From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from lists.gentoo.org ([140.105.134.102] helo=robin.gentoo.org) by nuthatch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1GfejZ-0004b9-9g for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Thu, 02 Nov 2006 15:44:01 +0000 Received: from robin.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.8/8.13.8) with SMTP id kA2FfnFx007959; Thu, 2 Nov 2006 15:41:49 GMT Received: from cranium.sybase.co.za (sqlprd.sybase.co.za [192.96.139.1]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id kA2FdYCn022865 for ; Thu, 2 Nov 2006 15:39:35 GMT Received: from localhost (cranium.sybase.co.za [127.0.0.1]) by cranium.sybase.co.za (Postfix) with ESMTP id 97D7A8342B for ; Thu, 2 Nov 2006 17:39:53 +0200 (SAST) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at sybase.co.za Received: from cranium.sybase.co.za ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (cranium.sybase.co.za [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id SPKb0JuJv8uV for ; Thu, 2 Nov 2006 17:39:46 +0200 (SAST) Received: from bard.sybase.co.za (bard.sybase.co.za [192.168.2.6]) by cranium.sybase.co.za (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5B9AD83423 for ; Thu, 2 Nov 2006 17:39:46 +0200 (SAST) Received: from [192.168.2.130] ([192.168.2.130]) by bard.sybase.co.za with Microsoft SMTPSVC(6.0.3790.1830); Thu, 2 Nov 2006 17:41:22 +0200 From: Alan McKinnon To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Bluetooth compatibility Date: Thu, 2 Nov 2006 17:38:13 +0200 User-Agent: KMail/1.9.5 References: <49bf44f10611011727h6a2eb22an23ddd367d921ed19@mail.gmail.com> <200611020849.34918.alan@linuxholdings.co.za> <49bf44f10611020648q695e0b3cj3602ea1040590343@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <49bf44f10611020648q695e0b3cj3602ea1040590343@mail.gmail.com> Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200611021738.13935.alan@linuxholdings.co.za> X-OriginalArrivalTime: 02 Nov 2006 15:41:22.0328 (UTC) FILETIME=[58FE4980:01C6FE95] X-Archives-Salt: 6827d262-c2b5-4d63-a70e-7d0c696c0b57 X-Archives-Hash: 4e6ba4d236bf3bf0cf4bab80a37e26c7 On Thursday 02 November 2006 16:48, Grant wrote: [snip] > I did mean maxed out, and I said that because I seem to be having > interference problems currently. One of the two systems that > connects to my 802.11g router stops the services that depend on > net.ath0 after awhile, and I can't connect reliably at all on some > channels. Also, when I'm transferring a big file across the network, > my (2.4Ghz) wireless keyboard really struggles. The keyboard and > three systems are all within an 8 foot radius of each other. That sounds more like of the bazillion possible frequencies to use, all your devices are trying to use the same one or two. So your problem is with the hardware vendor and their stunning lack of foresight. If there isn't a setting to change frequencies of the devices then I suppose you are up a creek. Sorry :-) > > Similar around here. With an effective range of about 2m, it will > > take a lot more than a typical office or apartment building to > > cause consistent interference over bluetooth > > 2 meters? So you're pretty much at your computer. Bluetooth's designed use case is a range of about 8 feet or so, so you can connect one of your personal devices (like the dongle in your ear) to another personal device (like the phone in your pocket). If you get more than that, you are in luck but don't rely on it. alan -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list