A couple of documents on Bluetooth subjects...

• updated Bluetooth in Windows 7
• Bluetooth Profiles and 32feet.NET
• Now at codeplex: 32feet.NET — User’s Guide, (was)

A couple of documents on Infrared subjects...

• An IrDA FAQ
• IrDA uses
• Problems with Palm IrDA discovery alongside XP notebooks
• Apparent bugs in Windows’ IrDA support
• Microsoft KB articles on infrared subjects
• Microsoft Windows IrDA programming
  • An example IrDA (TinyTP) client (irdaWinsockCli.cpp)
  • An example (IrDA) IrLPT (IrLMP) client (irdaWinsockCliIrLpt.c)
• A sample (IrDA) IrLPT client using C# .NET with the 32feet.NET library (irdaDotNetCliIrLpt.cs).
• A sample (IrDA) IrCOMM client using VB.NET with the 32feet.NET library (irdaDotNetCliIrComm.vb).
• historic Microsoft IrCOMM in Windows XP and 2000 IrCOMM Modem support added.
• historic IrDA under WinME post 2000-Nov-15 (IrDA.org Public Discussion board)
• historic Window 2000 with Mobile phones (lack of Virtual COM port support)

And on other subjects...

• On 239.255.2.2 9753 rasadv
• An NTP Netmon parser DLL
• On Malicious script C:\divtools\word\Word.nec

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Some links to useful sites:

• Howard's pages on Infrared with Mobile Phones
• Jean Tourrilhes's web pages, includes wide information on IrDA in Linux including support for IrNET and a Java API, see IrDA.
• "Alvin Mok's Web", includes wide information on IrDA support in different devices including PalmOS.
• Jan Kiszka's IrCOMM Virtual COM Port software for Windows 2000 and XP.
• Eric Lindsay's page on IrDA. Contains a good description of IrDA from different angles e.g. a good summary of the protocol, problems cause the by the non-existence of the IrCOMM Virtual COM Port functionality in Windows 2000 and usage of various type of peer device etc.

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