>> On 10/20/2011 07:04 AM, Paul Gardner-Stephen wrote: >>> Hello, >>> >>> On Thu, Oct 20, 2011 at 2:13 PM, Timur Mehrvarz >>> <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> On 20.10.2011 02:59, Paul Gardner-Stephen wrote: >>>>> We are also actively engaging in the IEEE 802.11 standards process to >>>>> get ad-hoc fixed (ask me if you need information about the problems >>>>> with using ad-hoc WiFi to form mesh networks) >>>> >>>> Are these radio related issues or are API's missing? Can you elaborate? >>> >>> Android (even IcecreamCake) lacks APIs to access ad-hoc WiFi. >>> As a result, we need root access, and then we need to figure out how >>> to control the wifi chipset and associated drivers on any given model >>> of cell phone. We have a paper coming out later in the year that >>> describes some of the foo we have had to do to generalise this process >>> as far as possible. >> >> Hello. >> >> Here are some new 'IcecreamCake' specific API's: >> >> http://developer.android.com/reference/android/net/wifi/p2p/package-summary.html >> >> http://developer.android.com/resources/samples/WiFiDirectDemo/index.html >> >> "Android now supports Wi-Fi Direct for peer-to-peer (P2P) connections >> between Android-powered devices and other device types without a hotspot >> or Internet connection. The Android framework provides a set of Wi-Fi >> P2P APIs that allow you to discover and connect to other devices when >> each device supports Wi-Fi Direct..." >> >> Sounds useful, doesn't it? > > It sounds useful, and may well be in some instances, however WiFi > Direct is only for 1-to-1 communication. It does not allow the > formation of a multi-hop mesh. > > Paul.
If you get multiple ad-hoc 1-to-1 links for free, do you still need root? Timur _______________________________________________ Freedombox-discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.alioth.debian.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/freedombox-discuss
