ad-hoc wifi

[Guest Jan M]

has anybody figured out how to enable ad-hoc networking?

I don't think editing the /system/etc/wifi/tiwlan.ini as described here:

http://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=82

would help us since we have an atheros chipset not ti...

[Guest Jan M]

maybe the answer lies in the wmiconfig command which has a --adhocbssid parameter...

# wmiconfig

usage:

wmiconfig [-i device] commands

commands:

--version

--power <mode> where <mode> is rec or maxperf

--getpower is used to get the power mode(rec or maxperf)

...............

--adhocbssid <macaddr> where macaddr is the BSSID for IBSS to be created in xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx format

looks like its a "tool written by Atheros Communications Inc to configure the Ar6k WIFI chip"...

http://wiki.openmoko.org/wiki/Wmiconfig

Edited November 30, 2009 by Jan M

[Guest David Horvath]

maybe the answer lies in the wmiconfig command which has a --adhocbssid parameter...

# wmiconfig

usage:

wmiconfig [-i device] commands

commands:

--version

--power <mode> where <mode> is rec or maxperf

--getpower is used to get the power mode(rec or maxperf)

...............

--adhocbssid <macaddr> where macaddr is the BSSID for IBSS to be created in xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx format

looks like its a "tool written by Atheros Communications Inc to configure the Ar6k WIFI chip"...

http://wiki.openmoko.org/wiki/Wmiconfig

I would use this "feature". Is any progress in this matter? I'll play around with it, but i dont think it will work if we just run this command..

Edit1:

Maybe we can tweak wpa_supplicant.conf with similar to this:

# IBSS/ad-hoc hálózat WPA-None/TKIP használatával

network={

ssid="test adhoc"

mode=1

proto=WPA

key_mgmt=WPA-NONE

pairwise=NONE

group=TKIP

psk="secret passphrase"

Anybody has any experience with wpa_supplicant?

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Edited January 1, 2010 by David Horvath

[Guest jmmL]

Another post wondering if anyone has made progress.

I'd like to use this feature to connect to my laptop's ad-hoc wireless network, because there aren't really any hotspots around here that I can connect to, and the 3G reception on O2 is pretty patchy.

[Guest David Horvath]

Another post wondering if anyone has made progress.

I'd like to use this feature to connect to my laptop's ad-hoc wireless network, because there aren't really any hotspots around here that I can connect to, and the 3G reception on O2 is pretty patchy.

Nope, I was playing around with a few things, but no progress. Wpa supplicant config is not the thing what we need, we should play around with something else.. if i would know what..

[Guest tido]

Xda thread about ad-hoc fix!!!

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=754961

[Guest Basher52]

Anyone tried this? Iam out of Pulse since yesterday, changed to HTC Desire.

But i would be pleases about this, cause of my bros using Pulse :D

[Guest Simon O]

We would need to be able to compile Android for our phones first before we can implement any patches like this.

[Guest tido]

Anyone tried this? Iam out of Pulse since yesterday, changed to HTC Desire.

But i would be pleases about this, cause of my bros using Pulse :D

This is not for the Pulse, this is for Android, since the OS itself "can't" connect to ad-hoc networks. I can't try it out, since my Pulse is in service :\