
-This brain damaged behavior was reported for Nokia 6600 and Sony/Ericsson P900.
+The phone really wants to use the
+.Cm LAN
+service, but for whatever reason it looks for the
+.Cm SP
+service on the user's host computer.
+This brain-damaged behavior was reported for the Nokia 6600 and the
+Sony/Ericsson P900.
.It Fl s
Act as an RFCOMM server.
.It Fl u Ar N
-This option maps directly onto
+This option maps directly to the
.Fl unit
.Xr ppp 8
-command line option and tells
+command-line option and tells
.Nm
to instruct
.Xr ppp 8
to only attempt to open
.Pa /dev/tun Ns Ar N .
-This option only works in the client mode.
+This option only works in client mode.
.El
.Sh PPP CONFIGURATION
.Ss Important Notes on PPP Configuration
@@ -187,10 +199,10 @@ dialing out from the
section into an appropriate outgoing label.
.Ss RFCOMM Server
One of the typical examples is the LAN access.
-In this example, RFCOMM connection
-is used as a null-modem connection between client and server.
-Both client
-and server will start talking PPP right after RFCOMM connection was established.
+In this example, an RFCOMM connection
+is used as a null-modem connection between a client and a server.
+Both client and server will start talking PPP right after the RFCOMM
+connection has been established.
.Bd -literal -offset indent
rfcomm-server:
set timeout 0
@@ -208,10 +220,14 @@ rfcomm-server:
.Ss RFCOMM Client
The
.Nm
-utility
-supports both LAN and DUN (Dial-Up Networking) access.
-The client's configuration for the LAN access is very similar to server's and
-might look like this.
+utility supports both
+.Cm LAN
+(LAN Access Using PPP) and
+.Cm DUN
+(Dial-Up Networking) access.
+The client's configuration for
+.Cm LAN
+access is very similar to the server's and might look like this:
.Bd -literal -offset indent
rfcomm-client:
enable lqr
@@ -228,17 +244,19 @@ rfcomm-client:
disable chap
.Ed
.Pp
-The client's configuration for the DUN access is different.
+The client's configuration for
+.Cm DUN
+access is different.
In this scenario, the client gets connected to the virtual serial port on the
server.
-To open a PPP session, client must dial a number.
+To open a PPP session, the client must dial a number.
Note that by default
.Xr ppp 8
will not execute any configured chat scripts.
The
.Ic force-scripts
option can be used to override this behavior.
-The example of such configuration is shown below.
+An example configuration is shown below:
.Bd -literal -offset indent
rfcomm-dialup:
# This is IMPORTANT option
@@ -261,7 +279,7 @@ rfcomm-dialup:
add default HISADDR
.Ed
.Pp
-Note that by adjusting the initialization string, one can make CSD (Circuit
+Note that by adjusting the initialization string, one can make a CSD (Circuit
Switched Data), HSCSD (High Speed Circuit Switched Data) or GPRS (General
Packet Radio Service) connection.
The availability of the particular connection
@@ -284,7 +302,7 @@ will execute
.Xr ppp 8
in
.Fl direct
-mode with
+mode with the
.Dq Li rfcomm-server
label.
.Pp
@@ -298,23 +316,23 @@ will try to connect to the RFCOMM server at
.Li 00:01:02:03:04:05
address and channel
.Li 1 .
-Once connected, the
+Once connected,
.Nm
will execute
.Xr ppp 8
in
.Fl direct
-mode with
+mode with the
.Dq Li rfcomm-client
label.
-.Sh CAVEAT
+.Sh CAVEATS
The
.Nm
-utility in server mode will try to register Bluetooth LAN Access Over PPP
-service with local SPD daemon.
-If local SDP daemon is not running the
+utility in server mode will try to register the Bluetooth LAN Access Over PPP
+service with the local SPD daemon.
+If the local SDP daemon is not running,
.Nm
-utility will exit with error.
+will exit with an error.
.Sh SEE ALSO
.Xr rfcomm_sppd 1 ,
.Xr bluetooth 3 ,
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