SMC Networks - IVT BlueSoleil™ User Manual
3 Personal Area Networking
3.1Introduction
The Bluetooth Personal Area Networking (PAN) is a Bluetooth application, which enables devices to form an
The PAN application can be used in the following scenarios:
♦Two or more computers (or PDAs) can be connected through PAN and can visit each other using Windows Network Places or any application based on TCP/IP.
♦A computer (or PDA) can access a Local Area Network or the Internet through a PAN Network Access Point (NAP) bridge.
♦A computer with PAN installed acts as a TCP/IP gateway.
Each of these scenarios is now covered in more detail.
3.2Connect Two Computers
This section outlines the steps involved in connecting two computers, Computer A and Computer B.
Computer A:
Notebook/ Laptop PIII, 800MHz, 128M
A Bluetooth USB dongle
Windows 2000
IVT BlueSoleil™
Computer B:
Desktop, PIII, 600MHz, 128M
A Bluetooth USB dongle
Windows 2000
IVT BlueSoleil™
Step 1: Insert Bluetooth USB dongles in both computers.
Step 2: Start BlueSoleil™ in both computers.
Step 3: Set device name of each computer to anything you want. Here they are named Computer A and Computer B.
♦In the BlueSoleil™ Main Window of Computer A, click Tools My Bluetooth Device. Enter ‘Computer A’ in the device name field in the My Bluetooth Device window.
♦Repeat for Computer B.
Step 4: Set the Security Level.
♦Click Tools Configurations Security, the Security Configuration panel pops up.
♦On the Security Configuration panel, select High in Security Level.
Note: If you check the Fixed Passkey and input a Bluetooth passkey, this passkey will be used as the default passkey. The other computer will then have to provide the same passkey during the connection procedure if it wants to connect to this computer.
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