sdpcontrol issues (LONG)

[Tuc at Beach House]

> > 	I had to configure pppd and rfcomm_pppd and a few other things, and
> > its been running all day.
> 
> ah, ok. so, you are saying treo *can* connect to your laptop via 
> bluetooth and you can browse on treo? or you can connect windows box to 
> your laptop via bluetooth and can browse on windows?
>

	Treo is using DUN on FreeBSD for its connectivity. FreeBSD
can see all services Windows offers. Windows can see DUN on FreeBSD.
Otherwise, the only thing I *CANT* do so far is find any services on the
Treo.
> 
> another thing about sdp-1.5 - its not integrated with other tools 
> (rfcomm_pppd for example) and thus you have to *manually* add sdp 
> records into the database (via 'sdptool register'). you also have to run 
> service daemon (such as rfcomm_pppd) with the parameters you put into 
> the sdp database. for example if you register lan service on rfcomm 
> channel 1 then you *must* run rfcomm_pppd on rfcomm channel 1.
>
	Yup, that I am.
 
> in 5.3 and later sdp(8) is integrated with all tools, so all you need to 
> do is to run sdp(8) in background and then all tools will register 
> service automatically as they start. you do not have to add/delete 
> records manually anymore.
>
	Its not enough of a pain to cause me to go to 5.3 yet.

		Thanks, Tuc