Using a D-Link DBT-120 with a Bluetooth-enabled Mac Mini

I have one of the original Mac Minis with internal bluetooth. Because of the placement of the unit and the mouse that I just purchased, the internal bluetooth is not sensing the mouse unless I place it very near to the Mac Mini and on the same plane. To get around this, I was hoping to use a D-Link DBT-120 attached to an extension USB cord which can be placed near to the mouse. I have checked in the System Profiler and it shows the DBT-120 but I don't know how to proceed further to pair my mouse to it. If I turn on bluetooth, I'm back to using the internal bluetooth and then can't even access Bluetooth Preferences.
Any help anyone could provide in setting this up to use the DBT-120 rather than the internal bluetooth is appreciated.

As far as I know, (from reading similar earlier posts) you can't tell the Mac which Bluetooth hardware to use. It will always try to use the internal module. So unless you can physically remove it I don't think you'll be able to use the D-Link.

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This one has me stumped. I just purchased a D-Link DBT-120 Ver C1 Bluetooth Adapter (the newest) yesterday at the Apple Store, to use with my cell phone and also a wireless headset. The cellphone (Moto V360) works great, but I am unable to get the headset (Jabra BT160) to work.
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Non apple hardware is the main point Apple will have to solve soon, if it wants to be #1.
Unfortunately, Windoze are light-years ahead of Mac OS supporting all kind of hardware.
Apple's support of hardware is pale, compared to Windoze.
Another thing we customers have to kick some a**es is how some companies deal with mac users. Belkin, for example, sells a Bluetooth dongle F8T012 that is a shame. They put on the box the text:
"works on Windows and Mac OS X" and an little observation
Mac OS X drivers are provided by Apple.
What kind of company is Belkin? They want to get mac customer's money but not even want to have any trouble developing the driver?
I definitevely will never buy Belkin again. This is the second time I see something like that.
I have a band new belkin Bluetooth 2+edr dongle + a brand new plantronics voyager 510 and they simply don't work on mac because belking is too busy to develop a decent driver for their product.
The only job they will give me is to go back the dealer for a refund.

