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One comment of my post about Internet Connection with Nokia E51 a couple weeks ago said that my setup is too complicated. Actually there is no "too complicated" thing there for me. Maybe this guy is a bit lazy to understand something in different ways or type the script in his computer (he..he..he.. just kidding my friend). But anyway I will show you here a more simple way to connect your Nokia E51 using bluetooth and then dialing your access point to get your internet connection works.

1. I’m using openSUSE 11.0 in my laptop. Basically my bluetooth device is already running when I boot my laptop, and I will not explain how to configure the bluetooth service, please refer to your distibution documentation. Also make sure that you already installed wvdial package.
2. Turn on your bluetooth on your Nokia E51. Make pairing with your laptop as well.
3. as root (do sudo if you like "the brown thing") run  # sdptool search dun, mine is like below
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5. pay attention to the dun and channel (the channel is used to make a connection to the handphone)
6. Now, modify /etc/bluetooth/rfcomm.conf. After modification mine is like below
7. Bind the bluetooth address of your handphone to rfcomm device. As root (off course you can use sudo if you prefer "the brown thing") type in konsole # rfcomm bind 0 00:1D:FD:EE:79:96. Change the addrress with your handphone bluetooth address.
8. We just bind bluetooth address of the handphone to rfcomm0. Now check the device # ls /dev/rfcomm0, mine is like
9. Restart the bluetooth service # rcbluetooth restart
10. Now it’s time to modify /etc/wvdial.conf. I left my Dialer Default untouch and I add Dialer e51. Please change the AT+CGDCONT=1,"IP","internet" , with your prefer setting from your provider, but I think the pattern is not much different. Usually the APN (Access Point Name) is different, here I use "internet". Also put the name and password that match with yours. Mine is look like this one below
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12. Finally run the wvdial, # sudo wvdial e51 (now I done it "the brown thing way")
13. To make sure that the connection running we can check the connection status with # ifconfig 

Like I said a couple weeks ago, this setting is not only working with Nokia E51. It will work also in any handphone you may have. Just follow the steps and don’t be afraid to test different setting. Anyway Google is always your friend.

I hope this short post can help you. Please give comment if you feel something wrong with this article. Till then keep safe and stop global warming.