Re: [Bluez-users] BT_ADDR Address Resolution

Marcel Holtmann
2004-06-24T12:54:10Z

Hi Assed,

> > the Linux PAN is a point-to-point connection. If you want to build a NAP
> > or GN you must also use the Linux bridge. So this is not a PAN question,
> > this depends on how you configured your bridge.
>
> You are right, it was a bridge question. I think it would be fair to
> assume that the bridge is going to forward all broadcast traffic it
> recieves on all the ports (except the one it came on).

depends on your bridge configuration ;)

> > No Bluetooth broadcast is used. Read the BNEP and PAN specifications.
>
> Read those and tried to understand them. What I gathered is that there
> will be one Bluetooth broadcast sent to each of the connected PANUs. i.e.
> one Bluetooth broadcast sent on each bridge port, and that seems very
> wasteful since just one bluetooth broadcast on any port would have been
> recieved by all the PANUs right?

Bluetooth PAN is point-to-point. It is like that you replace the CAT-5
cable between your machine and the switch with a Bluetooth connection.
Everything else is then TCP/IP specific.

Regards

Marcel