Bluetooth is so-o-o slo-o-o-w!

[noskill]

Guys,

I have iPaq 2215 + Siemens S55 + Mitsumi USB-Bluetooth dongle.

I've established ActiveSync and LAN BT connection with my desktop PC. I've read in this forum, that approx. speed of Bluetooth is something near 700Kbps (that's 87KB/sec). However, what I got is ~10KB/sec

I tried placing iPaq near dongle - but that hasn't resulted in speed improvement.

What I'm doing wrong? How to improve Bluetooth speed?

[noskill]

Guys,

I have iPaq 2215 + Siemens S55 + Mitsumi USB-Bluetooth dongle.

I've established ActiveSync and LAN BT connection with my desktop PC. I've read in this forum, that approx. speed of Bluetooth is something near 700Kbps (that's 87KB/sec). However, what I got is ~10KB/sec

I tried placing iPaq near dongle - but that hasn't resulted in speed improvement.

What I'm doing wrong? How to improve Bluetooth speed?

[Mitchybums]

most likely you use bluetooth lan access over ppp. this is default set to 19200bps. you can set this on ppc and desktop to 115200bps, but it wont do much. There is not realy a way to make it faster.

I'm giving up bluetooth and shelf some money out for wifi instead.

OK, I just managed to give my Ambicom Bluetooth Adapter new life.
I setup a RedHat 9 server with it atached to it, and I use that machine now as a LAN ACCESS POINT.
I just did a speed test on some att website, and it did a text test by downloading the text of a book to my pocketpc (the graphic one needed a full javascript thing, and it failed)
I managed to get 300kbs
I also went to the wifi section of windowsmedia (was in favorite on ppc)
AND WATCHED THE TRAILER OF FREDDY VS JASON.
Overall browsing went up pretty good too.
NICE

So it's possible to get more speed out of bluetooth.

[noskill]

Wifi... It's such a battery sucker! :roll:

[WyattEarp]

Unfortunately most wireless technologies use lots of power. There really isn't any around it; even with devices made for PDAs. What it really boils down to is which type is going to serve your needs best. WiFi is much better for syncing but you could also try IR if you really don't want to do WiFi.

[noskill]

Originally Posted by WyattEarp

Unfortunately most wireless technologies use lots of power. There really isn't any around it; even with devices made for PDAs. What it really boils down to is which type is going to serve your needs best. WiFi is much better for syncing but you could also try IR if you really don't want to do WiFi.

Hm-m... I have BT, why should I resort to IR?

BT speed is already enough for sync; but BT-LAN is a bit slow - you can hear that when listening .mp3's through it.

[WyattEarp]

None, except to have another choice. It's what I used before there was BT or wifi for PPCs.

[freitasm]

That's probably a Pocket PC issue. I use Bluetooth here, and when I have my laptop connected to my Bluetooth LAN Access Point I'm able to stream video from the internet - without interruptions.

However, using my Pocket PC I can't watch the same video. I blame on the slower hardware, not Bluetooth.

[noskill]

You must be joking. It is fast enough to play videos (say, from CF), but slow at the same time with BT? You really mean this?

[surur]

Thats what I thought until I saw this thread which discribes better results with a different bluetooth access point. Some-one should investigate this...

Surur

[DrtyBlvd]

Strange - I BT with no probs whatsoever - streaming et al is fine - and AS is pretty snappy too...

Paq 55 / TDK Dongle, Linksys WiFi to the PC...