Bluetooth address?

[jmadero]

Hi All,
I'm so close to getting anyremote working but it's not finding my computer so I need to get the bluetooth address of my computer to find it from my phone. Any idea how to get this? I've tried lspci and not finding anything (it's a laptop with bluetooth built in). Thanks all!

[mhanan]

You talking the physical address?

My laptop has the Bluetooth MAC address written on the label on the bottom.

[mhanan]

Quick whereis bluetooth gives me /etc/bluetooth and /usr/lib/bluetooth

Looks like I've got config files in /etc/bluetooth... probably where you'll find any addresses.

[jmadero]

nice think I found it in that folder thanks a lot! Maybe not...says this in one of the files:

#
# RFCOMM configuration file.
#

#rfcomm0 {
# # Automatically bind the device at startup
# bind no;
#
# # Bluetooth address of the device
# device 11:22:33:44:55:66;
#
# # RFCOMM channel for the connection
# channel 1;
#
# # Description of the connection
# comment "Example Bluetooth device";
#}

but the 112233 just seems like an example

[devils casper]

Execute this

hcitool scan

It will give you its address.

[mhanan]

Yeah, that's a sample .conf file... if that's all you have it's probable that your bluetooth device isn't configured yet (which could be why you're having trouble getting it running).

I have yet to configure mine, and all i have in /etc/bluetooth is the sample files.

Running the command that devil's casper indicated gives me nothing in return... again, most likely because I have not configured it.

Not sure what kind of laptop you have, but this link How to setup Bluetooth - ThinkWiki should point you in the right direction...