Chapter 5: Wireless Networking with Bluetooth
In This Chapter
Discovering how Bluetooth works
Digging into some of Bluetooth’s technical issues
Installing a USB Bluetooth adapter
Using Bluetooth in Windows
Avast! If ’twere up to me, the name Bluetooth surely would be the proud name of a pirate, not some lily-livered computer network gadget. Aye, and make no mistake. Blame it on those scurvy bilge rats whats call themselves Engineers. The next landlubber Engineer whats wastes a perfectly good pirate name on some network gadget will soon be feeding fish in Davy Jones’ locker, says I. Alas, me hearties, the deed is done, so forevermore, Bluetooth shall be the topic of a chapter in blaggard books about computers instead of proper books about piracy.
Arrrrr!
Understanding Bluetooth
Bluetooth is the name of a short-range wireless network technology that’s designed to let devices connect to each other without need for cables or a Wi-Fi network access point. The two main uses for Bluetooth are to connect peripheral devices such as keyboards or mice to a computer and to connect handheld devices ...
