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The first step is to config the kernel:

in Networking/Bluetooth subsystem support:

then in Bluetooth device drivers, select the driver of your bluetooth device or select all if you don’t know your device driver:

add teh support for PPP:

Now install the bluetooth protocol stack in debian:

# apt-get install bluez-utils bluez-firmware bluez-hcidump

Now is necessary to restart the hcid daemon, in debian:

# /etc/init.d/bluetooth start

to verify if configuration is ok, run:

# hciconfig

if the output is like the following, the bluettoth config is OK:

to list all the device:

to scan the remote devices, run:

# hcitool scan

"hcidump" util is a packet analyzer or a sniffer