Thread: Wireless USB vs. Bluetooth

USB is now the industry standard

If you use any amount of time on a computer chances are that you have used a USB device like a mouse or a keyboard. There are at present more than two billion USB devices in use around the world.

Enter Bluetooth

Bluetooth was released a couple of years following the initial release of USB and grew in fame because it offered computer users a way to connect valuable devices to the computer without worrying about the tangle of wires behind the computer and the inevitable innovative wiring options required to connect two computers and printers located across the room.

Differences between Bluetooth and Wireless USB

The difference between Bluetooth and Wireless USB is the speed - empirically you will normally forever see speeds less than 1 Mbps with Bluetooth. Wireless USB, on the other hand, is rated for 480 Mbps at 5 meters. Both technologies are slower at further distances, but Wireless USB should always be faster than Bluetooth. A further obvious difference between Bluetooth and Wireless USB is security Bluetooth devices are extremely vulnerable to signal-hijacking whereas the security standard for WUSB is very strict and should result in a much more secure connection this is very important for any request which may require the transfer of sensitive data or information.

I was wondering if bluetooth is capable in sharing internet connection, let us say that one computer is directly connected on the internet and the other one do not have LAN but a built in bluetooth device, is there a way to connect the other computer using bluetooth technology?