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Re: TCP/IP over Bluetooth



On Sat, 23 Apr 2016 10:23:57 +0100
Joe <joe@jretrading.com> wrote:

> On Sat, 23 Apr 2016 10:53:08 +0300
> Reco <recoverym4n@gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> > 	Hi.
> > 
> > On Fri, 22 Apr 2016 20:27:38 -0700
> > peter@easthope.ca wrote:
> > 
> > > According to https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bluetooth ,
> > > Bluetooth was "... originally conceived as a wireless alternative 
> > > to RS-232 data cables."  Therefore TCP/IP inside PPP on a 
> > > Bluetooth connection is hypthetically possible.
> > > 
> > > Has anyone tried it with a debian system on one end at least?  
> > 
> > I have to use the thing on a regular basis. Connection speed is
> > turtle-slow by today's standards, 
> > 
> 
> If you need lots of bandwidth, there's wifi. 

If I really need the bandwidth, I won't settle for anything less than
1Gbps ethernet. Such thing is not always available though.

> 'Proper' serial equipment
> typically does not go higher than 115kBd, and most wired serial
> applications need much less than that.

But serial-over-bluetooth gets me 0.5 Mbps :)

Reco


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