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Jason Parekh  
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 More options Oct 29 2008, 8:32 pm
From: "Jason Parekh" <jasonpar...@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 29 Oct 2008 17:32:29 -0700
Local: Wed, Oct 29 2008 8:32 pm
Subject: Re: Android AdHoc IBSS Wifi support
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Hi Anders,

I'll check with the Wi-Fi framework eng to see where this falls on his
priorities.  We haven't had a formal requirement, but we do agree it'd be
nice to have in the framework.

jason

On Tue, Oct 28, 2008 at 6:36 PM, Anders Nilsson Plymoth <lanils...@gmail.com

> wrote:
> No comments on this?

> No one interested in ad hoc mode for android?

> No info on when/if this support will be added to the SDK?

> Anders

> On Thu, Oct 23, 2008 at 5:33 PM, Anders <lanils...@gmail.com> wrote:

>> Hi,

>> The current Android SDK doesn't support the application developer to
>> create ad hoc IBSS WiFi connections between two user terminals.
>> The WiFi API provides some very nice features that allows the
>> developer to create really cool applications that can connect to the
>> Internet through a WiFi AP. However, it doesn't allow that
>> configuration to be ad hoc (IBSS) rather than AP.

>> When looking at the kernel and driver code, I can see that the core
>> support for IBSS is available. What is needed is an API from the
>> kernel to the SDK that allows the developer to setup and configure the
>> IBSS so that communication over this link will be possible.

>> My question is, when is Google planning to add this support?

>> Or there any other users or projects out there who are planning to add
>> this support?

>> Thanks,
>> Anders


 
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