Re: [irda-users] Linux PC as a wifi to IR bridge?

[Jed <jed...@gm...>]

Thanks, some of the projects I'm looking at no doubt make use of IRNet.

Cheers,
Jed

 > I didn't look at the diagram too carefully, but it is theoretically
 > possible to use IrNET and set up an network interface, and you can
 > route and firewall/filter them around the kernel all you want. It
 > would also be quite simple to run PPP or SLIP over the IR...
 > This is what ActiveSync for Windows Mobile/CE does (or at least always
 > used to). They set up a PPP connection and a hidden network interface.
 > In Linux, it will not be hidden in any way; you can just have the PPP
 > connection between the IR devices and send or tunnel packets (IPIP)..
 > All this routing, tunneling, and iptables (filtering) stuff is covered
 > elsewhere, but the basic idea starts with using IrNET (which uses
 > PPP).
 > Try the irnet(4) manpage to begin with, see if that helps. That
 > discusses the pros of IrNET over tunneling PPP over a IR serial
 > emulation.
 >
 > Good luck,
 > --jkl
>> Hi,
>>
>> Any thoughts/suggestions? T'would be greatly appreciated!
>> This is "roughly" what I have in mind... (see attached .txt)
>>
>> Jed wrote:
>>> Is it possible to turn a Linux based PC into a Wifi <--> IR 
>>> bridge/blaster?
>>> I was hoping I could plug in a 802.11g adapter and a IR transceiver 
>>> and create something like this?
>>>
>>> I want to be able to issue commands from a hand-held via wifi to this 
>>> machine and have it redirect them as IR commands.
>>> It would also be good if this machine could receive IR feedback & 
>>> transmit this data via wifi back to the hand-held.
>>>
>>> Cheers,
>>> Jed

>>>
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