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The Artist
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PostPosted: 14:08 - 29 Nov 2022    Post subject: Bluetooth over wifi Reply with quote
Does anyone know of a device that I can leave at home connected to wifi, that will also connect to my bluetooth devices at home so I can access these bluetooth devices from anywhere with an internet connection?

I would have thought it would be fairly simple in terms of design, but I can't find a solution.
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PostPosted: 14:47 - 29 Nov 2022    Post subject: Reply with quote
You're after a Bluetooth Gateway.

Haven't used one personally so this is a "fuck knows if it'll work" consumer example:

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/134166553006
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WD Forte
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PostPosted: 14:51 - 29 Nov 2022    Post subject: Reply with quote
Dunno but it sounds feasible

I'd have assumed you'd need to setup something like a bluetooth network at home which can 'talk' to your home wifi/router network

how to do dis?
phuctyphino

this might help

https://www.techwalla.com/articles/how-to-set-up-a-bluetooth-network
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PostPosted: 15:44 - 29 Nov 2022    Post subject: Reply with quote
Easy-X wrote:
You're after a Bluetooth Gateway.

Haven't used one personally so this is a "fuck knows if it'll work" consumer example:

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/134166553006


Gateway! That is exactly the word I should have been using, thanks.

I am not sure this one will work though, as the bluetooth devices I want to connect to, are not part of this Chinese smart life/zigbee ecosystem. They are devices that come with an app themselves, and you need to be in bluetooth range, open the app and it scans and connects within the app.
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PostPosted: 14:09 - 19 Jan 2023    Post subject: Reply with quote
An old Android phone, no sim, connected to your wifi with TightVNC on it so you can VPN in and activate your devices maybe?
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PostPosted: 15:31 - 19 Jan 2023    Post subject: Reply with quote
sickpup wrote:
An old Android phone, no sim, connected to your wifi with TightVNC on it so you can VPN in and activate your devices maybe?


Not sure I can use this to remote into a phone and I don't really want to use an android device because I need it to be reliable for weeks/months without touching it.

I was hoping for an industrial electronic device but there doesn't seem to be anything suitable AFAIK.
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PostPosted: 18:35 - 19 Jan 2023    Post subject: Reply with quote
Maybe hand-roll a solution from a Raspberry Pi? I think the current versions have Ethernet, WiFi & Bluetooth on-board. Plenty of spare USB slots if not.
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PostPosted: 18:53 - 19 Jan 2023    Post subject: Reply with quote
I'm not very up this kind of thing but I'd have thought setting up a VPN with whatever device you normally access these things with would be the way forwards?
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