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Bluetooth

  • 20-05-2003 11:49am
    #1
    Gunn4r
    Closed Accounts Posts: 643 ✭✭✭


    Bluetooth Question (asking on behalf of a mate)

    I have a desktop pc (connected to b'band internet) which has a usb bluetooth 'wand"

    I also have a laptop with a usb bluetooth 'wand'

    and

    a bluetooth enabled palm.

    Can I use the laptop / palm to surf the net using the desktop connection and what s/w do I need?

    Thanks


Comments

  • #2
    Dizz
    Closed Accounts Posts: 423 ✭✭Dizz


    Yep if you use the PAN, personal area networking, and NAT, on both linux and XP (ICS), together you should have no problem. If you are using Widcomms software all you need do is connect to the PAN profile/service and that will enable the "bluetooth NIC" from which you just set your ip addy, subnet mask, default gateway (the ip of the machine with BB) - if you're not using DHCP ;)

    Dizz


  • #3
    flywheel
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,027 ✭✭✭flywheel


    it very much depends on the bluetooth stacks (i.e. software) you are using (vendor and version) on the computers - comes down to which one the manufacturer bundled with thier adapter (wand)

    if you list out the manufacturer and OS you are running it will be easier to help out?

    widcomm is one of the most popular (it's the one that installs the 'My Bluetooth Places' on the desktop and system tray on windows) and easiest to set up for this - depending on the version that was supplied / offered for update from the bluetooth adapter vendor it can do it no worries

    if it's a Plam Bluetooth SD Card you can get the updated drivers on the Palm Support site, they also released a Bluetooth fix in their latest Tungsten|T update (in the last week or so) to make internet sharing connections like this more stable


    BrianG


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