2008/6/29 Charles Pax <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > In what ways can two Freerunners plausibly communicate? Which is the fastest > for data transfer?
Wifi and bluetooth for sure > Can they connect via WiFi without a separate router? I've seen some > discussion over how the Freerunner cannot be used as an access point. Does > this mean two Freerunners wouldn't be able to create a network of just > themselves? Actually they should be able to create Ad-Hoc networks. this means 2 FR will be able to connect each other. The Access Point functionality would have been usefull only when connecting 3 or more FR toghether. If you need to connect more than 2 FRs one way *might* be bridging wifi, bluetooth and USB connections, creating some kind of "chain". Not very clear if you need to connect 10 or more FRs :) > Can they connect through USB with one being the host and the other behaving > as if it were connected to my desktop (as an external hard drive or > whatever)? Probably this will be possible but I don't know what exactly will happen > Is there another type of USB networking they can do? Really I don't know > Is there enough control over the GSM chipset to communicate directly > (without using the mobile phone network) between two Freerunners? This would > violate some FCC regulation, right? Probably there is not enought control or it is not possible at all. > And just for fun... Would there be any practical purpose for communicating > through the headphone/mic jack? > > I'm assuming they can connect via bluetooth and that they can can make phone > calls to each other :) Making the FR a walkie-talkie device was in some kind of wishlist I think :) > -Charles > _______________________________________________ > Openmoko community mailing list > community@lists.openmoko.org > http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community > > _______________________________________________ Openmoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community