07-02-2021, 01:48 AM
USB and Bluetooth networking is important and for personal users of higher priority than WiFi which is in many cases more for sharing your Internet connection with friends. The downside to using WiFi over USB or Bluetooth is WiFi wastes far more amp/hours per Mb of data transferred. Since we are mobile and using a battery it is a really big deal to save those battery watt/hours.
PAN bluetooth network is reasonably easy to set up http://wiki.maemo.org/Bluetooth_PAN though many people want a GUI the N900 example is still be limited to paired computers as far as access control as it is a Personal Area Network(PAN).
Every interface should easily be configured to be the host, there are situations where a user might even insert a USB Ethernet dongle and run a whole network off of a pinephone.
PAN bluetooth network is reasonably easy to set up http://wiki.maemo.org/Bluetooth_PAN though many people want a GUI the N900 example is still be limited to paired computers as far as access control as it is a Personal Area Network(PAN).
Every interface should easily be configured to be the host, there are situations where a user might even insert a USB Ethernet dongle and run a whole network off of a pinephone.