Personal Area Networking; Introduction; Connect Two Computers - SMC Networks SMC-BT10 EZ Connect User Manual

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Personal Area Networking

3.1

Introduction

The Bluetooth Personal Area Networking (PAN) is a Bluetooth application, which enables
devices to form an ad-hoc network or to access a remote network through a network
access point.
The PAN application can be used in the following scenarios:
♦ Two or more computers (or PDAs) can be connected through PAN and can
visit each other using Windows Network Places or any application based on
TCP/IP.
♦ A computer (or PDA) can access a Local Area Network or the Internet
through a PAN Network Access Point (NAP) bridge.
♦ A computer with PAN installed acts as a TCP/IP gateway.
Each of these scenarios is now covered in more detail.
3.2

Connect Two Computers

This section outlines the steps involved in connecting two computers, Computer A and
Computer B.
Computer A:
Notebook/ Laptop PIII, 800MHz, 128M
A Bluetooth USB dongle
IVT BlueSoleil™
Step 1: Insert Bluetooth USB dongles in both computers.
Step 2: Start BlueSoleil™ in both computers.
Step 3: Set device name of each computer to anything you want. Here they
are named Computer A and Computer B.
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Step 4: Set the Security Level.
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Note: If you check the Fixed Passkey and input a Bluetooth passkey, this passkey will
be used as the default passkey. The other computer will then have to provide the same
passkey during the connection procedure if it wants to connect to this computer.
Windows 2000
In the BlueSoleil™ Main Window of Computer A, click Tools |
My Bluetooth Device. Enter 'Computer A' in the device name
field in the My Bluetooth Device window.
Repeat for Computer B.
Click Tools | Configurations | Security, the Security
Configuration panel pops up.
On the Security Configuration panel, select High in Security
Level.
Computer B:
Desktop, PIII, 600MHz, 128M
A Bluetooth USB dongle
Windows 2000
IVT BlueSoleil™