[geeks] BlueTooth vs Wireless

Earl Baugh geeks at sunhelp.org
Fri Jun 22 11:18:01 CDT 2001


I was thinking of the 802.11a Spec (somewhere, someone mentioned
having interference problems with the two, or at least my mind is recalling
that...)  And I can't find the ref for someone who's asking me for it (and
who think's I'm a little off my rocker because of it...8-) )

Earl

At 01:19 AM 6/21/01 -0500, you wrote:
>Message: 1
>From: Ken Hansen <Ken.Hansen at ICTI-USA.com>
>To: "'geeks at sunhelp.org'" <geeks at sunhelp.org>
>Subject: RE: [geeks] Question.
>Date: Wed, 20 Jun 2001 17:57:28 -0400
>Reply-To: geeks at sunhelp.org
>
>Bluetooth "blows dog" (or is "it can lick my sack"?).
>
>It operates on 2.4 Gigahertz, just like my Seimens wireless phone and my 
>802.11b wireless LAN at home.
>
>There are few devices that offer Bluetooth interfaces. (There is no 
>roaming protocol, devices have to be made aware of each other)
>
>And the standard is loosely defined/still in process.
>
>There - that is bluetooth in a nutshell. (of course, IMHO)
>
>Why do you ask?
>
>Ken
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Earl Baugh [mailto:baugh at revenuetech.com]
>Sent: Wednesday, June 20, 2001 5:36 PM
>To: geeks at sunhelp.org
>Subject: [geeks] Question.
>
>
>Was it here I heard of some folks having problems with Bluetooth and
>Wireless ethernet devices or was it somewhere else?
>
>Earl (who's too tired to dig thru the archives right now....all that
>Turing machine work...8-) )





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