Re: Wireless home LAN - WiFi vs Bluetooth?

On 07/29/2019 11:47 AM, Aleksandar Kuktin wrote:
>> On Mon, 29 Jul 2019 09:30:32 -0500
>> Richard Owlett <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
>> I've just begun reading - primarily Wikipedia articles and some links
>> from them.  My primary question is "What should I be reading?" in
>> order to ask appropriate questions. Specifically "What?" and "Why?"
>> much more than "Howto?".
> 
> The primary difference between Bluetooth and WiFi ...

Bluetooth option has been eliminated as I've discovered a 2nd machine in 
my collection does not have it.

> 
> The main challenge that I see in your setup is connecting the network
> to the outside world. [snip]

That is a non-issue as I connect to the internet via a T-Mobile Hotspot 
(a USB device) used as a "cell modem). If I want internet on one of my 
secondary machines (an atypical case) I'll just plug it into that machine.

> 
> Reading questions that may help:
> How to connect two hosts using Bluetooth that does not require them to
> be in a master-slave relationship?

Moot as Bluetooth is no longer an option.

> How to connect one WiFi interface to multiple networks? (If you find
> out, please post the answer here. xD )

That was not in my plans as the combination of WiFi AND being internet 
connected I consider a NO-NO for my primary machine. But some 
diagnostics which have been suggested would best be done on machines 
with nothing but a minimal Debian install. I've two used laptops 
purchased specifically for experimentation. We'll see what develops.

> Encryption on Bluetooth?
> How to route L3 traffic (IP network) over Bluetooth? (This question
> assumes you *want* to spread an Intranet over your machines.)

Not sure how to answer. What I envision would be any two machines 
communicating as peers.

> What application-level interfaces will you use to actually *use* the
> network? (FTP? Web? 9P2000? NFS? Gopher? gRPC? Whatever Bluetooth uses?)

I don't know. All I know at this point is I want to avoid any fixed 
client/server or master/slave relationship.




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