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

[Pieter Hintjens]

>From what I know, setting up and maintaining a persistent WiFi Direct
connection is a painful user experience. Otherwise, it gives exactly
the same results as enabling the hotspot on one phone and then using
standard WiFi. (Unless i'm mistaken.)

On Fri, Jan 10, 2014 at 7:05 AM, crocket <crockabiscuit at gmail.com> wrote:
> Plus, I tested my nexus 5 and 7 with "Super Beam" app.
> Super Beam shares files and folders using WiFi Direct.
> My nexus devices successfully shared files via WiFi Direct.
>
> WiFi Direct is confirmed to be working at least on nexus devices.
>
>
> On Fri, Jan 10, 2014 at 5:31 AM, Pieter Hintjens <ph at imatix.com> wrote:
>>
>> 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
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