Return-Path: From: Gene Heskett To: linux-bluetooth@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: weak bt? Date: Tue, 19 Jan 2010 09:38:18 -0500 References: <201001161038.49294.gene.heskett@verizon.net> In-reply-to: <201001161038.49294.gene.heskett@verizon.net> MIME-version: 1.0 Content-type: Text/Plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Message-id: <201001190938.18821.gene.heskett@verizon.net> Sender: linux-bluetooth-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: Ping? On Saturday 16 January 2010, Gene Heskett wrote: >Greetings all; > >I have a broadcom bluetooth dongle plugged into a full bandwidth 7 port > hub, and another (an a7 brand eb-301)built into an rs-232 emulation device > plugged into a legacy computer. > >It works about 10% of the time, so speeds are very poor. > >Starting bluetooth-proximity, that shows the signal is quite weak, ranging >from 3 up to 30 and this is an overnight session that has been recording > for about 10 hours now. The devices are about 16 to 18 feet and the house > wooden flooring apart as the legacy machine is in the basement. > >Is this distance what would be called fringe area in tv reception? Or > should it be working better than this? > -- Cheers, Gene "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author) AMAZING BUT TRUE ... There is so much sand in Northern Africa that if it were spread out it would completely cover the Sahara Desert.