Bluetooth web?

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in Current Mac Hardware edited January 2014
Can Bluetooth do webbing?

Like if you are twenty feet from a cell phone, and forty feet from another iBook, can you see the iBook through the cell phone and use it?



Like, can it make a giant network? Or is it just you get what is 30 feet (the max) away from your reciever and nothing beyond that.... :confused: <img src="graemlins/smokin.gif" border="0" alt="[Chilling]" />

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  • Reply 1 of 3
    defiantdefiant Posts: 4,876member
    I don't think that's possible
  • Reply 2 of 3
    Yes you can do that. With most bluetooth devices.



    Just did that today, setup my t68i as a GPRS modem, bluetoothed to my buddy's tibook. And was able to browse the web, at 56k modem speed.



    Took a while to figure out the settings but it worked.
  • Reply 3 of 3
    haraldharald Posts: 2,152member
    [quote]Originally posted by dhype55:

    <strong>Yes you can do that. With most bluetooth devices.



    Just did that today, setup my t68i as a GPRS modem, bluetoothed to my buddy's tibook. And was able to browse the web, at 56k modem speed.



    Took a while to figure out the settings but it worked.</strong><hr></blockquote>



    Ad-hoc peer-to-peer networks are an intrinsic part of what Bluetooth is (in theory) capable of: sending data from A to B for free using free-to-air bandwidth and Bluetooth nodes as relays.



    In practice, forget it. A user interface to do this doesn't exist and there are many practical problems that will screw it.



    Edit: With the exception of "networks" where you control all the devices as above. Not so hard.



    [ 08-02-2002: Message edited by: Harald ]</p>
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