Guest Alexei Posted July 27, 2006 Report Share Posted July 27, 2006 Hi, I've seen a variety of strange looking wifi antenna to increase the range, but never seen anything like this for bluetooth. Because I'm a bit old fashioned I don't yet have a wifi-phone, so I'm restricted by the distance between PC and phone, and I definately can't go outside and hope the signal will get through the three foot thick granite wall. So, are there any ways round this so I can surf and send mails in the sun? The simplest seemed to be a USB extension lead, and popping the dongle out the window, but is this feasible? And are there any other neater ways to do it, or will I always be defeated by the handset's limited range? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest mandt Posted July 28, 2006 Report Share Posted July 28, 2006 Bluetooth connections depend on a certain amount of 'line of sight'. you will always see dongles advertised saying '100m range' but in reality its optimistic at best, my dongle struggles if I go into the kitchen! I use an extension and have blu-tacked my dongle high up on the wall which helps a little Never heard of any range boosters but would certainly be interested :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest nevawlkalone Posted July 28, 2006 Report Share Posted July 28, 2006 (edited) Youd probably have to do some magic home hacking or something crazy like that! Edited July 28, 2006 by nevawlkalone Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Shuflie Posted July 28, 2006 Report Share Posted July 28, 2006 I seem to remember something about bluetooth repeaters, think they were a combination of bluetooth and proper WIFI network that allowed you to give coverage to remote locations. Don't think they ever caught on though, or if they did it was so expensive for the benefit that only large companies bought them to keep tabs on their employees. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest nevawlkalone Posted July 28, 2006 Report Share Posted July 28, 2006 I seem to remember something about bluetooth repeaters, think they were a combination of bluetooth and proper WIFI network WiFi repeaters caught on as i have them in my house and at work and they are ace...never heard of the bluetooth ones! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Alexei Posted July 28, 2006 Report Share Posted July 28, 2006 Looks like a USB extension lead it is then. I don't mind that, I'm in the middle of doing up my house, so I could even take the advantage of wiring in the lead behind the plasterboard, as long as having the lead isn't going to result in signal degradation or anything. Hmm, I've just had a thought, pre-wired in USB ports in every room. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Samsonite Posted July 28, 2006 Report Share Posted July 28, 2006 you can get 'industrial' bluetooth adapters but they're not USB things, they hang off a COM port on the PC. The max Serial speed is 155kBit so its not going to be the full monty for surfing and what have you but they come with a proper antenna that you can discreetly mount at the end of a longer feeder cable. I used some of these for a work application and managed to get nearly a kilometre.. seriously!! Not entirely sure that sending out 2.4Ghz like this was strictly legal but heyho! i'm off work for a few days and all the details of where we got them are there so i'll try to remember to find it out and get back to ya....... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Alexei Posted July 31, 2006 Report Share Posted July 31, 2006 (edited) Problem solved. Stumbled across one of these today in my local supermarket click me It's one of those adaptors that turns your home ringmain into a network, this one has both ethernet and USB functions, so you could have a remote printer I guess. BUT, combine that with my USB Bluetooth dongle, and as long as I remember to plug it in in the right room, I've got bluetooth wherever I want it, even in the garden as I've got an external socket for the strimmer. Price was Edited July 31, 2006 by Alexei Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest danwatson1974 Posted July 31, 2006 Report Share Posted July 31, 2006 That looks awesome ... which supermarket was it? I am guessing Tesco or ASDA .............. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Alexei Posted August 1, 2006 Report Share Posted August 1, 2006 Ah, didn't I fill in my location? It's actually from Carrefour - I'm one of those ex-pats in France. Working a treat now, I'm sat in the sun in the garden typing this on my E200 with the flexible keyboard, with a glass of red, and my girlfriend waving from the hammock. Don't think I need to get any more advanced for a while. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest samspot123 Posted September 28, 2006 Report Share Posted September 28, 2006 By the look of what you all have posted it seems to be that you do not have much experience in bluetooth field!!! You can easily increase the range of your bluetooth dongle.. It is infact the easiest way! Ok now there is something called as a helix antenna. ok if you really wanna know about this I think you can contact me at [email protected] I can give you very nice and easy tutorials which can increase the range of upto a 1km..... Ok but there is something that I would also want in return but that is not a must but if you can provide me with info i would be grateful. I would want to know about the bluesnarfing method. I want info. Not the software!!! Those who can please help!! My email ID : [email protected] :rolleyes: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Droog Posted November 10, 2009 Report Share Posted November 10, 2009 The Bluetooth Booster is the cornerstone of most Proximity Marketing Campaigns with a range of external antennas that can be connected to it's SMS connector for even greater range www.mainlineimports.co.uk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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