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Can I connect a Bluetooth adapter?
I have Genie R6400, and I wonder if I can put a Bluetooth adapter into one of the two USB ports? Thanks, HansPL
> [...] I thought I would put a USB Bluetooth USB stick in the router
> rather than in the PC.
This stuff isn't magic. Mating connectors is not the only
requirement. You can't plug a USB keyboard into the router, and expect
the PC to be able to use it. If you want to add Bluetooth capability to
the PC, then you should connect the USB-Bluetooth adapter to the PC, not
to some other device.
> [...] covers more house area, [...]
A Web search for keywords like, say:
Bluetooth range
might be interesting/informative.
HansPL wrote:
.... I wonder if I can put a Bluetooth adapter into one of the two USB ports?
No. The USB ports do storage and nothing else.
To work on your PC, the adapter needs "drivers" that tell the hardware how to interact. The router doesn't have that ability.
Thanks to everybody for your input and help. I will attach Bluetooth USB stick to my computer and see how it works.
Regards,
Hans L