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anyone know any way of boosting the signal on a bluetooth USB thing - so far i can get through 2 walls with it and use my phone to surf the net andn use messenger whyle im having a dump - but i wanna push FURTHER!! mabe into the garden or even the shed!!!!!!!!!!!!! you see im using my comps net access and i dont wanna pay for my net use on my phone so is there anmy way of boosting the signal? - like with wifi my M8 has made a wifi booster from some instructions from the net and it works great you mustof seen them on the news- you make them in a pringles tube- but i would realy like to boost the signal of my bluetooth if its possible -or is the signal type non boostable?? - give me some info
da da - ted
[ This Message was edited by: ev1lted on 2004-09-07 16:54 ]
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Posted: 2004-09-07 17:52:49
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havent tried that; but it should work:
buy a bluetooth usb dongle 100m(the ones which have sth like antenna at the right side).
then get the antenna like thing out and make the same thing ur friend did(make an antenna from a pringles box).
then contact ur old antennas wire with the new pRinglas Box antenna's wire. that must work theorically.
cos; bluetooth signals are the same as WiFi signals and sometimes even same frequency but the difference is that bluetooth has higher refresh rate. and cos of that bluetooth signals MUST be BOOSTABLE
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Posted: 2004-09-07 18:05:47
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this belongs in the technical thread! Now when you say it, it should work just the same with bluetooth as with Wifi. Its about the same frequency. Just do as your friend did and report your success here
EDIT: I wasn't fast enough
[ This Message was edited by: floke on 2004-09-07 17:08 ]
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Posted: 2004-09-07 18:06:00
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lol cheers i will try it out and report back lol - but im not buying a 100M dongle iv already falked out £25 for a decent 10M one and im not paying any more lol- but thnks for the sujestion
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Posted: 2004-09-07 18:39:11
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On 2004-09-07 18:39:11, ev1lted wrote:
lol cheers i will try it out and report back lol - but im not buying a 100M dongle iv already falked out £25 for a decent 10M one and im not paying any more lol- but thnks for the sujestion
but does anyone know where the antena out on a bluetooth dongle is?? it a micro circuitboard so it will be a bastard to solder but if someone can tell me where i will give it a go in the name of being able to sit in the garden with my phone lol
thats what my ones looks like - does anyone know- i know you cant tell from the pic but your one might be the same
if anyone elce wants to give this stupid idia a try then here are some wifi antena sites
http://www.oreillynet.com/~rob/pringles/
http://www.netscum.com/~clapp/wireless.html
[ This Message was edited by: ev1lted on 2004-09-07 18:15 ]
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Posted: 2004-09-07 19:04:13
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i don't think this is going to work...because the bluetooth dongle isn't what will limit your range, it is your phone that will. So unless you can increase the range on that too, it is pointless
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Posted: 2004-09-07 21:07:03
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i dont think so if i make the bluetooth =antenna better then it will be able to push more signal - so the phone can pic it up further away-
just like the wifi- they add a home made antena on it and it make the signal boost much much better - all my phone will need to do it pick it up we will see
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Posted: 2004-09-07 21:37:17
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http://www.oreillynet.com/~rob/pringles/ says:
"a 12db to 12db
can-to-can shot should be able to carry an 11Mbps link well over ten miles."
this is what makes me think that both ends need to have a larger antenna, even in BT. But hey, good luck with it, and mad props if you get it working!
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[ This Message was edited by: GreatDane on 2004-09-07 21:02 ]
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Posted: 2004-09-07 22:02:21
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I'm gonna get a blue tooth adapter soon so keep us posted, I'll get mine pulled to bits to have a go.
I don't think both ends need to amplified as I was a security conference and one of the lectures was about wireless security and some guy in NZ proved he could connect to a WAP miles away with what looked like a modified wok!
Also in rural areas in the UK (Borders area) there are plans to for certain ISPs to provide Wireless access over a 30+ mile radius.
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Posted: 2004-09-07 22:13:58
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any exprets on this subject here?
I'd love to try this with my dongle too!
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Posted: 2004-09-08 01:45:00
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