Can Bluetooth Wireless Ethernet and DSL all co-exist and work together?

I have a WiFi system (WAP/Router via Ethernet, always on computer, DSL, 2
Tera of storage) and am wondering if I can plug one of those bluetooth
dongles into a USB port, bridge (?) that to the net, and let people with
PDA's with bluetooth access the system too.. Any body do them both at the
same time? The people I have talked to have only done one or the other, I'd
like to do em both, or is there a better way (coworker has a pda with built
in bluetooth, would like to access the DSL/storage/printer etc)...

"Peter Pan" <(E-Mail Removed)> hath wroth:

>I have a WiFi system (WAP/Router via Ethernet, always on computer, DSL, 2
>Tera of storage) and am wondering if I can plug one of those bluetooth
>dongles into a USB port, bridge (?) that to the net, and let people with
>PDA's with bluetooth access the system too.. Any body do them both at the
>same time? The people I have talked to have only done one or the other, I'd
>like to do em both, or is there a better way (coworker has a pda with built
>in bluetooth, would like to access the DSL/storage/printer etc)...

No manufacturers, no model numbers, you get no specifics.

Bluetooth 1.2 and 2.0 will avoid a wi-fi signal with AFH (adaptive
ferquency hopping) and will coexist with wi-fi quite nicely. I use it
all the time. Skype using Bluetooth headset with my Wi-Fi router
about 3ft away. No problems.

Bluetooth 1.1 screws up badly and was really bad withing about 3-5 ft.
Farther away was less of a problem but the effects were still noticed
almost anywhere in the room. I would hear clicks and pops on the
Bluetooth headset, and the wireless would slow down and downloads.

One of my friends has some model Dell Axim PDA with both Bluetooth and
802.11b. It can sorta run both at the same time, but it really burns
the battery badly. I tried to build a bridge of sorts between the
Bluetooth and 802.11b sides through the PDA and killed the battery in
about 15 mins. It also was running slower than I would expect. It
worked but I don't think it's practical with limited battery life.

However, I've done the Bluetooth to 802.11g bridge on my laptop
without any difficulty. Windoze XP has the "Network Bridge" feature
in the Network control panel which does this.
http://www.windowsnetworking.com/art.../wxpbrdge.html



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Jeff Liebermann wrote:
> "Peter Pan" <(E-Mail Removed)> hath wroth:
>
>> I have a WiFi system (WAP/Router via Ethernet, always on computer,
>> DSL, 2 Tera of storage) and am wondering if I can plug one of those
>> bluetooth dongles into a USB port, bridge (?) that to the net, and
>> let people with PDA's with bluetooth access the system too.. Any
>> body do them both at the same time? The people I have talked to have
>> only done one or the other, I'd like to do em both, or is there a
>> better way (coworker has a pda with built in bluetooth, would like
>> to access the DSL/storage/printer etc)...
>
> No manufacturers, no model numbers, you get no specifics.

Thanks for the generic reply, sorry for no specifics.

I was just brainstorming an idea, and your reply says it should be possible
(my coworker has an iPAQ, and the WiFi part took a dump, but the bluetooth
part still works, so the idea was is it feasible to put a bluetooth USB
adapter on the WiFi server, bridge the two networks, and let him still use
the iPAQ to access the network, without a huge repair bill). The one I am
looking at is the Kensington USB Bluetooth 2.0 adapter ($40, repair estimate
on the iPAQ was $280!)

Marc (aka Peter Pan)