bluetooth/usb-dongle

[ulrich steffens]

Am Freitag, den 28.10.2005, 11:27 +0100 schrieb Samuel Toogood:
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> ulrich steffens wrote:
> > Am Donnerstag, den 27.10.2005, 23:47 -0700 schrieb Alex Mandel:
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> >>ulrich steffens wrote:
> >>
> >>>hi list,
> >>>while i'm desperately trying to compile a patched version of openobex so
> >>>that i can connect my mobilephone through usb, i thought that i cut the
> >>>crap with compiling and better ask if someone can recommend a painlessly
> >>>working usb/bluetooth-dongle?
> >>>nothing fancy, just some plain dongle that will work in a range of 1-2
> >>>meters and lets me connect my damn mobile with ubuntu :)
> >>>it s*cks b*lls to boot into windows just to get some data out of the
> >>>phone and booting back to linux to actually use that data.
> >>>
> >>>and *no*, i won't ditch linux because of that... (couldn't resist ;)
> >>>
> >>>thanks in advance
> >>>
> >>> - ulrich
> >>>
> >>>
> >>
> >>My belkin F8T003 works, I can connect to my motorola phone. I haven't 
> >>tried much else with it though.
> >>
> >>-Alex
> >>
> >>
> > 
> > thanks, i'm asking because i'm totally unsure how usb-dongles work.
> > wether if they're little toys that the kernel automagically handles or
> > if you need specific modules/drivcers to get them to work.
> > 
> > ulrich
> > 
> > 
> I can't remember precisely what make mine is, but it's a cheap generic
> one bought via ebay, and is automagically detected and set up by breezy,
> which is encouraging. Device manager shows the vendor as 'SiW' if that
> helps.
> 
> Sam

thanks for the feedback!
thats what i was hoping for: just a cheap generic one that just works.
i was a little confused by some products who explicitly mention
drivers/windows/etc... i hope i pick up a right one that just does what
i want ;)

thanks

ulrich