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Whatever happened to ad-hoc mode?

• capableweb 6y ago
  Not sure exactly what you're referring to, did the author explain in the past they rather want ad-hoc network setup or something? Otherwise, ad-hoc is different from AP+Client, as ad-hoc is only between two devices (at least from what I gather) while AP+Client would allow a distributed network where clients are interconnected.
  • jiggunjer 6y ago
    I thought ad-hoc is N devices, optionally decentralized. This could emulate that.
• ausjke 6y ago
  ad-hoc in general runs a different path inside kernel module, which is normally not supported as well as AP/client mode, so, while many chips can do ah-hoc in theory, in software side it is a difference story
• mschuster91 6y ago
  It's extremely rare that one gets to a working ad-hoc setup... it's a chicken-egg problem. Drivers, firmware, software and UI support are bad, so no one uses it, so development is an afterthought, rinse and repeat.
• cordite 6y ago
  I haven't considered this since the days of Nintendo DS picto chat.