Re: XP Question Regarding Bluetooth Usage

On 15/12/2024 19:10, Patrick Doyle wrote:
> On Sun, 15 Dec 2024 12:27:05 -0600, Grant Taylor
> <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
>> On 12/15/24 02:21, JJ wrote:
>>> No. Bluetooth-to-Bluetooth connection requires user confirmation. And
>>> using connected Bluetooth device as an internet gateway, requires
>>> additional setup.
>>
>> I didn't get the impression that the OP was opposed to interacting with
>> and configuring the connection.
>>
>> Rather I took the OP's question to be can I get Internet connectivity
>> using Bluetooth and without needing to configure 802.11 wireless.
>>
>> It's been a LONG time since I've done anything with Bluetooth other than
>> headphones, but I think that it should be possible for the OP to pair
>> the XP system with a Bluetooth device that is used as an Internet
>> connection.
>>
>> I think that Bluetooth based tethering used to be a thing.  But it's bee
>> too long and I don't remember.
>>
>> I do think that Bluetooth based tethering would provide what I
>> understand the OP to be asking about.
>>
>> If not Bluetooth tethering, then perhaps Bluetooth connected modem and a
>> PPP stack / Dial Up Networking on XP using said Bluetooth modem could
>> work.  I'd assume that the modem & PPP would be very short distance,
>> possibly the same device that would then terminate said PPP and route
>> out it's normal Internet connection.
> 
> Too damn complicated for me. I'll stick with things the way they are.
> I've had our home computers secure for years with no bad stuff getting
> in.  I ain't gonna go digging holes in the system and let the garbage in
> from the Internet sewer.
> 
> Thanks for answering, though.

My old Blackberry Classic has Bluetooth tethering so its possible but 
the data rate is VERY low even within a metre or two of the target device.