User's Guide

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• On the server, in the Folders pane of My Bluetooth Places, right-click My Device and select
Properties from the pop-up menu
• In the Bluetooth Configuration Panel, select the Local Services tab.
• Double-click the Bluetooth Serial Port service to display its Service Properties dialog box. The
Service Properties dialog box shows the communications port the connection is using.
To close a Bluetooth serial port connection
Connections are normally closed from the client:
• On the client, in the Folders pane of My Bluetooth Places, select (highlight) the device that is
providing the Bluetooth Serial Port service.
• In the right pane of My Bluetooth Places, right-click Bluetooth Serial Port and then select
Disconnect Bluetooth Serial Port from the pop-up menu.
• Though not recommended, connections can also be closed from the server:
• On the server, in the Folders pane of My Bluetooth Places, select (highlight) My Device
• In the right pane of My Bluetooth Places, right-click Bluetooth Serial Port and then select Stop
to close the service. The service must be re-started before it will be available to remote
devices (right-click Bluetooth Serial Port and select Start from the pop-up menu).
3.2 DIAL-UP NETWORKING
The Dial-up Networking service permits a Bluetooth client to use a modem that is physically
connected to a different Bluetooth device (the server).
After the Bluetooth wireless connection is established the client can use the server’s modem as if
it were a local device on the client.
To establish a Dial-up Networking session
Connections are initiated from the client:
1.On the client, in the Folders pane of My Bluetooth Places, select Entire Bluetooth
Neighborhood.
2.In the right pane of Entire Bluetooth Neighborhood, right-click anywhere except on a device
name and select Refresh from the pop-up menu.
3.In the Folders pane of My Bluetooth Places, right-click the server that will provide the Dial-up
Networking Service and select Discover Available Services from the pop-up menu to update
the available services list. The available services will be displayed in the right pane of My
Bluetooth Places.
4.In the right pane of My Bluetooth Places, double-click Dial-up Networking.
5.In the Connect To dialog box, fill in your user name, password, and the phone number to be
dialed, and then click the Dial button. Select the Save password check box and the dialog box
will not appear for subsequent connections to the same phone number.