[missing-sync-palmos-talk] Improved Internet Sharing by manually setting the speed on pppd

[Scott Gruby]

On Aug 18, 2005, at 9:04 AM, Brian Lee wrote:

> I was trying to listen to streaming audio via bluetooth with  
> internet sharing with missing sync and pocket tunes. Pocket tunes  
> would frequently re-buffer and cut out every 5-10 seconds at first  
> I though this was a limitation of bluetooth but it wasn't Missing  
> Sync's bluetooth connection speed is set too low. I used this  
> script and manually enabled forwarding, and I set the speed as  
> well. This fixed all my problems with pocket tunes I am now  
> listening to an audio stream at 96kbps 44khz, with zero  
> interruption. Is there a way to manually set the speed for internet  
> sharing via bluetooth on missing sync here is my script....
>
> sudo /usr/sbin/pppd /dev/tty.Bluetooth-PDA-Sync 115200 noauth local  
> passive proxyarp ktune asyncmap 0 persist :10.0.1.105
> sudo sysctl -w net.inet.ip.forwarding=1
> sudo /usr/sbin/natd -same_ports -use_sockets -log -deny_incoming - 
> interface en1
> sudo /sbin/ipfw add divert natd ip from any to any via en1
>
> 10.0.1.105 is the ip address I set on my treo.
> _______________________________________________

Missing Sync's Bluetooth speed is set at 115200. We don't use the  
Bluetooth-PDA-Sync port, so that may be the difference; we use our  
own method of dealing with Bluetooth. We'll see what we can do to  
address this in a future version.

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Scott Gruby
Lead Engineer
Mark/Space, Inc.
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