bluetooth and 802.11B/G in same environment.

Tell me is there any thing I should know before I go out and buy any
bluetooth enabled devices..
I mean are there potential conflicts with my 802.11B/G wireless
networking. I understand
they are both on the same 2.4Ghz carrier...
Like my old wireless telephone was.. Its now 5.8Ghz..

I just bought a wireless network card for one of my desktop computers
and I noticed
a software configuration option for bluetooth.. no clue what 'enabling'
it does.
Its a Linksys WMP54GS.. With another mystery marketing ploy called
Speedbooster.

KraftDiner wrote:
> Tell me is there any thing I should know before I go out and buy any
> bluetooth enabled devices..
> I mean are there potential conflicts with my 802.11B/G wireless
> networking. I understand
> they are both on the same 2.4Ghz carrier...
> Like my old wireless telephone was.. Its now 5.8Ghz..
>
> I just bought a wireless network card for one of my desktop computers
> and I noticed
> a software configuration option for bluetooth.. no clue what
> 'enabling' it does.
> Its a Linksys WMP54GS.. With another mystery marketing ploy called
> Speedbooster.

No conflicts with BT and any other wireless, but keep the cell phones a
few feet away from the wireless stuff. If you have a BT compatible
wireless NIC, then enable it and see if it works! You might need the
WinXP Bluetooth Service update, I'm not sure.

The Speedbooster is a marketing ploy. It will provide "burst"
transmission if both the NIC and the router have this capability (and
possibly if all devices have this capability). I don't believe that you
will ever notice the boost unless transfering files between two
computers and a router all of which have the burst capability.

Q

When you say the NIC is BT compatible, does that mean that it behaves
like
a bluetooth device or simply is tolerant in a BT environment?

Just a note.. The NIC is in a win2k desktop box.