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As an IT developer the use of ssh or an irc client like irssi is essential. But if you want to improve your connection time, you have to use tools like this whereever you are. So why not trying to set up tools like this on your mobile?
I did not have to search a lot: PuTTY is well-known as an ssh client for windows users, but it’s also available for unix, mac os x or… symbian os. You just have to install the given sisx-file on your S60 3rd edition cell phone after you have transfered it. The installation for self-signed applications is restricted, but this can be changed in the applications manager’s options. Due to the lack of a cam beside the one integrated in my E51, I can’t post pictures (let’s search for a screenshot tool for mobile phones later…). So I try to describe the software. You can create several profiles and store information like hostname (or IP), the login username, which port or ssh version you want to use etc. Logging is also available. I was unable to connect to my notebook via wlan (both E51 and the notebook) but it worked well with my desktop pc. The first test was to do file operations and using vim which worked fine. And the next step was ssh’ing to my notebook (which worked fine via the desktop pc) and shutting it down with sudo shutdown -P now
The next step would be the use of irssi, but I have found a similar irc client: mIRGGI. The setup is as simple as it was for PuTTY and the configurable options are things like changing colors for everything, doing autojoins and executing commands after connecting. Switching tabs is not intuitional: you have to push the send button in the empty command line: now you are able to navigate with your mobile’s forward/backward keys.
Lucky me: I can connect my Logitech diNovo Keyboard the my mobile
Poor me: vpn is still missing!

I have a Logitech diNovo for several years now and it really worked fine under windows. But I’ve switched to ubuntu on my desktop machine about one year ago. And I got the keyboard + mouse running via bluetooth after searching a lot about this topic (examples: here, here and here). But (re-)connecting did not work properly, I always had to use this command:
sudo hidd --search
And how do you type a command when your keyboard is not connected? Yes, you use another keyboard plugged via PS/2 and this sucks!

And now? When I ran this command for the first time with the new Ubuntu 8.04 everything worked fine

my hcid.conf
device 00:11:22:33:44:55 {
name "Logitech diNovo MediaPad";
auth enable;
encrypt enable;
}
device 00:12:34:56:78:90 {
name "Logitech diNovo Keyboard";
auth enable;
encrypt enable;
}
device AA:BB:CC:DD:EE:FF {
name "Logitech MX1000 Laser Mouse";
auth enable;
encrypt enable;
}