[Bob Y.]

Here's my situation.
I have my eMac located in the rear room of my house about 50 feet from the living room. I have the audio and video wired to my recevier. Therefore I can see and hear everthing through my TV.
I would like to get a wireless keyboard and mouse with range enough to reach my living room (web surfing/general use) or even better the entire house (iTunes control).

What's the deal with these Bluetooth adapters with 100 meter range.

Will this allow me to use a BT keyboard and mouse throughout the house?

I've serched through the forums and haven't found an answer.

Thanks,
Bob Y.

[Brian McHale]

I would like to do something similar. The only difference is I'd like to get a bluetooth keyboard with a built in track pad so I don't have to have multiple devices. Has anyone heard any rumors of such a device?

I'm also interested in the 100 meter range bluetooth adapter. Anyone know how well these work?

[Bob Y.]

Originally posted by Bob Y.:
Here's my situation.
I have my eMac located in the rear room of my house about 50 feet from the living room.Thanks,
Bob Y.

Here's my solution. I got a Microsoft BT mouse which comes with a USB connected adapter. However the adapter has a 6 foot USB cable which in effect allows the extra distance I needed from my computer.
As a quick review I have had no problems connecting or using the Microsoft BT mouse and adapter, along with the Apple BT keyboard.

[Rickster]

I've got Belkin's extended-range USB Bluetooth adapter at home. I use it primarily for Salling Clicker with my phone (controlling the iTunes that's in one room playing on a stereo in another room with speakers covering the whole house). Unlike with the D-Link adapter, I can get the "what's playing" info via Clicker from almost anywhere in the house, which goes up to about 20-30 feet from the adapter, with several walls in between. (The biggest problem spots are where I can stand with the furnace in between me and the computer... often get no connection there.)

The catch, though, is that while the BT adapter on the computer has a more powerful radio transmitter, the phone is still only a Bluetooth Class 2 transmitter -- so there's a fringe to the range in which the phone can receive info just fine, but trying to send commands back to the computer typically causes the phone to give up on the Bluetooth connection. So, it may or may not be much good for use with a keyboard/mouse, depending on just how much distance you're planning on trying to cover, and what obstacles to radio transmission might be in between.