Path: csiph.com!news.mixmin.net!aioe.org!bofh.it!news.nic.it!robomod From: Joe Newsgroups: linux.debian.user Subject: Re: TCP/IP over Bluetooth Date: Sat, 23 Apr 2016 11:30:02 +0200 Message-ID: References: X-Original-To: debian-user@lists.debian.org X-Mailbox-Line: From debian-user-request@lists.debian.org Sat Apr 23 09:24:13 2016 Old-Return-Path: X-Amavis-Spam-Status: No, score=-5.5 tagged_above=-10000 required=5.3 tests=[BAYES_00=-2, GMAIL=1, LDO_WHITELIST=-5, MDO_CABLE_TV3=0.5] autolearn=no autolearn_force=no X-Policyd-Weight: using cached result; rate: -6.1 Organization: JRE Trading Ltd X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.13.2 (GTK+ 2.24.30; x86_64-pc-linux-gnu) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailing-List: archive/latest/706508 List-ID: List-URL: List-Archive: https://lists.debian.org/msgid-search/20160423102357.69f3cc6f@jresid.jretrading.com Approved: robomod@news.nic.it Lines: 26 Sender: robomod@news.nic.it X-Original-Date: Sat, 23 Apr 2016 10:23:57 +0100 X-Original-Message-ID: <20160423102357.69f3cc6f@jresid.jretrading.com> X-Original-References: <20160423105308.7c45c8b220014ac9b4492f77@gmail.com> Xref: csiph.com linux.debian.user:167013 On Sat, 23 Apr 2016 10:53:08 +0300 Reco wrote: > Hi. > > On Fri, 22 Apr 2016 20:27:38 -0700 > peter@easthope.ca wrote: > > > According to https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bluetooth , > > Bluetooth was "... originally conceived as a wireless alternative > > to RS-232 data cables." Therefore TCP/IP inside PPP on a > > Bluetooth connection is hypthetically possible. > > > > Has anyone tried it with a debian system on one end at least? > > I have to use the thing on a regular basis. Connection speed is > turtle-slow by today's standards, > If you need lots of bandwidth, there's wifi. 'Proper' serial equipment typically does not go higher than 115kBd, and most wired serial applications need much less than that. Sony's camera control protocol at 562.5kBd is very unusual, and a pig to route wirelessly. -- Joe