https://devzone.nordicsemi.com/f/nordic-q-a/85947/pinging-devices-with-nrf52840-dongleI am trying to use the nRF52840 Dongle as a controller with the Pi and ping devices (e.g. using l2ping to ping my phone) I have flashed the bluetooth hci_usb sample on to the dongle and can see the dongle as a new controller in bluetoothctl 1) Ien-USTelligent Community 13Fri, 18 Mar 2022 13:51:59 GMThttps://devzone.nordicsemi.com/thread/358886?ContentTypeID=1Fri, 18 Mar 2022 13:51:59 GMT137ad170-7792-4731-bb38-c0d22fbe4515:aafd4598-2a3e-4815-a2a4-a2c98cf11eedKarl Ylvisaker<p>Hello,</p> [quote user=""](e.g. using l2ping to ping my phone)[/quote] <p>As far as I know l2ping is only for Bluetooth Classic, is it not?<br />Please note that none of our products have support for Bluetooth Classic, only Bluetooth Low Energy is supported.</p> [quote user=""]---&gt; Otherwise, is there a way to confirm that a device/phone is within range using the nRF52840 Dongle (e.g. as a controller with Raspberry Pi)?[/quote] <p>If the phone is advertising BLE packets you can pick up these packages if you are within range, thus confirming that the phone is in the vicinity.<br />If the phone is only acting as a central - i.e scanning for peripheral devices - it will not advertise, so you will have to pick up scan requests from the phone to the peripheral, to determine whether or not it is in range.<br />If the phone is using passive scanning (not sending scan requests) you will not be able to find out whether it is in the vicinity or not.<br /><br />Best regards,<br />Karl</p><div style="clear:both;"></div>