The Raspberry Pi 3 includes built in Bluetooth 4.1 alongside Wifi. Bluetooth can be used for a while pile of things from streaming audio to transferring files, but you can also run a full network stack over it. I have thrown together a quick video below of how to set it up with a computer running Mac OS.
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Looks neat! Is it also possible to do this directly between two Pi3s?
Have you tried to setup up the PAN the other way? Sharing a Pi’s internet connection with another device e.g. mobile phone.
I have not. Can’t see why though it wouldn’t be possible?
Is there any use case where sharing over BT is preferable to sharing over Wifi? Since the Pi3 has both built-in…
I want to connect my pi to my work’s laptop but wouldn’t be able to use neither WiFi nor cable as the Pi cannot connect to the WiFi at work and the Laptop cannot connect to the Pi at home because VPN will not allow it.
Cable I cannot use at work because it’s already in use.
So I will try to use bluetooth.
How do you setup the PI,
such that it automatically connects on a restart?