[Trainer-Talk] Does anyone know if it matters?

[Damashe Thomas]

Hi Jim,

From a technical standpoint, it doesn't matter.
The reason is that each bluetooth device has its own unique hardware address, or mac address.
For example, Jim's PC Windows 10 may have a mac address of
84af:3f6c:8b5b:1aff 
and Jim's other pc may have a mac address of 
ffe5:f5b6:5b7c:45bb
So for the VarioUltra, it knows the win10 machine by its address, and the other machine by its unique address.

Now from a practical standpoint, are you sure you would be able to keep them straight?

Hope this helps



Damashe

> On May 13, 2017, at 12:02 PM, Jim Portillo via Trainer-Talk <trainer-talk at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> 
> Good morning,
> 
> 
> 
> I'm slowly transferring to a newer and faster laptop computer.  Something's
> come up that I wanted to ask about before trying to connect some Bluetooth
> devices.
> 
> It turns out that both of these computers turned out to have the same name.
> In other words, they're both called Jim's PC.  
> 
> Would it matter if I wanted to connect something like a VarioUltra to both
> of them, considering they both have the same name or would end up finding
> the same name?
> 
> Would I be better off trying to rename one of them?  Not exactly sure where
> to do that in the new Windows 10, but I'm perfectly willing.
> 
> I wouldn't want Bluetooth devices to get confused, but at the same time, I
> wonder if it would matter considering they'd be on different channels.  
> 
> What do you folks think?
> 
> 
> 
> Jim
> 
> 
> 
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