| ▲ | max8539 2 days ago |
| So, should there be apps that use it to transfer files between iOS, Android, Windows, and Mac without requiring them to be on the same network? |
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| ▲ | jeroenhd a day ago | parent | next [-] |
| Google's QuickShare contains a reverse-engineered AWDL implementation that works on Pixel and a few other phones. As for WiFi NAN: support for it seems rather limited outside of iOS and Android. From what I can tell the feature is barely tested on Linux and I can't find any generic Windows APIs for it either. |
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| ▲ | Asmod4n 2 days ago | parent | prev [-] |
| No WiFi cards for pcs support it. |
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| ▲ | ssl-3 2 days ago | parent | next [-] | | That's not quite accurate, I don't think. I've definitely used STA and AP modes concurrently on my Windows laptop with the operating system's built-in internet connection sharing function to help troubleshoot a problem in the field. That was around a decade ago. It didn't take any extra effort on my part; I just told it to do the thing, and then it did that thing. | |
| ▲ | max8539 a day ago | parent | prev | next [-] | | Researched this for a bit: there is some hardware for PCI supporting it, but Windows 10/11 not, and Linux is still work in progress, so no real support on OS level, only for some iOS/Android devices. | | |
| ▲ | Asmod4n a day ago | parent [-] | | Afaik the hardware supports it for a while now, but there is no firmware to expose the functionality. |
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| ▲ | sleepybrett 2 days ago | parent | prev [-] | | it might be interesting to use unused or extra wifi cards to support this. My pc motherboard has both wifi and ethernet and I only use the ethernet. That card does absolutely nothing at all. |
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