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Bluetooth network Tech Question
Posted: 23 Jun 2005, 17:44
by Obviousman
Today, I was asked to install a Bluetooth network...
The PC (running XP) found the bluetooth thingy with ease (in the bluetooth menu in the configuration screen), it even had an IP, but when I went into the network tab, and clicked the 'bluetooth network' icon overthere, it just would not make connection to the router
- Plus you just could not find it that way...
The guy bought it through ebay, and I suspect it had been installed elsewhere before, and someone tweaked the settings a bit for which you cannot get to configure it since you have to establish a connection to do that
Any other suggestions
Posted: 24 Jun 2005, 08:26
by nigel d
could be the router is 802.11 and not bluetooth
Posted: 24 Jun 2005, 08:30
by hallucienate
I only use my bluetooth to connect my phone to my PC.
Do you have a make and model name for the router?
Does it have a reset button?
Posted: 24 Jun 2005, 09:26
by Obviousman
It's a Siemens Blue2net, it normally should bluetooth , since the manual has a list of Bluetooth specs in it...
Doesn't have a single button on it
Posted: 24 Jun 2005, 09:55
by nigel d
try mailing the manufacturer or search for a help forum ?
is it xp home by any chance?
Posted: 24 Jun 2005, 10:03
by Obviousman
Have been googling on for it yesterday, but did not find anything, really... The Siemens site does not even mention the thing
Yep, XP home, why?
Posted: 24 Jun 2005, 10:06
by hallucienate
How far away from the router is the machine? Original bluetooth products only have a 10 metre range.
Bluetooth doesn't really do walls either.
Posted: 24 Jun 2005, 10:06
by Obviousman
10 centimetres or even under
Posted: 24 Jun 2005, 10:26
by nigel d
ive had problems conecting xp home on a multiple machine network.
try uninstalling evrything and starting again. if the machine recognises the "dongle" all is well. what is the router connected to ? if i read correctly it is not to be connected direct to the braod band conection but to a server with net access , therefore allowing all bluetooth devices to connect to the net via the server
Posted: 24 Jun 2005, 10:36
by Obviousman
Err, the bluetooth router is connected to an internal network (which connects to broadband cable) which does work when you just connect the pc directly, I think they have another router, since there are two pc's connected on a network, but there is only one to be connected through the bluetooth router...
This just came to my mind: The bluetooth "dongle" on the pc is used for the mouse, perhaps it can only take one connection at a time...
Well, I'll go and check it today, reinstall everything, and if it does not work, I'll just tell them to send it back to wherever it came from...