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From: Michel Brabants <michel.brabants@euphonynet.be>
To: bluez-users@lists.sourceforge.net
Subject: Re: [Bluez-users] PAN vs. RFCOMM/PPP speeds?
Date: Tue, 23 Jan 2007 23:23:56 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <ep61ts$l69$1@sea.gmane.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: a481fbf0701231319m5987a96cwe8ae5723cfb51091@mail.gmail.com

Hello,

setting up PAN isn't difficult if you know how. I can post some small how-to
here somewhere in the week. I get around 1Mbps with my bluetooth
2.0-EDR-devices. Maybe I should get higher speeds, which I may ask about in
the future.

Greetings,

Michel

Raymond Ingles wrote:

> I've got my Treo 650 connecting to my computer over Bluetooth by
> following guides like: http://www.linuxjournal.com/article/8185
> 
>  It works and the speed is acceptable. However, from what I understand
> it's basically using PPP over RFCOMM over Bluetooth - which seems like
> a bit much in terms of overhead - and appears to be limited to
> 115,200Kbps. I wonder if trying to use a PAN connection (perhaps the
> NAP configuration in the PAN HOWTO) would bypass some of the overhead?
> 
>  I couldn't find anything directly commenting on this. My tinkering
> time is limited (three kids, one on the way, etc.) so I'm reluctant to
> play with PAN unless I was reasonably sure it would be worth it.
> 
>  Thanks in advance for any information y'all can provide.
> 
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Thread overview: 2+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2007-01-23 21:19 [Bluez-users] PAN vs. RFCOMM/PPP speeds? Raymond Ingles
2007-01-23 22:23 ` Michel Brabants [this message]

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