Hi Jason,
While you are at it, can you ask about wpa-enterprise support and WPS (wifi protected setup) support? Thanks
- adrian
On Oct 31, 1:35 pm, "Jason Parekh" <jasonpar...@gmail.com> wrote:
> We're working on adding support for ad-hoc networks, but enterprise and WPS
> are lower priority.
>
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My use case is what ad hoc mode was designed for, allowing devices to communicate directly without the need for an infrastructure AP. From what I heard of wifi direct, it will support this, and I greatly look forward to this for many reasons.
While Soft Ap is meant for tethering in its current use, you dont really need an uplink 3g connection to activate Soft Ap. Soft Ap should work as a solution for device-to-device communication. Wifi direct will make the process of selecting one of the devices as an AP go away.
Expect to see both direct and ad-hoc support in the future.
While Soft Ap is meant for tethering in its current use, you dont really need an uplink 3g connection to activate Soft Ap. Soft Ap should work as a solution for device-to-device communication. Wifi direct will make the process of selecting one of the devices as an AP go away.
Expect to see both direct and ad-hoc support in the future.
Expect to see both direct and ad-hoc support in the future.
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It has been 4 and half years since this issue 82 was first reported: http://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=82 . This thread started in October 2008. We were told that it's being worked on first in November 2008, then in October 2010 and then again in February 2012. Yet, ad-hoc remains unavailable as of now. (I'm using Jelly Bean 4.1.1 on Samsung Nexus S GSM).
It's ridiculous. While Apple iPhone and iPod have supported ad-hoc WiFi from the beginning, Google hasn't even cared to comment on the issue. Here the excuse being given is WiFi Direct which may not even be available on operating systems like Linux or WinXP, while millions of users continue to suffer TODAY for the lack of ad-hoc WiFi in stock Android.
(On a sidenote: similar issue was disabling USB mass storage in favor of MTP. However, at least there were good technical reasons in that case. Here, Android has crippled essential technology which exists today while a future technology is being worked out.)
The community has even produced workarounds (Eg: http://szym.net/2010/12/adhoc-wifi-in-android/ ). Ad-Hoc WiFi remains the most common reason to jailbreak/root android phones / tablets.
Android developers, I urge you to just read the comments over here once: http://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=82 and see for yourself how infuriating this issue has been for Android users.
I hope someone cares.
cheers
nilesh
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Do you have a link to the commit(s) that disabled that support? I'll
have a quick try at reverting that.
Do you have a link to the commit(s) that disabled that support? I'll
have a quick try at reverting that.
Maybe some realised that ad hoc wifi, or parts of the algorithm are claimed py patent rights to some of the big patent holder ?
In that case Google walks on the thin edge not to be charged with AD HOC support in Android and keeps silences - no support,
no explanations - talk down this feature !?
I called the Nexus support at 855-836-3987 to see if I could get some answers. Perhaps if we voice our opinions over the phone, Google will answer. Worth a shot. I told them: -the hardware for ad-hoc support is there -the technology is there(over 10 years old) -Android appears to explicitly disallow ad-hoc connections -iOS, Windows Phone, Symbian, Linux, MacOS, Windows, etc. all support ad-hoc connections -- This isn't some obscure functionality unsupported everywhere! -There are many support issues open regarding this problem(as early as issue 82!!) yet there seems to be no answer from Google in the hundreds of pages I've gone through -- I need answers 855-836-3987 -- Try it out~
-Cayman
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I've just found this is my first major issue with Android. Today I needed to be able to access an Ad-hoc network on my solar panel inverter (enasolar) using my Android tablet & phone - its the only way to configure its IP settings so I can monitor its output via wifi and set it up to connect to my home network. Without a laptop I'm stuck as we only have 2 android devices - oh hold on - Perhaps my partner's daughter's Windows phone can connect to it!There must be other hardware devices like mine out there that rely on setup in this way using Adhoc.
On Friday, 24 October 2008 01:33:47 UTC+1, Anders 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
This remains a problem today, and it is the second-most starred bug in AOSP. I'd be shocked if this was technically difficult to add at the OS level, as Linux has the required support, and third-party Android builds, notably Cyanogenmod do include ad-hoc network support.I don't care if wifi direct is somehow better. I care that when I'm at a friend's house with no data reception and no wifi, but that friend has a laptop plugged in to ethernet, I can create a wifi network on the laptop and connect my phone to it. I also care about potentially life-saving mesh networks for emergency situations involving the collapse of civil infrastructure. This is low-hanging fruit as far as making the world a better place.
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