Re: Possible GSOC project ideas

[Pavel Simerda <psimerda redhat com>]

----- Original Message -----
> From: "todd rme" <toddrme2178 gmail com>
> http://www.wi-fi.org/discover-and-learn/wi-fi-direct

Thanks.

> It is normally something built into the network card.  The wireless
> chipset needs to have support for it.  As I said, it is already being
> implemented in wpa supplicant.
>
> From wikipedia:
>
> Wi-Fi Direct, previously known as Wi-Fi P2P, is a standard that
> allows Wi-Fi devices to connect to each other without the need for a
> wireless access point.

Is it just that someone failed to realize there is ad-hoc wifi mode?

> This allows Wi-Fi Direct devices to directly transfer
> data between each other with greatly reduced setup. Wi-Fi Direct
> works
> by embedding a limited wireless access point into the devices, and
> using Wi-Fi Protected Setup system to negotiate a link.

The only think I heard about WPS is that it is insecure. Sorry for that. Maybe I'm just commenting on 
something I don't have enough information on.

> Setup
> generally consists of bringing two Wi-Fi Direct devices together and
> then triggering a "pairing" between them, using a button on one of
> the
> devices, or systems such as NFC.
>
> > > Android now supports it for sending video, and it looks like TVs
> > > will
> > > start implementing it for receiving video in the near future.
> > >  People
> > > have been working on this in wpa_supplicant, but I don't know its
> > > status so this project may require some hacking there too.
> > >
> > > 3. Implement auto-detection of connection status.
> >
> > This is already supported roughly in a way you are describing it
> > below.
>
> It is?  I have tried connecting under these circumstances and nothing
> remotely like this happened.
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