2008/6/29 Charles Pax :

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> In what ways can two Freerunners plausibly communicate? Which is the fastest

> for data transfer?

Wifi and bluetooth for sure

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> Can they connect via WiFi without a separate router? I've seen some

> discussion over how the Freerunner cannot be used as an access point. Does

> this mean two Freerunners wouldn't be able to create a network of just

> themselves?

Actually they should be able to create Ad-Hoc networks. this means 2

FR will be able to connect each other. The Access Point functionality

would have been usefull only when connecting 3 or more FR toghether.

If you need to connect more than 2 FRs one way *might* be bridging

wifi, bluetooth and USB connections, creating some kind of "chain".

Not very clear if you need to connect 10 or more FRs :)
> Can they connect through USB with one being the host and the other behaving

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> as if it were connected to my desktop (as an external hard drive or

> whatever)?

Probably this will be possible but I don't know what exactly will happen

> Is there another type of USB networking they can do?

Really I don't know
> Is there enough control over the GSM chipset to communicate directly

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> (without using the mobile phone network) between two Freerunners? This would

> violate some FCC regulation, right?

Probably there is not enought control or it is not possible at all.

> And just for fun... Would there be any practical purpose for communicating

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> through the headphone/mic jack?

>

> I'm assuming they can connect via bluetooth and that they can can make phone

> calls to each other :)

Making the FR a walkie-talkie device was in some kind of wishlist I think :)

> -Charles

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