On Fri, Jun 27, 2003 at 01:51:54AM +0200, Marcel Holtmann wrote:
> Hi Tonni,
>
> > The USB dongle I've been using for my tests, is borrowed from a frind.
> > Thus, I'm searching the market for a dongle of my own. I'm using this
> > website as a guideline (I hobe it's not to old to)
> > http://www.holtmann.org/linux/bluetooth/devices.html
> >
> > I've discovered that there are to main chipset manufactors; CSR and
> > BroadCom. So which should I choose?
>
> you should also check
>
> http://www.holtmann.org/linux/bluetooth/features.html
> http://www.holtmann.org/linux/bluetooth/csr.html
>
> I prefer dongles with a chip from CSR, but the Broadcom based works also
> fine. Don't take dongles with KC or Telencomm chips, because the one
> that I have seen so far are buggy and don't conform to the Bluetooth
> spec. If you plan to buy a CSR based dongle make sure that you get one
> with HCI 16.4 firmware (or greater).
>
> Regards
>
> Marcel
I currently use a D-Link DBM120 (Broadcom based Apple USB dongle) but am
finding that it has terrible range where we've moved to (can't be in a
different room or more than 3-4m away). I just saw this CSR based dongle
for a good price (in Australia anyway):
http://www.zytech.com.au/comm/usb/index.html
The thing is it claims a 40m range. I thought that was beyond the range
of the Bluetooth protocol.
Also it only mentions 'Main chip : CSR BlueCore 02' so I assume that
means (from Marcel's CSR page) it must have firmware between 14.3 and
16.4. Is this going to assure me of having SCO support?
Regards,
Andrew Radke
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