Which bluetooh interface should i buy for Linux-Box ?

NullDevice · Tux's lil' helper Joined: 15 Jul 2005 Posts: 84

Hello,

I have Gentoo on my 2,6 GHz AMD Machine (Desktop, home PC).
Now i wanna transfer files (like pics or textfiles) between my mobile phone (which is like a PDA), and my desktop. I want a bluetooth interface, either a usb dongle or, if there is, a PCI card.

Which interface should i pick/buy? Are there some that even have linux drivers?

I would even use a bluetooth headset on the PC, but i dont think this is gonna work on linux somehow. Im lucky already if i can transfer files from my mobile.

Any ideas?
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NullDevice

int2str · Guru Joined: 29 Sep 2003 Posts: 362

<disclaimer>I work for a large Bluetooth chip and software provider.</disclaimer>

I don't think there's any PCI cards. At least not in any raw quantities. Get one of the newer generation tiny Bluetooth USB dongles. They can be had for around $20 (in the US) if you get them on sale somewhere. Or check eBay.

USB dongles are sold by many vendors but they boil down to pretty much two companies/chipsets:
- Broadcom's BRCM 2035/2045
- CSR's BC01, BC02, BC03 etc.

Both work well under Linux and you should not experience any incompatibilities.
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nilo888 · Tux's lil' helper Joined: 17 Nov 2005 Posts: 84

and csr BC04 is compatible too? and what driver should i use?
THIS IS CN-521 http://www.sitecom.com/showdownload.php?id=2119&hasacr=1
thank you.

pa4wdh · l33t Joined: 16 Dec 2005 Posts: 910

Hi,

Sorry for bumping up this old thread.

The CN-521 is bocoming a very cheap device these days (Less than EUR 10 right now), but even with it's low price i want to be sure it works with a vanilla linux kernel.

Any sugestions ?

I won't use the device much, but i'll do some experiments with it mostly to add information to my HOWTO :-)

So it doesn't have to be a high-quality device, but i want 100% support for it with Linux :-)

Best regards,
pa4wdh