Use of Bluetooth to test programs.

[Owen Thomas]

On Wed, 21 Aug 2019 at 17:26, Colin Law <clanlaw at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Wed, 21 Aug 2019 at 07:30, Gilles Gravier <ggravier at fsfe.org> wrote:
> >
> > Hi!
> >
> > Le mer. 21 août 2019 à 01:52, Owen Thomas <owen.paul.thomas at gmail.com>
> a écrit :
> >>
> >> I'm very ignorant of Bluetooth and of WiFi.
> >>
> >> I appear to have two Ubuntu laptops that are "Bluetooth enabled", and I
> am wondering on a very cursory level whether these computers can use
> Bluetooth in lieu of a WiFi router to test two instances of a program that
> uses Java sockets to exchange information peer to peer..
> >>
> >> I am using WiFi when I test my programs at home, but cannot use WifFi
> if a router isn't available - when I am demonstrating these programs to
> others, say.
> >>
> >> What are my options?
> >>
> >>
> >
> > You can turn one of your Ubuntu machines into a WiFi hotspot and use the
> other as a client device.
> >
> >
> https://askubuntu.com/questions/318973/how-do-i-create-a-wifi-hotspot-sharing-wireless-internet-connection-single-adap
>
> Are those instructions up do date?  It is six years old.  I would look
> for more recent instructions rather than following those.
>
> Colin
>

Something else has occurred to me.

Part of my test/demo environment will involve shutting down (closing the
lid on) both computers, and then opening them up again to see the programs
resume their place in the conversation.

Would shutting down the hotspot computer cause any consternation for the
other computer? If I'm using more than two, shutting down the hotspot will
obviously cause the other computers to stop talking, so if I'm going to
demo with more than two computers, I'd have reserve a fourth for the
hotspot.

Is Bluetooth a more appropriate solution or is Bluetooth simply not viable
for what I'm trying to do?

Thanks again,

  Owen.
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