Date: Sun, 20 Dec 2009 15:11:46 +0000 (GMT) From: Iain Hibbert <plunky@rya-online.net> To: Eitan Adler <eitanadlerlist@gmail.com> Cc: bluetooth@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Bluetooth dongles - which ones work? Message-ID: <1261321906.623800.1186.nullmailer@galant.ukfsn.org> In-Reply-To: <a0777e080912191240x7901cf70j5f99016ae952cf71@mail.gmail.com> References: <a0777e080912150211n66ef190bg96538e27491276c4@mail.gmail.com> <a0777e080912191240x7901cf70j5f99016ae952cf71@mail.gmail.com>
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On Sat, 19 Dec 2009, Eitan Adler wrote: > I'm looking to get a bluetooth dongle that will work with freeBSD. I > have heard from various places that bluetooth dongle support is > hit-or-miss. Can anyone provide any advice as to (a) which ones are > likely to work and (b) anything I should be looking for regarding the > specs of the device? Which places told you that? I think in fact all USB devices should work just fine as they conform to a published standard.. the specs you will see are "v2.0 + EDR" or even "v2.1 + EDR" and I doubt there are many 3.0 devices available as yet.. later spec is naturally better, but the FreeBSD stack doesn't support some of the extra features (eg Secure Simple Pairing) though that won't often be a problem anyway. You also see a "Class" value that relates to the strength of the radio and the distance of transmission (100m, 10m, 1m), a normal device would be Class 2 (10m range) iain
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