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Re: Any wireless USB hubs?
On Mon, 28 Jan 2008 09:54:57 -0500, Bill Kearney wrote:
>>>> Bluetooth?
>>>
>>> Nah, pretty much useless beyond 30 feet. Less when factoring typical
>>> residential interference issues.
>>
>> Source code of a scatternet algorithm and routing table compilations.
>> Tested at 1000 feet.
>
> Theories and academic tests are useless if they don't work in the real
> world. I've worked with at least a half-dozen different USB host adapters
> (the chipsets, that is, across dozens of cards and motherboards). I've
> likewise worked with nearly as many Bluetooth adapters. Experience has
> shown the typical specs cited for BT as being reasonable and repeatable in
> real world conditions. Is it possible, under ideal conditions to get
> greater coverage? Sure, just not when you factor brick, mortar, hardwood
> flooring, appliance noise, etc, into the mix. At least not for existing BT
> tech and the drivers they SHIP WITH.
The above works.
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