User's Manual

Bluetooth Software Suite User’s Manual

Getting started

Bluetooth Neighborhood

Introduction

With the Bluetooth™ Software Suite, you can

establish wireless links between your computer

and other Bluetooth enabled devices. Without

using an inch of cable, you can for example:

• Transfer sound, objects and files;

• Access the Internet by means of dial-up

networking;

• Connect to local area networks;

• Send fax messages, using the fax software of

your computer;

• Establish Bluetooth ad hoc networks consisting

of two or more Bluetooth devices;

• Connect to serial devices (legacy applications).

Most operations are carried out from an

application called the Bluetooth Neigborhood.

The basic functions of the Bluetooth

Neighborhood include three steps:

1. Carrying out device discovery, i.e. finding out

which remote Bluetooth devices are available

within your range;

2. Carrying out service discovery, i.e. finding out

which services (applications) a remote device

facilitates;

3. Establishing links to remote devices.

The Bluetooth Neighborhood should be seen as

an equivalent to the Network Neighborhood. The

latter is an ordinary network, the Bluetooth

Neighborhood is a wireless network of the

Bluetooth devices within range.