Bluetooth support

[Karl Larsen]

Mike Chambers wrote:
> On Mon, 2007-06-25 at 20:15 +0800, Ed Greshko wrote:
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>   
>> Usually, when I turn on my "thing" it works pretty good and all concerned
>> are satisfied....or at least they say they are.
>>     
>
> ROFL, now THAT was funny right der :P
>
>   
    This should answer all your questions.



    I Went to Google to find a good understanding of BlueTooth as it 
applies to Fedora Core 6. Here is a definition from the Google page:

Bluetooth and IEEE 802.11 are two communication protocol standards 
defining a physical layer and a MAC layer for wireless communications 
within a short range (from few meters up to hundred meters) with low 
power consumption (from less than 1 mW up to hundred mW). Bluetooth is 
oriented towards connections among close devices, acting as a substitute 
for cables, while IEEE 802.11 is oriented towards computer-to-computer 
connections, as an extension or a substitution of cabled LANs. We offer 
an overview of the these popular wireless communications standards, 
comparing their main features and behavior in terms of various metrics 
among which capacity, network topology, quality of service support and 
power consumption.

    If you have trouble understanding the definition I do understand it 
and it says:

Bluetooth needs two radio stations that can transmit and receive 
information in the frequency band of around 1400 MHz. These radios are 
tiny and operate from 1.0 volts DC. They cost about $10.00 in vast 
quantity and this makes the system ideal for a Cell-Phone add-on, or a 
devise you buy to replace the cable between two computers.

    I got a new cell-phone for being a customer for 2 years. This one 
has everything including BlueTooth. I found that the radio you put in 
your ear cost like $50.00. So I waited. I found one for $20.00 and it 
works just fine. I can answer my phone without taking it off my hip and 
talk as if we were phone to phone.

    So why does Fedora Core 6 have a tab called BlueTooth? It is there 
because if you Buy a BlueTooth radio system and hook it to your computer 
and tell your computer this is another Ethernet port, it will be using 
BlueTooth.

    I have no idea what the FC6 BlueTooth software does and will not 
find out. Because I don't need computer BlueTooth.

Karl