The USB dongle is plugged in. Does this override Bluetooth settings in options? If yes, is it possible to truly turn off Bluetooth connectivity and how would you test that, since the Bluetooth setting itself is toggled off? If not, how is it doing this?
Trying to search for the answer via search engine just gives me troubleshooting to make the mouse connect, which is the opposite of my question.
The dongle itself connects to the mouse. As far as the computer is concerned, your mouse is plugged in (via the dongle)
If it were connected over bluetooth, you wouldnt need the dongle. Youd just pair the mouse to the pc directly.
Odds are the dongle is just using a standard 2.4ghz connection to the mouse like wifi/Bluetooth, but that doesnt matter for your question.
I didn’t know it worked like that. I think I understand now, thank you.
This is the most common one
The dongle’s not overriding anything. You’re just bluetoothing to that, not the computer, and from there it gives windows the mouse signals via USB.
On your motherboard there is a bluetooth radio. That is what is being turned off and on by turning bluetooth off and on.
The USB receiver is likely not bluetooth but a 2.4GHz radio for connecting to the mouse.
Your mouse may also be able to connect via Bluetooth without the USB dongle, some mice can do that, but most just use their dongle.
Bluetooth is not great for low latency things like mouse input or game controllers. It also kind of sucks for audio but that is handled mostly by just buffering audio and having a slight delay in playback. That said, I love Bluetooth because I can have headphones without cables that get snagged all the time. Very handy.
The dongle likely used RF, not bluetooth. The computer just reads from the dongle as if it were a wired USB connection.
My mouse has dual modes, so I can connect with the dongle or via bluetooth. I use the dongle because I generally hate bluetooth and keep it disabled, and also because you get higher polling rates over RF than you do with bluetooth.
Also, why are you using windows?
Think about it for a second. Why are you plugging the dongle in?
I don’t know what mouse you are using but my Logitech mouse has both the dongle and Bluetooth connectivity. The dongle is straight up connected as long as its plugged in.
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It’s going over my head
Rarely these days do you find a real Bluetooth only mouse. Many are multi mode. Frequently you will see tri-mode rechargeable mice, wired direct use plus recharge, fast refresh 2.4ghz gaming dongle, and bluetooth for travel with a laptop.
I’ve always assumed the expect the dongle on a gaming desktop and Bluetooth with a laptop as laptops usually have dual mode WiFi cards, but many desktops come with WiFi now also.
It’s Windows 11, nothing is really ever off.
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