[NTLK] Looking for a Bluetooth card

[Tony Douglas]

Hi


This long blog (with hopefully helpful pictures) here ==> http://tonyisyourpal.blogspot.com/2010/02/newton-and-e5830-long.html describes how I got things to work with a Huawei E5830. I now have an E585 which was much easier to set up, as the web based configuration pages worked fine - no Windows required.


The main things to note are to make sure your WEP network is set up as an "Open" network, not a "Shared" one, and to make sure your keys match at each end. This kept me out of wifi with the Newton until I cottoned on it by accident one day.


At home I have a separate segment with 128-bit WEP and MAC filtering just for the Newton. Everything else is on WPA2. It's all hackable, if someone is utterly determined to do it. (Legally it's probably enough to say "I took precautions, I put on encryption, I put on filtering - a hacker couldn't have used my network 'accidentally'... although IANAL)


I have a couple of Bluetooth cards as well, just for fun, and that seems to work quite well once you've got everything installed and ticking along.


Hope it helps


- Tony




-----Original Message-----
From: Forrest Buffenmyer <newtonphoenix at mindspring.com>
To: newtontalk <newtontalk at newtontalk.net>
Sent: Sun, Aug 28, 2011 8:43 pm
Subject: Re: [NTLK] Looking for a Bluetooth card


After some time thinking about Lord Groundhog's suggestion, it occurs to me that 
while this idea will probably work, it doesn't actually address the issue that I 
have. I'm not sure if I stated it before, so I will again--and simply.

I have a portable WiFi hotspot that I use to (wirelessly) connect my Newtons, 
iPad (which is WiFi only), Mac laptop, and several other devices. It doesn't 
offer WEP--at least, in a way that the Newton understands (believe me, I've 
tried!)...only WPA. So...I set up MAC address filtering on it for all the 
devices listed above that would be accessing it.

The idea of setting up a second router with WEP doesn't apply in this case. It 
wouldn't matter...the hotspot is what generates the WiFi signal, not the router.

This would be a help for the Newton's home WiFi use, though, through a wired 
router.

Thanks,

--Forrest

Sent from my First Generation iPad

On Aug 27, 2011, at 2:56 AM, Lord Groundhog <lordgroundhog at gmail.com> wrote:

> ~~~ On 2011/08/24 08:59, Forrest Buffenmyer at newtonphoenix at mindspring.com
> wrote ~~~
> 
>> Hmmpf. Well, I guess *I* sit down, corrected. =)
>> 
>> Seriously...Gavin, thanks for this information. I've been told by others (not
>> on here) that it was secure enough and they were wrong. I have read the
>> material I found in the links you've provided.
>> 
>> Fortunately the only thing that I use a MAC address for security on is my 
MiFi
>> unit...sadly, in order for me to get the Newton to work with it (so I can use
>> the wireless Orinico Gold card) I have to use MAC filtering, as the MiFi
>> doesn't offer WEP, only WPA. Therefore, then, all my other wireless devices
>> must ALSO use MAC address filtering to connect...so, now I'll have to change
>> it to WPA, which means the Newton won't be able to connect *sigh*. I don't
>> believe there's a way to change the connection security without being USB
>> cabled to the unit, so I can't "flip flop" when I use the Newton.
>> 
>> 
> 
> 
> Wouldn't it be possible to create a secondary network either with a another
> router or with your computer, with WEP security and that you only turn on
> when you want to connect your Newton?  Or am I completely off the wall here?
> If it is you could have your main wifi network on WPA and then create the
> WEP network only when you want to use it.
> 
> 
> I haven't tried it yet but I don't see why it would be impossible.  Over to
> the folks who know this stuff.  :-)
> 
> 
> 
> Shalom. 
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