[zeromq-dev] How do we activate and connect to WiFi hotspots in edgenets?

[Pieter Hintjens]

On Thu, Jan 9, 2014 at 3:55 PM, Lindley French <lindleyf at gmail.com> wrote:

> In the short term that may be the only solution that's workable without root
> access on at least some of the phones. I think the full benefits of EdgeNet
> won't be realized until arbitrary phones can serve as routers or data mules
> without the user knowing or caring, though.

Right.

> I still think WiFi Direct has a place in the solution, when it's available.
> According to Wikipedia, only one phone of a group has to support WiFi Direct
> for the entire group to use it.

That works precisely like a hotspot afaik (did not actually try that, though).

-Pieter