Blue Soleil on the laptop.
A different one on the Netbook - the one that came with the Trust BT dongle.
Swapping dongles leaves the problem with the machine and does not transfer
with the dongle.
cheers
Chris
"Pavel A." <pavel_a@NOfastmailNO.fm> wrote in message
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> Is BT driver on the Netbook same or
> different as on the laptop?
> ( Microsoft's, Blue soleil ...??)
>
> --PA
>
>
>
>
> Chris Watts wrote:
>> am having problems getting my computers to communicate using bluetooth
>> PAN.
>>
>> My configuration is:
>> (1) A D-Link Bluetooth LAN Access Point.
>> (2) A laptop, running XP, with a USB BT adaptor.
>> (3) A brand new Netbook, running XP, with a different brand of USB BT
>> adaptor.
>>
>>
>> The laptop (2) can make a PAN connection to the Access Point (1) and
>> browse
>> the network
>> The laptop (2) can make a PAN connection to the Netbook (3) and browse
>> its
>> files.
>>
>> The Netbook (3) can find and pair with both the laptop (2) and the Access
>> Point (1) but is unable to get a list of services from either of them.
>> [The Netbook can locate, pair with and locate the seriel services of my
>> BT-enabled mobile phone]
>> When the Netbook (3) is connected to the laptop (3) as a result of
>> connection from the laptop then it can see the laptop's files.
>>
>> So the bottom line is that the Netbook cannot determine that the Access
>> Point (1) and the Laptop (2) have any services to offer and certainly not
>> PAN so is unable to connect to them. Looks to me like a problem with
>> settings on the Netbook. Where do I start to resolve the problem?
>>
>> Any advice welcome.
>>
>> TIA
>> Chris
>>
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