802.11 vs Bluetooth

[guyver01]

Are they compatible? What's the difference?

If i wanna get a PDA that's Bluetooth... can i use it on my 802.11 network?

 

[crisp82]

Go wireless. Enable WEP encryption and change the admin password.

 

[vegetation]

No they are completely different, and for different purposes. Bluetooth is for low power limited range and bandwidth. Bluetooth on a pda is good for hooking up to your blue tooth enabled cell phone so you can go online anywhere without bulky cords or line of sight irda as it was done in the past.

 

[loup garou]

Originally posted by: vegetation
No they are completely different, and for different purposes. Bluetooth is for low power limited range and bandwidth. Bluetooth on a pda is good for hooking up to your blue tooth enabled cell phone so you can go online anywhere without bulky cords or line of sight irda as it was done in the past.

Well said. Think of Bluetooth as a "wire replacement" technology as opposed to a networking technology.

 

[mpitts]

Bluetooth rocks for some things, but wireless network access isn't one of them.

 

[RedScorp]

yup, bluetooth and 802.11 are in no way competing, they are complements of each other, made for completely different purposes and are really good in what they are made for, but not in what the other one was made for😉

 

[blackdogdeek]

Originally posted by: werk

Originally posted by: vegetation
No they are completely different, and for different purposes. Bluetooth is for low power limited range and bandwidth. Bluetooth on a pda is good for hooking up to your blue tooth enabled cell phone so you can go online anywhere without bulky cords or line of sight irda as it was done in the past.

Well said. Think of Bluetooth as a "wire replacement" technology as opposed to a networking technology.

right, someone told me to think of bluetooth as wireless usb and 802.11 as wireless networking.

 

[guyver01]

aaahhh.. ok thanks got it...