Thread: Bluetooth dongles -- or PCI?

I don't have Bluetooth built-in. Any one know:
1) which BT dongles or PCI cards, if any, work in SL?
2) which ones, if any, work with the new Apple keyboards and/or Magic Mouse? Apple says you have to have a real Mac with bluetooth built-in, no dongles need apply.....

Originally Posted by richiem

I don't have Bluetooth built-in. Any one know:
1) which BT dongles or PCI cards, if any, work in SL?
2) which ones, if any, work with the new Apple keyboards and/or Magic Mouse? Apple says you have to have a real Mac with bluetooth built-in, no dongles need apply.....

I bought two times a USB BT dongle. In less than 1 month both were defect I don't know whether this is "normal" or just bad luck. Maybe I will try a DLink BT-120, which in completely supported by Apple, even Apple BT Firmwareupdates should work.

Thx Asere -- please let us know if it works for you. I had an IOTech that just didn't seem to work at all.

Originally Posted by richiem

Thx Asere -- please let us know if it works for you. I had an IOTech that just didn't seem to work at all.

Did you guys ever find a working bluetooth dongle? I bought a cheap one of ebay that was cambridge silicon radio based...it worked as far as pairing with the wireless apple keyboard. While I could pair the device, I could not connect...and therefore not use the keyboard. Was gonna by the apple compatible one but wanted to see if anyone got it working.

ben

I'm waiting to hear if anyone has the DLink BT-120 working...

I just ordered the dbt 120 on amazon. It was only 20 bucks, so I am gonna give it a try. I will let you know if I have any success.

Ben

I have a cheep and cheerful USB Bluetooth dongle with theCambridge Silicon Radio chipset which works fine with phones and the Apple MagicMouse. I did get a DLink BT-122 which is the successor to the DLink BT-120 (No longer available here as its old) , but that did not work. This tiny thing which cost about S$6 has worked for three months without prob...

Did you have to do anything special to make it work? Like I said, mine recognizes an pairs with the keybaord but then won't connect...

I use a toshiba bluetooth stick which came with my bluetooth stereo headset.
it has a Cambridge Silicon Radio and seems to work.
i tryed it with the headset and skype.

the only problem is that i can´t deactivate it.

I have a usb belkin F8T012 and it has worked flawlessly for 2 years now. It has great range with no drops and has handled every phone or device I have used. It was only $20