Re: Any wireless USB hubs?

[Ryan White <poogiefunk@xxxxxxxxx>]

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.