On Thursday 02 November 2006 07:41, Iain Buchanan wrote: > On Wed, 2006-11-01 at 17:56 -0800, Grant wrote: > > I'm reading now that bluetooth uses the 2.4Ghz band which is just > > about tapped out around here. > > tapped? do you mean people tap into it? It is fairly easy to "tap" > into a bluetooth headset - the standard passwords for simple devices > are usually 0000, 1111, and that sort of thing.
I think he means "maxed out". And he apparently doesn't realise how much bandwidth is available around 2.4Ghz: for example between 2.4 and 2.5 there's 5 times more bandwidth than the *entire* FM radio spectrum, or enough space for about 20 TV stations > > My wireless keyboard and wireless > > network use it, and since I'm in an apartment there's no telling > > how many other people are doing the same, along with their > > microwaves and phones. Has anyone used a bluetooth headset in an > > environment with other devices utilizing the 2.4Ghz band? > > I use bluetooth in our office, with 2 802.11 b/g access points, and a > handful of laptops / pda's and I haven't noticed any interference. I > doubt the bandwidth is "throttled" though... Similar around here. With an effective range of about 2m, it will take a lot more than a typical office or apartment building to cause consistent interference over bluetooth alan -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
