g304 How to connect my Bluetooth mouse to Laptop without provided dongle

[Mr.Stork]

YES, I have tried going to Bluetooth settings and clicking "Add a Bluetooth or other device" but it doesnt work with my G304/5. It only connects if I attach the provided bluetooth dongle that came with the mouse.

 

I just don't want to keep a tiny dongle around which I may loose.

Even though I could put it in the mouse's dongle area, but it's a hassle to open and close the lid multiple times a day, daily. It also chips away the durability of the lid.

 

There's always that one thing that a mouse can't do...

[kirashi]

1 minute ago, Mr.Stork said:

YES, I have tried going to Bluetooth settings and clicking "Add a Bluetooth or other device" but it doesnt work with my G304/5. It only connects if I attach the provided bluetooth dongle that came with the mouse.

 

I just don't want to keep a tiny dongle around which I may loose. Even though I could put it in the mouse's dongle area, but it's a hassle to open and close the lid multiple times a day, daily. It also chips away the durability of the lid.

 

There's always that one thing that a mouse can't do...

The Logitech G304 isn't a BlueTooth mouse. The dongle it comes with uses a proprietary 2.4GHz signal.

[Kilrah]

It's not Bluetooth, it's proprietary "lightspeed" protocol. So you need the dongle.

 

There are models that do both but they're more the "office" type than the "gaming" types.

[Mr.Stork]

 

2 hours ago, Kilrah said:

It's not Bluetooth, it's proprietary "lightspeed" protocol. So you need the dongle.

 

There are models that do both but they're more the "office" type than the "gaming" types.

2 hours ago, kirashi said:

The Logitech G304 isn't a BlueTooth mouse. The dongle it comes with uses a proprietary 2.4GHz signal.

You say "proprietary" so that isnt bluetooth or something else entirely? Also, won't a 5Ghz signal be better than a 2.4Ghz one?

Cuz most often than not, mouse will be close to the pc, so distance wont matter, they also provide an extender.

[Inelastic]

6 hours ago, Mr.Stork said:

 

You say "proprietary" so that isnt bluetooth or something else entirely? Also, won't a 5Ghz signal be better than a 2.4Ghz one?

Cuz most often than not, mouse will be close to the pc, so distance wont matter, they also provide an extender.

It's a custom 802.11 connection (2.4GHz). I'm not sure why they chose 2.4GHz instead of 5GHz, but they don't need the bandwidth of 5GHz, what they need is low latency and a stable connection.

[kirashi]

11 hours ago, Mr.Stork said:

You say "proprietary" so that isnt bluetooth or something else entirely? Also, won't a 5Ghz signal be better than a 2.4Ghz one?

Cuz most often than not, mouse will be close to the pc, so distance wont matter, they also provide an extender.

Bluetooth is simply a protocol that uses the 2.4GHz frequency range. Unless your mouse actually uses Bluetooth, it will instead operate using a custom model/manufacturer specific protocol over whatever frequency range the manufacturer has decided to utilize. Most wireless mice with a USB dongle operate on a proprietary 2.4GHz protocol, hence why they're not always Bluetooth. And as @Inelasticsaid, wireless keyboards and mice us so little data that there's no point in operating in the 5GHz space, so manufacturers often use the 2.4GHz spectrum when designing the protocol.