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Hi there!
I want to use a headset with my G5, using a BT USB adapter. Mine doesn't work, so I'm thinking - unhappily - of buying a D-Link DBT-120 USB Bluetooth Adapter.
But: in the Apple Store, they say it does not work with headsets!!!
On the other side, people in the board here are claiming that it works, if you apply the firmware updater.
Which one is right??? I can hardly belive that Apple using untrue negatif customer feedback as a marketing strategie... so I'm a bit confused.
==>>> I would like to hear from people who are using the D-Link DBT-120 USB Bluetooth Adapter if they are able to connect to a headset or not (even people not having a headset can test this, just run the BT hardware wizard, selecting headset, and see if there is the error or not).
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I have a problem with a D-Link DBT-120 bluetooth-dongle.
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# Run the hcid daemon (default: true)
DAEMON_ENABLE="true"
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DOWN
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->
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RX bytes:348 acl:0 sco:0 events:11 errors:0
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hcitool dev
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hci0 00:0F:3D:48:F2:0B
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sorry folks - text is german only - its a valid language
it describes the solution of problems concerning transmitting files from nokia7650 to mac via d-link dbt-120 bluetooth usb
Neuinstallation
Nokia 7650:
mein Nokia ist steinalt – ich glaube Anfang 2003 – ohne
irgendwelche Hardware/Softwareupgrades
Verbindungen
Bluetooth
Bluetooth ein
Sichtbarkeit des telefons Für alle sichtbar
Mein Bluetoothname Nokia7650
Gekoppelte Geräte keine gekoppelten Geräte
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Systemeinstellung
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Hardware Bluetoothsymbol nun sichtbar
Bluetooth-Konfiguration auf Mac (ibook G4)
Bluetooth auswählen
Reiter Einstellungen
Bluetooth Signal ein
Sichtbar ausgewählt
Bluetooth Assistent nicht ausgewählt
Bluetooth-Gerät ermöglichen ... Auswahl nicht mäglich
Bluetooth Status in der Menüleiste nicht ausgewählt
Reiter Geräte
Keine Bluetooth Geräte sichtbar
Neues Gerät konfigurieren
Bluetooth Assisten / Fortfahren
Mobiltelefon / Fortfahren
Nokia7650 wird gefunden
Suche loopt mit Fehlermeldung / Fortfahren
Zusätzliche Informationen werden gesammelt / abgeschlossen / Fortfahren
Sechstellige Nummer in Nokia eingeben und Verbindungsaufbau akzeptiern
(eine Verbindung besteht, wenn auf dem Nokia7650 der Bluetooth-Punkt
von Klammern umgeben ist – die nicht blinken)
Auf Nokia7650 gibt es nun einen Eintrag unter „gekoppelte Geräte“: Gerätename des Macs
Auf Mac: alle Dienste deaktiviert / Fortfahren
Zuzsammenfassung: Ihr Mobiltelefon wurde erfolgreich konfiguriert / Beenden
Nun sieht man unter Geräte ein Nokia7650 mit rotem Herz und anderem Symbol dahinter
Klickt man drauf erhält man diverse Informationen – u.a.
Verbunden: ja
Konfiguriert: ja
Favorit: ja
Verbindung aktiv: nein
Serieller Anschluss: ja
Reiter Sharing:
Status quo:
Bluetooth Dateiübertragung aus, aus
Bluetooth Datenaustausch ein, ein
jede Datei einzeln bestätigen
suchen
suchen
Dokumente
Verbindung erforderlich ein
Bluetooth-PDA-Sync aus,aus
Versuch Nokia7650:
Fotos
Auf ein foto gehen
Optionen: senden über bluetooth
Mac / wählen
Bluetoothpunkt mit Klammern blinkt mehrer Male
Danach Info auf Nokia7650: „Verbindung kann nicht aufgebaut werden“
UND HIER KOMMT DER TRICK ....
TROMMELWIRBEL ...
Wenn das Nokia versucht die Verbindung zum Mac aufzubauen –
Also das Bluetoothsymbol in den Klammern blinkt ...
... DANN AUF DEM MAC DIE REITER WECHSELN !!!!!
z.b. von Sharing auf Geräte klicken bzw. wechseln
man sieht wie „Verbindung aktiv von nein auf ja wechselt“
und auf einmal wird man auf gefragt ob man die Datei übertragen will ...
Dieser „Trick“ funktioniert – egal von welchem Reiter man in welchen
Reiter wechselt - HAUPTSACHE MAN WECHSELT DIE REITER
Dann werden Daten übertragen ... in den Ordner Dokumente
Ich fass es nicht ...
Man kann auf dem Nokia damit auch mehrer e Dateien (Fotos, Notizen)
Übertragen (einfach auf Nokia markieren)
So habe ich es geschafft, meine Fotos und Notizen auf den Mac zu sichern
um damit Platz auf meinem Nokia für iSync zu schaffen – den iSync-Agent
Den der Mac auf dem Nokia7650 installiert ist immerhin satte 440kb groß
AppleSyncAgent-s60v1.sis hat so ca 180kb – macht zusammen auch schon
stattliche 620kb – und die hatte ich leider nicht mehr frei. ISync hat nach der
Installation des iSync-Agents auf dem Nokia7650 tadellos funktioniert –
Damit konnte ich dann auch meine Kontakte und meinen Kalender mit
Leerem Mac-Adressbuch und leerem Mac-Kalender synchronisieren und
Danach wegsichern.
Na also -. Geht doch – aber nur mit GLÜCK – hätte ich durch Zufall nicht
Diesen „Reiter-Trick“ entdeckt – ich wäre wohl mittlerweile komplett
Ergraut ...
APPLE – Arbeit ...
Andere Systemeinstellungen wie Sharing oder Netzwerk scheinen keinen
wesentlichen Einfluss auf Bluetooth zu haben – im Sharing hatte ich
Alle Dienste deaktiviert – selbst bei aktiver Firewall funktionierte
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Ich hoffe, ich kann mit meinen Erfahrungswerten dem ein oder anderen
Graue Haare ersparen ...
Carsten D.
PS: jetzt müsste ich nur noch wissen, wie man smse vom Nokia7650
auf den Mac ziehen kann ... dann hätte ich fast alle meine Daten
gesichert J
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Hi robin,
DHCP is (and was) buggy, (sooner or later) it brings more issues than comfort.
Anyway, the D-Link rep told me that OS X 10.4 has a lot of networking problems, and it's basically Apple's fault.
If the rep means Tiger in general (10.4.x) and not a specific Tiger version (i.e. 10.4.6) then he's just passing cheap excuses...
The only solution they could offer was to use a manual IP, but this is annoying as people often come to my place and want to use the internet, and having to manually set everyone's IP/Subnet/Router etc is a headache.
I see your point, however if you take some time and set your friends' Macs once, you won't have to worry about the corny DHCP attitude again
The rep actually said that "only 1 in 1000 Macs running Tiger actually work properly with our routers", despite the 'Mac compatible' label on the box!
O tempora, O mores...
Don't take reps too seriously:
Networking standards are platform-agnostic, there's no such thing as Mac-compatible TCP/IP, Mac-compatible DHCP etc, (maybe he means that their c**y set-up wizards are Mac-compatible?)
Maybe D-Link should re-evaluate the DHCP implementation inside their routers...
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http://www.dlink.com/products/?pid=34
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