Thread: N800 Net access at Cafe with Wifi Dongle
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2007-02-10 , 17:35
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Originally Posted by travis View Post
Hi Stephen, Thanks for the link.

But don't you think it is easier to use a bluetooth USB dongle for this sort of connectivity:

http://www.internettablettalk.com/wi...a_a_Windows_PC

This requires a single dialog box interaction on the Windows box.

Connecting up at internet cafes is a primary use case for me, so I am very interested in this being as simple as possible. Is there some reason you are not doing it this way?

Thanks,
Travis
You still have to install the drivers and the Bluetooth software stack on the PC. The first instruction in the howto is put in the CD, but since the cafe won't let you install software from a CD, your still going to need a thumb drive or an internet site with the software.

I'm a little confused as to WHY. If you have a PC with internet access, why not just use that instead of the much more constrained (and hard to read) iT platform? Then transfer any files you might have downloaded to the iT via USB.