I'm using 'netcfg' on my Arch systems for managing network connections.
Recently I discovered a way to connect to UMTS using netcfg and bluetooth.
I'm using Fonic as provider so these examples will be specific for Fonic.
CONNECTION='ppp' INTERFACE='ignore' PEER='fonic' PPP_TIMEOUT=10
hide-password noauth # chat script for connection (has to be provider specific) connect "/usr/sbin/chat -v -f /etc/ppp/fonic_chat" debug /dev/rfcomm0 921600 defaultroute noipdefault usepeerdns user ""
ABORT BUSY ABORT 'NO CARRIER' ABORT VOICE ABORT 'NO DIALTONE' ABORT 'NO DIAL TONE' ABORT 'NO ANSWER' ABORT DELAYED '' ATZ OK at+cgdcont=1,"IP","internet","",0,0 OK AT+CREG=2 OK-AT-OK "ATDT*99#" CONNECT \d\c
... # Activate rfcomm ports (default: false) RFCOMM_ENABLE="true" ...
rfcomm0 { # Automatically bind the device at startup bind yes; # Bluetooth address of the device device XX:XX:XX:XX:XX:XX; # RFCOMM channel for the connection channel 1; # Description of the connection comment "Connect Cheza"; }