-- infrastructure mode: <--- Therefore you suggest we should IP protocol?
On Fri, Jul 31, 2009 at 6:29 AM, Roman <[email protected]>wrote: > > You can setup Wifi in two different modes > > -- infrastructure mode: in this mode you are using a Wifi Access Point > (AP) as central router. You get your IP address from the AP when you > have DHCP enabled. > > -- ad-hoc mode: This is a mode in which you can enable peer to peer > communication to other Wifi devices without having to setup an > infrastructure. > > Because Android on SDK level has no Ad-Hoc support (at least I am not > aware of that there are APIs available) you only can use what is > available on native level. > > In case you are setting up your devices in infrastructure mode you can > communicate with other Wifi devices over the central AP. You could use > a broadcast IP address for your communication. > > Question is whether this would fulfill your requirements. Of course in > my suggestion I did not put any thoughts about security (who is > allowed to receive the messages, ....) > > -- > Roman Baumgaertner > Sr. SW Engineer-OSDC > ·T· · ·Mobile· stick together > The views, opinions and statements in this email are those of the > author solely in their individual capacity, and do not necessarily > represent those of T-Mobile USA, Inc. > > > > On Jul 30, 1:17 am, "MMC2" <[email protected]> wrote: > > Thanks for your reply. I want to send a two character code that is > > generated in the first phone as a result of operator input. The code will > > allow the apps in the other phones to mimic the operation of the first > phone > > "as if" the operator had made the same input on them. This will > > automatically update the same process in a number of phones with the > > original operator entry on only the first phone. > > > > What do you mean by "If you can go over an AP "? Can you expand on your > > answer please and or point me to a writeup or tutorial please? > > > > Mike > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Roman" <[email protected]> > > To: "Android Beginners" <[email protected]> > > Sent: Wednesday, July 29, 2009 2:44 AM > > Subject: [android-beginners] Re: WIFI Communication between two or more > > > > phones > > > > It depends on what exactly you want to do. > > > > If you can go over an AP, then of course it is possible. If you try to > > setup an adhoc connection between two phones, the Android SDK does not > > support Ad-hoc. This does not mean that you can implement something on > > native level and expose it to your application on Java level. Normally > > the native Wifi support includes Ad-hoc and infrastructure mode. > > > > -- > > Roman Baumgaertner > > Sr. SW Engineer-OSDC > > ·T· · ·Mobile· stick together > > The views, opinions and statements in this email are those of the > > author solely in their individual capacity, and do not necessarily > > represent those of T-Mobile USA, Inc. > > > > On Jul 27, 7:10 pm, MMC2 <[email protected]> wrote: > > > In my app I would like to send a number of very small messages > > > consisting of a few characters each, to one or more phones that have > > > the same app and are within WIFI distance. Can this be done and can > > > someone point me in the right direction please? > > > > > > > -- Regards, Michael Leung http://www.itblogs.info http://www.michaelleung.info --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Beginners" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-beginners?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
