Posted by: Eugenia Loli-Queru
on April 30, 2005 05:24 AM
All you need is to setup Samba on your Linux machine and have a router (e.g. a linksys wifi/eth router for your broadband connection). Then, just connect to your WLAN with your PDA, use the FileExplorer to navigate to your Linux SMB share and voila!
Of course, if you are out of office/home and you don't have a router, Bluetooth is indeed a better option. I found IrDA more of a pain to properly configure, but as long you managed that, it ain't too much slower than Bluetooth. Linux's Bluetooth stack is not known for its great speed either, it usually gives me about 23 KB/sec on file transfers (I tried 4 different BT 1.1/1.2 usb sticks, same performance each time). IrDA SIR gives about 9 KB/sec in my experience, which is not too bad. IrDA FIR (faster version of IrDA hardware) is not commonly used on PDAs, so don't bother buying FIR usb sticks (more expensive, less supported, and at the end they don't give you any gaining in speed as PDAs use SIR, not FIR).
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Posted by: Eugenia Loli-Queru on April 30, 2005 05:24 AMOf course, if you are out of office/home and you don't have a router, Bluetooth is indeed a better option. I found IrDA more of a pain to properly configure, but as long you managed that, it ain't too much slower than Bluetooth. Linux's Bluetooth stack is not known for its great speed either, it usually gives me about 23 KB/sec on file transfers (I tried 4 different BT 1.1/1.2 usb sticks, same performance each time). IrDA SIR gives about 9 KB/sec in my experience, which is not too bad. IrDA FIR (faster version of IrDA hardware) is not commonly used on PDAs, so don't bother buying FIR usb sticks (more expensive, less supported, and at the end they don't give you any gaining in speed as PDAs use SIR, not FIR).
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