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Karl - 07 May 2007 12:20 GMT

This PC is wired to another PC which goes out to the internet.

Can I attach a bluetoothed laptop to this PC to also use the internet or
does it have to attach to the main PC.?

Thanks

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Conor - 07 May 2007 15:55 GMT

> This PC is wired to another PC which goes out to the internet.
>
> Can I attach a bluetoothed laptop to this PC to also use the internet or
> does it have to attach to the main PC.?

Buy a Wireless ADSL Modem router and do the job properly. Bluetooth has
a range of a whopping 30ft which is drastically reduced by most things.

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deKay - 07 May 2007 16:43 GMT

Soni tempori elseu romani yeof helsforo nisson ol sefini ill des Mon, 7 May
2007 15:55:44 +0100, sefini jorgo geanyet des mani yeof do
uk.comp.home-networking, yawatina tan reek esk Conor <conor.turton@gmail.com>
fornis do marikano es bono tan el:

>Buy a Wireless ADSL Modem router and do the job properly. Bluetooth has
>a range of a whopping 30ft which is drastically reduced by most things.

Hardly worth doing if it's a temporary thing, though, is it? (not that he's
said either way).

Also, it depends which class of bluetooth device(s) he's using as to the range
- there's three (one reaching 100m, in theory). And 30ft? That's out of my
house and down the garden, so should be plenty if his machines are near to
each other.

deKay

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deKay - 07 May 2007 16:44 GMT

Soni tempori elseu romani yeof helsforo nisson ol sefini ill des Mon, 7 May
2007 12:20:50 +0100, sefini jorgo geanyet des mani yeof do
uk.comp.home-networking, yawatina tan reek esk "Karl"
<karldonald@TAKEOUTmailshack.com> fornis do marikano es bono tan el:

>This PC is wired to another PC which goes out to the internet.
>
>Can I attach a bluetoothed laptop to this PC to also use the internet

Assuming you can tell your laptop to use the bluetooth connection for internet
access, and can enable ICS on bluetooth on your PC, I can't see why not.

deKay

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Karl - 07 May 2007 19:55 GMT

> Soni tempori elseu romani yeof helsforo nisson ol sefini ill des Mon, 7 May
> 2007 12:20:50 +0100, sefini jorgo geanyet des mani yeof do
[quoted text clipped - 9 lines]
>
> deKay

Thanks deKay for a sensible answer :o) it is only temperary as we will in
the future go wireless, but at the mo I was just playing with the idea of
using bluetooth on the laptop to access the internet.

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deKay - 07 May 2007 20:44 GMT

Soni tempori elseu romani yeof helsforo nisson ol sefini ill des Mon, 7 May
2007 19:55:12 +0100, sefini jorgo geanyet des mani yeof do
uk.comp.home-networking, yawatina tan reek esk "Karl"
<karldonald@TAKEOUTmailshack.com> fornis do marikano es bono tan el:

>> Assuming you can tell your laptop to use the bluetooth connection for
>internet
[quoted text clipped - 3 lines]
>the future go wireless, but at the mo I was just playing with the idea of
>using bluetooth on the laptop to access the internet.

Well, if it does work, be sure to report back!

deKay

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Peter Pan - 08 May 2007 03:43 GMT

>> Soni tempori elseu romani yeof helsforo nisson ol sefini ill des
>> Mon, 7 May 2007 12:20:50 +0100, sefini jorgo geanyet des mani yeof do
[quoted text clipped - 20 lines]
> will in the future go wireless, but at the mo I was just playing with
> the idea of using bluetooth on the laptop to access the internet.

You may want to consider plan 'b'... I have both a wireless network AND an
anycom ap-2002 (bluetooth AP) plugged into the router (linksys wrt54g) to
give me BOTH wireless and bluetooth (why? Notebooks have wifi, but my PDA's
only have Bluetooth, so I have it set so I (and customers in my office) can
use both) Need details? try http://www.mobileplanet.com/p.aspx?i=105479 (not
the best price, but they have a pretty good description.. for price check
out http://www.pricegrabber.com/search_getprod.php/masterid=934028 about
$69)

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