Posted: Thu Mar 17, 2011 12:26 Post subject: WiFi direct
Hi all,
this might be a stupid question but I could not find something in the board related to it.
Would / Will it be possible with DD-WRT to do WiFi direct? If yes, how is this going to work?
maybe I'm slow on the uptake but honestly spoken I did check your advice beforehand and you post keeps losing me as a re-did it and am no wiser anymore.
After having read my initial post i think it might be misleading when glancing over it. My request was regarding the "WiFi direct", a certification program from the WiFi alliance, which allows ad-hoc networks to be set up for noobs (like me). Basically http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wi-Fi_Direct tells that this is the successor of WPS and ad-hoc mode and is a software based mechanism. Therefore I was wondering whether DD_WRT was already supporting / planning to support it.
I would be happy to receive additional pointers or precise my request or move it to another part of the forum, bus as said your reply has completely lost me.
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Posted: Sat Mar 19, 2011 0:27 Post subject:
Wikipedia defines Wifi Direct as:
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a set of software protocols (the Wi-Fi Peer-to-Peer specification) that allow Wi-Fi devices to talk to each other without the need for wireless access points (hot spots).
I interpret this as bypassing the (DD-WRT) router entirely. An example is where a printer sends a job directly to a wireless printer.
this definitely adds a new angle for me to the topic.
I was under the impression that WiFi direct is the successor / expansion to WiFi protected setup (WPS) the way I understood the article and there a dozens of WPS certified routers out on the market. Therefore I thought WiFi direct might be supported with DD-WRT as well.
Besides that it might be a use case for routers as well to easily establish peer-to-peer connections to some WiFi devices such as mobile handhelds.
