How to convert Wi-Fi to Bluetooth?
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Hello,
Starting from the observation that the physical support for wifi and bluetooth technologies is the same (same frequency band), a wifi antenna is theoretically capable of transmitting or receiving bluetooth signals. If I continue my reasoning, I then think that what should differentiate the two technologies is rather the software layers, the protocols used, etc.
From which we can deduce that with the appropriate driver, a wifi antenna can be transformed into a bluetooth antenna.
Except that... I can't find such a driver! Yet if it were indeed possible, we should already find many.
Hence my question: where is the flaw in my reasoning? What prevents the use of a single antenna to benefit from both technologies (even if not at the same time)? And if I'm not mistaken, do you know which software to use to achieve this trick?
Thank you,
Xavier
Starting from the observation that the physical support for wifi and bluetooth technologies is the same (same frequency band), a wifi antenna is theoretically capable of transmitting or receiving bluetooth signals. If I continue my reasoning, I then think that what should differentiate the two technologies is rather the software layers, the protocols used, etc.
From which we can deduce that with the appropriate driver, a wifi antenna can be transformed into a bluetooth antenna.
Except that... I can't find such a driver! Yet if it were indeed possible, we should already find many.
Hence my question: where is the flaw in my reasoning? What prevents the use of a single antenna to benefit from both technologies (even if not at the same time)? And if I'm not mistaken, do you know which software to use to achieve this trick?
Thank you,
Xavier
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