From owner-freebsd-bluetooth@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Dec 20 15:11:53 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: bluetooth@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id ECBC6106566B for ; Sun, 20 Dec 2009 15:11:53 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from plunky@rya-online.net) Received: from smtp6.freeserve.com (smtp5.freeserve.com [193.252.22.151]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B01F28FC15 for ; Sun, 20 Dec 2009 15:11:53 +0000 (UTC) Received: from me-wanadoo.net (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mwinf3514.me.freeserve.com (SMTP Server) with ESMTP id BAED2700005F; Sun, 20 Dec 2009 16:11:51 +0100 (CET) Received: from me-wanadoo.net (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mwinf3514.me.freeserve.com (SMTP Server) with ESMTP id AED6D7000064; Sun, 20 Dec 2009 16:11:51 +0100 (CET) Received: from rya-online.net (unknown [89.194.69.192]) by mwinf3514.me.freeserve.com (SMTP Server) with SMTP id 09499700005F; Sun, 20 Dec 2009 16:11:50 +0100 (CET) X-ME-UUID: 20091220151151381.09499700005F@mwinf3514.me.freeserve.com Received: (nullmailer pid 1591 invoked by uid 1000); Sun, 20 Dec 2009 15:11:46 -0000 Date: Sun, 20 Dec 2009 15:11:46 +0000 (GMT) To: Eitan Adler In-Reply-To: References: User-Agent: Alpine 2.00 (NEB 1167 2008-08-23) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Message-Id: <1261321906.623800.1186.nullmailer@galant.ukfsn.org> From: Iain Hibbert Cc: bluetooth@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Bluetooth dongles - which ones work? X-BeenThere: freebsd-bluetooth@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Using Bluetooth in FreeBSD environments List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 20 Dec 2009 15:11:54 -0000 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