From: Ashish Prajapati <ashish.prajapati...@gmail.com> Reply-To: <beagleboard@googlegroups.com> Date: Tuesday, June 10, 2014 at 12:00 AM To: <beagleboard@googlegroups.com> Subject: [beagleboard] Re: Using Beaglebone Black as a standalone wifi server/Access Point
> Hi, > > Thanks John for the reply, > as per your advice I searched about Wif Direct and came to know that it is > actually > somewhat Ad-hoc wireless operation. I want to use Linux based laptops as > client to the Beaglebone black (acting as a wifi server running latest Ubuntu > image). Wi-Fi Direct is a software layer over Ad-hoc by adding a Software Access Point. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wi-Fi_Direct > With respect to above scenario I have two questions: > 1> Does wifi radio that is available in Laptop by default (running on Linux) > can be configured to Ad-Hoc mode > 2> Does the wifi-adapters listed here > <http://elinux.org/Beagleboard:BeagleBoneBlack#WIFI_Adapters> can be > configured as Ad-hoc on Beaglebone black. http://boardzoo.com/index.php/catalog/product/view/id/146/category/8#.U5dZ7p RdWe0 > > I am a beginner so pls excuse if any unrelated question appears! > > Regards, > Ashish > > On Monday, June 9, 2014 4:06:11 PM UTC+5:30, Ashish Prajapati wrote: >> Hi, >> >> I want to use my Beaglebone Black as a standalone (not connected to internet) >> wireless server, to which multiple clients can connect and request a service. >> I googled it out, and found that for this a usb wifi adapter, having the >> capability to run in a Master mode is required. >> I googled for such usb devices but could not get a concrete answer. >> >> >> Pls anyone help me on the same and suggest which usb wifi device can serve my >> purpose ! >> >> Thanks in advance!! >> >> >> >> >> >> > > -- > For more options, visit http://beagleboard.org/discuss > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "BeagleBoard" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to beagleboard+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- For more options, visit http://beagleboard.org/discuss --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "BeagleBoard" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to beagleboard+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
