Bluetooth Network

cooperguy

I have 2 PC's in different parts of my house would I be able to connect them and send files between them if I bought 2 bluetooth dongles. I dont want to do anything fancy with it just send word and excel files between the computers. Would that work or would I need something else. I wouldnt be able to run wire between the 2 computers so im thinking this is the next best option

Random

Your best bet would be 2 wireless dongles.

2 of these http://www.komplett.ie/k/ki.asp?sku=305053&cks=PRL would do the job.

Fenster

I was thinking of doing the same myself, but unless I'm mistaken, isn't bluetooth utterly insecure? I recall using my brother's PDA to mess with nearby bluetooth phones a few years back. Has anything changed?

jor el

Don't know anything about Bluetooth (except that it would be dog slow) but using two 802.11 dongles in a peer to peer connection would also be completely insecure. You'd need a router to encrypt the connection.

With just two PCs, you could get one router and one dongle. Connect one PC direct to the router by an ethernet cable, and the other one would then use the dongle.

Apparently there are security measures available in Bluetooth http://www.niksula.cs.hut.fi/~jiitv/bluesec.html#chap5

Random

You can setup WEP/WPA in an Ad-Hoc network can you not ?

jimmycrackcorm

yes - wep/wpa on ad-hoc works.
I think the wifi adapters are also easier to manage than bluetooth (have both). wait until you have a thrid blutooth device to connect!