Nokia N-Gage for wireless networking??? Can it be done?

Hello ppl,

What i want to do is to have my N-gage connected to the PC downstairs which
has a broadband connection, and have the bluetooth dongle inserted in the
upstairs PC and use the bluetooth connection to access the internet from
upstairs. Now, while it sounds good in theory.....can it be done. And if so,
how? I appreciate any feedback on this.

TY

Moony

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"Moonstone" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> Hello ppl,
>
> What i want to do is to have my N-gage connected to the PC downstairs
> which has a broadband connection, and have the bluetooth dongle inserted
> in the upstairs PC and use the bluetooth connection to access the internet
> from upstairs. Now, while it sounds good in theory.....can it be done. And
> if so, how? I appreciate any feedback on this.
>
> TY
>
> Moony
>

It can be done!
Took me forever to get it to work on my NGage - my bluetooth dongle had
crappy drivers that didn't support the required bluetooth profile.

Look at this guide - it's written for the 3650 but the principal is the
same:
http://www.geekzone.co.nz/content.asp?contentid=1202

Martin.

Martin wrote:

>
> It can be done!
> Took me forever to get it to work on my NGage - my bluetooth dongle had
> crappy drivers that didn't support the required bluetooth profile.
>
> Look at this guide - it's written for the 3650 but the principal is the
> same:
> http://www.geekzone.co.nz/content.asp?contentid=1202
>
> Martin.
>
>

I think the op wants to use internet on his upstairs pc,

Basically he wants to use the bluetooth of ngage connected to downstairs
pc to take the broadband and send it to upstairs, basically if thats the
case buy another bluetooth dongle for downstairs

Lee

"Bales1983 (Lee Bales)" <lee@/removethis/leebales.co.uk> wrote in message
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> Martin wrote:
>
>>
>> It can be done!
>> Took me forever to get it to work on my NGage - my bluetooth dongle had
>> crappy drivers that didn't support the required bluetooth profile.
>>
>> Look at this guide - it's written for the 3650 but the principal is the
>> same:
>> http://www.geekzone.co.nz/content.asp?contentid=1202
>>
>> Martin.
>>
>>
>
> I think the op wants to use internet on his upstairs pc,
>
> Basically he wants to use the bluetooth of ngage connected to downstairs
> pc to take the broadband and send it to upstairs, basically if thats the
> case buy another bluetooth dongle for downstairs
>
> Lee

Thats exactly what i was wanting to do Lee. Thanks for explaining it better.
:-)
So, just 2 BT dongles will be the equivalent of a w/less LAN then yeah?

Cheers to you both for your replies. :-)

Moonstone wrote:

> Thats exactly what i was wanting to do Lee. Thanks for explaining it better.
> :-)
> So, just 2 BT dongles will be the equivalent of a w/less LAN then yeah?
>
> Cheers to you both for your replies. :-)
>
>

Depends really, bluetooth connections have a limited distance, works for
my laptop although the rooms are above one another so not a huge
distance, also speed is slower with bluetooth than wireless networking.

but it seems ok for browsing, just not huge file transfers

Lee

"Bales1983 (Lee Bales)" <lee@/removethis/leebales.co.uk> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> Moonstone wrote:
>
>> Thats exactly what i was wanting to do Lee. Thanks for explaining it
>> better. :-)
>> So, just 2 BT dongles will be the equivalent of a w/less LAN then yeah?
>>
>> Cheers to you both for your replies. :-)
>>
>>
>
> Depends really, bluetooth connections have a limited distance, works for
> my laptop although the rooms are above one another so not a huge distance,
> also speed is slower with bluetooth than wireless networking.
>
> but it seems ok for browsing, just not huge file transfers
>
> Lee

That's all i need to know. Cheers m8y.

"Moonstone" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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>
> "Bales1983 (Lee Bales)" <lee@/removethis/leebales.co.uk> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
>> Moonstone wrote:
>>
>>> Thats exactly what i was wanting to do Lee. Thanks for explaining it
>>> better. :-)
>>> So, just 2 BT dongles will be the equivalent of a w/less LAN then yeah?
>>>
>>> Cheers to you both for your replies. :-)
>>>
>>>
>>
>> Depends really, bluetooth connections have a limited distance, works for
>> my laptop although the rooms are above one another so not a huge
>> distance, also speed is slower with bluetooth than wireless networking.
>>
>> but it seems ok for browsing, just not huge file transfers
>>
>> Lee
>
> That's all i need to know. Cheers m8y.
>
>

Yeah a bluetooth wireless network won't be lightning fast!
I had my laptop and desktop networked earlier using two USB SmartM bluetooth
dongles and XP reports a maximum speed of 700kb/s.

OK for internet browsing and stuff but not an ongoing solution for a real
network.

I also have two MSI USB WiFi dongles - 802.11b standard - and they're MUCH
faster.
Recently transferred nearly 4GB of stuff to my desktop and it was averaging
just under 500KB/s.

(Note the bluetooth speed is bits/sec and the WiFi speed kilo-bytes/sec).

