FW: [Malvern] Infra-Red versus BlueTooth

[Ian Pascoe]

OK with that in mind it looks as though 2 yoghurt pots and a piece of string
then.

I reckon that a USB BT connector will be best as it can be removed and
disabled when not in use.

Cheers Chaps

-----Original Message-----
From: malvern-bounces at mailman.lug.org.uk
[mailto:malvern-bounces at mailman.lug.org.uk]On Behalf Of Andy Morris
Sent: 09 June 2005 08:42
To: MLUG
Subject: Re: [Malvern] Infra-Red versus BlueTooth


According to the latest news, BlueTooth security has been hacked and any
enabled BlueTooth device is now wide open to intrusion and capture -
they'd have to redesign the software completely to close the hole. I had
a BT card that I was going to use on my laptop. Forget it, now!


Andy

Angus Clarke wrote:
> I thought IR and BT were both low speed, for transferring small amounts
> of data (it reminds me of UDP packets!)
> Probably not suitable for backing up to your home PC.
>
> A 100Mb Switch is dirt cheap these days, and if you dont want the wires,
> wireless LAN cards aren't frighteningly expensive either.
>
> If you must use IR or BT, I would go with BT as line-of-site isnt an
> issue, whereas it is with IR.
> Don't know about transfer speeds for either technology, but BT is newer!
>
> Regards
>
> Angus
>
>
> Ian Pascoe wrote:
>
>> Hi Guys
>>
>> I have got myself a new mobile through work which has both BT and IR
>> on it.
>> The new laptop shortly to follow will have a BT adaptor on it.
>> However, I
>> intend to use my home PC as a backup storage device and therefore will
>> need
>> to get it an adaptor.
>>
>> There appears to be both USB and PCI adaptors on the market.  Has
>> anyone had
>> experience on using these and thoughts on preferance?  It looks like BT
>> would be the favourite as more mobile devices use this ie PDAs, GPS
>> receivers etc, and I believe I can get higher and more accurate transfer
>> rates.
>>
>> Thanks guys
>>
>> Ian
>>
>> PS  The IVR has been put to bed for the while as although the programming
>> side of things was not too difficult - trying to find a driver that
>> provided
>> the necesary interfaces was, and I have no idea on how to even start
>> constructing new or frigging existing drivers.
>>
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