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On Wed, 2006-11-01 at 17:56 -0800, Grant wrote: |
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> I'm reading now that bluetooth uses the 2.4Ghz band which is just |
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> about tapped out around here. |
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tapped? do you mean people tap into it? It is fairly easy to "tap" into |
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a bluetooth headset - the standard passwords for simple devices are |
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usually 0000, 1111, and that sort of thing. |
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> My wireless keyboard and wireless |
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> network use it, and since I'm in an apartment there's no telling how |
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> many other people are doing the same, along with their microwaves and |
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> phones. Has anyone used a bluetooth headset in an environment with |
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> other devices utilizing the 2.4Ghz band? |
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I use bluetooth in our office, with 2 802.11 b/g access points, and a |
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handful of laptops / pda's and I haven't noticed any interference. I |
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doubt the bandwidth is "throttled" though... |
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YMMV! |
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Iain Buchanan <iaindb at netspace dot net dot au> |
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Hate is like acid. It can damage the vessel in which it is stored as well |
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as destroy the object on which it is poured. |
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