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Gubbage Posts: 21

Knowing that Bluetooth on the T610 has a range of 10 metres, is it possible to extend the range between PC and phone by placing a Bluetooth enabled device such as a PDA between them so the PC still shares the phone connection?
ie, PC connects to PDA, PDA connects to phone so theres a distance of 20 metres between PC and phone. - Can the PC still 'see' the phone and share its connection with the one already established on the PDA?
TIA
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Posted: 2003-08-04 14:47:33
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GOwin Posts: > 500

nope
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Posted: 2003-08-04 14:59:12
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Gubbage Posts: 21

Ok cheers anyway GOwin.
How about placing the phone in the middle, not the PDA. I know it IS possible for both PC and PDA to share the phone connection that way, so I figure there must be a way of 'diasy chaining' the devices instead of keeping them all within a close circle.

If anyone out there has had any success/failures let me know before I start chucking things this way and that!
Ta
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Posted: 2003-08-04 15:13:58
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RizSher Posts: 109

I don't think it'll be possible. Bluetooth devices come in two flavours, one with 10 m range, the other with a 100 m range. From what I have read in various forums, I understand a 10 m range device will NOT communicate with a 100 m device if kept further than 10 m apart - correct me if I'm mistaken.

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Posted: 2003-08-04 15:50:26
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GOwin Posts: > 500

It can't be done (I think), because BT doesn't support the ability for pass-thru communication.

A BT access point can communicate with 7 other devices, but this is done one at a time, not all devices at the same time. That is what's called a piconet.

A peer-to-peer connection would only have two devices communicating with each other.
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Posted: 2003-08-04 16:03:08
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senergy Posts: 20

i think you will find a actual BT access can comunicate with alot more then 7 devices. A bluetooth dongle on the otherhand which is acting as a software accesspoint does have alot of limitations. if its just peer-peer then this is called a pico-net. there is no repeater bt devices out yet so everything must be within the star config.
as for 10m and 100m devices.... i have a ipaq 3870 (10m) a billionton dongle (100m) and a t610 (10m) and i know for a fact i can get at least 30-50 metres range. im assuming its based on the sensitivity of the receivers.

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Posted: 2003-08-05 05:41:46
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