10 meters or 100 meters with Belkin Bluetooth?

Belkin has two bluetooth usb devices, a F8T003 that says it will go 10
meters, and a F8T001 that says it will go 100 meters and has a little
antennae.

Will my Ti68 bluetooth phone and Belkin Compact Flash for my PDA reach the
pc at 100 meters or only 10 meters?

If it will only reach 10 meters then why does belkin advertise that 100
meter distance?

--Cameron

So it does not go as far as the srongest device, but only the distance of
the sortest?

That stinks. I can buy another CF bluetooth card for my PDA that is a Class
1 (100M range) for about $100. Too bad i didnt realize there was class 1
and 2 devices a while back.

The Ti68 phone is definitly only a 10meter device. I was just hoping that
it would reach the distance of the strongest device.

--C

"Tony Clark" <waclark@mindspring.com> wrote in message
news:bdtp6g$iq4$1@slb9.atl.mindspring.net...
> There are 2 types of BT adapters Class 1 and 2. I can't remember which is
> which but one is spec'd out for 10m and the other 100m. I believe the T68i
> is only a 10m device. Not sure about the PDA but I suspect it is 10m also.
>
> If you have 2 of the 100m Belkin dviecs theoretically you could be 100m
> apart. I have the 100m device and if I had it to do over again I would
just
> get the 10m device since everything else seems to be 10m.
>
> TC
>

Yup, you're pretty much restricted to the least powerful device. You may get
a little more out of it if you have a clear line of sight with nothing
in-between to interfere with the signal. Chances are the 100m transmitter
will reach the 10m receiver but not vice-versa.

TC


"Ree-Yees" <ree-yees@forgetit.com> wrote in message
news:Q6mcnU8x56eV8Z-iU-KYvw@comcast.com...
> So it does not go as far as the srongest device, but only the distance of
> the sortest?
>
> That stinks. I can buy another CF bluetooth card for my PDA that is a
Class
> 1 (100M range) for about $100. Too bad i didnt realize there was class 1
> and 2 devices a while back.
>
> The Ti68 phone is definitly only a 10meter device. I was just hoping that
> it would reach the distance of the strongest device.
>
> --C
>
> "Tony Clark" <waclark@mindspring.com> wrote in message
> news:bdtp6g$iq4$1@slb9.atl.mindspring.net...
> > There are 2 types of BT adapters Class 1 and 2. I can't remember which
is
> > which but one is spec'd out for 10m and the other 100m. I believe the
T68i
> > is only a 10m device. Not sure about the PDA but I suspect it is 10m
also.
> >
> > If you have 2 of the 100m Belkin dviecs theoretically you could be 100m
> > apart. I have the 100m device and if I had it to do over again I would
> just
> > get the 10m device since everything else seems to be 10m.
> >
> > TC
> >
>
>
>

Ive found some posts by people on here and in other forums saying that they
have a 100m USB dongle and a 10m device in their PDA or phone and it goes
the full 100meters!

Who knows if they are true or not though.

--C
"Tony Clark" <waclark@mindspring.com> wrote in message
news:bdttrv$l9o$1@slb0.atl.mindspring.net...
> Yup, you're pretty much restricted to the least powerful device. You may
get
> a little more out of it if you have a clear line of sight with nothing
> in-between to interfere with the signal. Chances are the 100m transmitter
> will reach the 10m receiver but not vice-versa.
>
> TC
>

Think about it. You have a device "A" that's 100m and another "B" that's
10m. "A" can send as far 100m, but "B" can send only 10m. Unless all the
data traffic goes from "A" to "B" (and we know that there MUST be 2 way
traffic for the whole scheme to work).....


"Ree-Yees" <ree-yees@forgetit.com> wrote in message
news:Q6mcnU8x56eV8Z-iU-KYvw@comcast.com...
> So it does not go as far as the srongest device, but only the distance of
> the sortest?
>
> That stinks. I can buy another CF bluetooth card for my PDA that is a
Class
> 1 (100M range) for about $100. Too bad i didnt realize there was class 1
> and 2 devices a while back.
>
> The Ti68 phone is definitly only a 10meter device. I was just hoping that
> it would reach the distance of the strongest device.
>
> --C
>
> "Tony Clark" <waclark@mindspring.com> wrote in message
> news:bdtp6g$iq4$1@slb9.atl.mindspring.net...
> > There are 2 types of BT adapters Class 1 and 2. I can't remember which
is
> > which but one is spec'd out for 10m and the other 100m. I believe the
T68i
> > is only a 10m device. Not sure about the PDA but I suspect it is 10m
also.
> >
> > If you have 2 of the 100m Belkin dviecs theoretically you could be 100m
> > apart. I have the 100m device and if I had it to do over again I would
> just
> > get the 10m device since everything else seems to be 10m.
> >
> > TC
> >
>
>
>

The way other people that "say" they have that exact setup and that it works
is, device B can only send its signal 10 meters, but device A not only can
send 100 meters but it can also listen 100 meters. So 10 meters out from
device B which is say 60 meters away from device A, is still well within the
listening range of A.

I maybe purchase the 100meter Belkin deivce from compusa and try it out. If
it doesnt work I can always take it right back :-)


--C

"Edward S" <i.am@interlog.com> wrote in message
news:lGLMa.43114$az.11997@news.primus.ca...
> Think about it. You have a device "A" that's 100m and another "B" that's
> 10m. "A" can send as far 100m, but "B" can send only 10m. Unless all
the
> data traffic goes from "A" to "B" (and we know that there MUST be 2 way
> traffic for the whole scheme to work).....
>
>