LAN or Bluetooth

[NC]

Will a Bluetooth network work well enough for app, image and medium sized file transfers?

[kent1146]

I would consider Bluetooth to be a point-to-point protocol used for low-bandwidth communications between devices, and not a file transfer mechanism. It *CAN* be used to transfer files, but I would definitely opt for other methods (e.g. LAN, WiFi, even internet-based cloud storage) before I went Bluetooth.

What problem are you trying to solve? Is this related to your other post about the crossover networking?

[wh666-666]

Will a Bluetooth network work well enough for app, image and medium sized file transfers?

I would consider Bluetooth to be a point-to-point protocol used for low-bandwidth communications between devices, and not a file transfer mechanism. It *CAN* be used to transfer files, but I would definitely opt for other methods (e.g. LAN, WiFi, even internet-based cloud storage) before I went Bluetooth.

What problem are you trying to solve? Is this related to your other post about the crossover networking?

Exactly .....

Bluetooth file transfer can be VERY slow compared to other methods.

Id suggest exhausting other avenues first as well ...

[NC]

I've decided to use wired LAN for networking the desktop and the laptop. Btw, I used something called Diskbench to test hard drive transfer speeds. I am getting speeds as low as 11 MB/s, which is no where near ethernet speeds.

[wh666-666]

Im surprised you got as high as 11mbps to be honest!


Have fun wiring up your ethernet

[kent1146]

I've decided to use wired LAN for networking the desktop and the laptop. Btw, I used something called Diskbench to test hard drive transfer speeds. I am getting speeds as low as 11 MB/s, which is no where near ethernet speeds.

Actually, it is ethernet speed. 11MBps (megaBYTES per second) is 88Mbps (megaBITS per second).

Ethernet is rated for 100Mbps (megaBITS per second). Take your 100Mbps, subtract about 10% for overhead, and you get the transfer rate that you are observing.