A Wireless bridge conjoins two previously incompatible technologies within
a single device to leverage the strengths of each. The Wireless bridge
marries the Personal Area Network (PAN) technology of Bluetooth as
described in Bluetooth Specification Version 1.0B with the Wireless Local
Area Network (WLAN) technology described in the IEEE802.11a specification
to provide a wireless system level solution for peripheral devices to
provide Internet service interactions. The invention brings together in a
single working device implementations of these technologies so they do
not interfere or disrupt the operation of each other and instead provide
a seamless transition of a Bluetooth connection to Wireless Local Area
Network/Internet connection. From the Wireless Local Area Network
perspective the inventive wireless bridge extension allows a
Bluetooth-enabled device to roam from one Wireless Access Point (bridge)
to the next without losing its back end connection. The invention takes
into account the minimum separation and shielding required of these
potentially conflicting technologies to inter-operate.