Take a look at http://www.bluesoleil.com/products/index.asp for some very
easy to use bluetooth software - it may work where original drivers fail as
i found out myself.

Martin.

"Moonstone" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> Hello ppl,
>
> What i want to do is to have my N-gage connected to the PC downstairs
> which has a broadband connection, and have the bluetooth dongle inserted
> in the upstairs PC and use the bluetooth connection to access the internet
> from upstairs. Now, while it sounds good in theory.....can it be done. And
> if so, how? I appreciate any feedback on this.
>
> TY
>
> Moony
>

maybe a lil late post, but I covered this topic with my ngage last year,

here is the link; How I got my N-gage to connect to the Net without GPRS/WAP

http://www.n-gage-help.com/modules.p...iewtopic&t=107

cheers and hope it helps a lil more

btw that site has all you need to know about the ngage so join up

Thanx again lads :-)

"Martin" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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>
> "Moonstone" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
> >
> > "Bales1983 (Lee Bales)" <lee@/removethis/leebales.co.uk> wrote in
message
> > news:[email protected]...
> >> Moonstone wrote:
> >>
> >>> Thats exactly what i was wanting to do Lee. Thanks for explaining it
> >>> better. :-)
> >>> So, just 2 BT dongles will be the equivalent of a w/less LAN then
yeah?
> >>>
> >>> Cheers to you both for your replies. :-)
> >>>
> >>>
> >>
> >> Depends really, bluetooth connections have a limited distance, works
for
> >> my laptop although the rooms are above one another so not a huge
> >> distance, also speed is slower with bluetooth than wireless networking.
> >>
> >> but it seems ok for browsing, just not huge file transfers
> >>
> >> Lee
> >
> > That's all i need to know. Cheers m8y.
> >
> >
>
> Yeah a bluetooth wireless network won't be lightning fast!
> I had my laptop and desktop networked earlier using two USB SmartM
bluetooth
> dongles and XP reports a maximum speed of 700kb/s.
>
> OK for internet browsing and stuff but not an ongoing solution for a real
> network.
>
> I also have two MSI USB WiFi dongles - 802.11b standard - and they're MUCH
> faster.
> Recently transferred nearly 4GB of stuff to my desktop and it was
averaging
> just under 500KB/s.
>
> (Note the bluetooth speed is bits/sec and the WiFi speed kilo-bytes/sec).
>
> Take a look at http://www.bluesoleil.com/products/index.asp for some very
> easy to use bluetooth software - it may work where original drivers fail
as
> i found out myself.
>
> Martin.
>
>

Rrr but if the 2 pc's are connected via bluetooth and happily exchanging
info, i don't think the ngage will be accessing the internet via BT as the
BT Dongles will be busy with each other and I thought BT could only do 1
thing at a time, unlike wifi.. or have I gotten the wrong end of the
dongle, so to speak ???

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> "Martin" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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>> "Moonstone" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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>> > "Bales1983 (Lee Bales)" <lee@/removethis/leebales.co.uk> wrote in
> message
>> > news:[email protected]...
>> >> Moonstone wrote:
>> >>
>> >>> Thats exactly what i was wanting to do Lee. Thanks for explaining it
>> >>> better. :-)
>> >>> So, just 2 BT dongles will be the equivalent of a w/less LAN then
> yeah?
>> >>>
>> >>> Cheers to you both for your replies. :-)
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>
>> >> Depends really, bluetooth connections have a limited distance, works
> for
>> >> my laptop although the rooms are above one another so not a huge
>> >> distance, also speed is slower with bluetooth than wireless
>> >> networking.
>> >>
>> >> but it seems ok for browsing, just not huge file transfers
>> >>
>> >> Lee
>> >
>> > That's all i need to know. Cheers m8y.
>> >
>> >
>>
>> Yeah a bluetooth wireless network won't be lightning fast!
>> I had my laptop and desktop networked earlier using two USB SmartM
> bluetooth
>> dongles and XP reports a maximum speed of 700kb/s.
>>
>> OK for internet browsing and stuff but not an ongoing solution for a real
>> network.
>>
>> I also have two MSI USB WiFi dongles - 802.11b standard - and they're
>> MUCH
>> faster.
>> Recently transferred nearly 4GB of stuff to my desktop and it was
> averaging
>> just under 500KB/s.
>>
>> (Note the bluetooth speed is bits/sec and the WiFi speed kilo-bytes/sec).
>>
>> Take a look at http://www.bluesoleil.com/products/index.asp for some very
>> easy to use bluetooth software - it may work where original drivers fail
> as
>> i found out myself.
>>
>> Martin.
>>
>>
>
> Rrr but if the 2 pc's are connected via bluetooth and happily exchanging
> info, i don't think the ngage will be accessing the internet via BT as the
> BT Dongles will be busy with each other and I thought BT could only do 1
> thing at a time, unlike wifi.. or have I gotten the wrong end of the
> dongle, so to speak ???
>
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> www.eastcoastpc.co.uk
>
>

not correct, I have 2 computers hooked up by bluetooth PAN (personal area
network) and I can connect with my ngage as well. PC Bluetooth dongles can
carry 7 devices at one time...

cheers