On Wed, 16 Jan 2002, Orlando Andico wrote: > On Wed, 16 Jan 2002 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > .. > > > To be more specific, GPRS or General Packet Radio Service allows a > > > 40.2kbps connection, PERMANENT. So the best way to use it is have a > > > Bluetooth+GPRS phone, notebook with Bluetooth PCMCIA, and you've got The > > > Real Deal Mobile Internet. > > > > I'm confused. What does Bluetooth add? I'm not up tp date on cell > > technology. > > Bluetooth allows a wireless connection between your phone and > notebook/PDA. It's not a cellphone technology per se. > > Bluetooth uses the same frequency (ISM) as WiFi (wireless Ethernet) but > the range is only 10 meters. Bluetooth is essentially "dead" (WiFi killed > it..) but still surviving in phones because the chip consumes much less > power -- the Harris/Intersil PRISM2 chipset used in WiFi adapters consumes > too much power to put in a mobile device. >
Hmmm.. interesting this. anybody tried Airsnort to sniff packets over WiFi? Airsnort uses Prism2 chipset. --ribbonhood _ Philippine Linux Users Group. Web site and archives at http://plug.linux.org.ph To leave: send "unsubscribe" in the body to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To subscribe to the Linux Newbies' List: send "subscribe" in the body to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
