Re: connect two hosts over wifi without router?

2023-11-27 Thread Tim Woodall
On Mon, 27 Nov 2023, Hans wrote: Hi folks, just before I am trying forever: Is it possible, to connect two hosts directly over wlan without using a router? Yes. It's called adhoc networking. No AP, no router, just two wifi cards acting as a ptp link. But I doubt you can do it other than

Re: connect two hosts over wifi without router?

2023-11-27 Thread Jeffrey Walton
On Mon, Nov 27, 2023 at 2:11 PM Hans wrote: > > Hi folks, > > just before I am trying forever: > > Is it possible, to connect two hosts directly over wlan without using a > router? > > The background: I want to stream video from my drone using RTMP to my > notebook. > > This is already possible,

Re: connect two hosts over wifi without router?

2023-11-27 Thread Anssi Saari
Hans writes: > Hi folks, > > hmm, looks like the only way is using a hotspot, either one as a vitual one > using hostapd (or some similar software). I don't know much about drones but even a cursory look seemed to indicate some drones can act as wifi hotspots themselves? And newer drones

Re: connect two hosts over wifi without router?

2023-11-27 Thread hw
On Mon, 2023-11-27 at 17:48 +0100, Hans wrote: > Hi folks, > > hmm, looks like the only way is using a hotspot, either one as a vitual one > using hostapd (or some similar software). > > But this is just what I wanted to avoid, as every software between > streaming device and receiving device

Re: connect two hosts over wifi without router?

2023-11-27 Thread Hans
Hi folks, hmm, looks like the only way is using a hotspot, either one as a vitual one using hostapd (or some similar software). But this is just what I wanted to avoid, as every software between streaming device and receiving device will cause delays (which I also get when using a router

Re: connect two hosts over wifi without router?

2023-11-27 Thread Dan Ritter
Hans wrote: > Is it possible, to connect two hosts directly over wlan without using a > router? Sometimes. The capability is called Ad-Hoc mode. If you have two Linux machines with wifi NICs that support it, you can do it. If one of the hosts is a drone, it might not be capable of that.

Re: connect two hosts over wifi without router?

2023-11-27 Thread tomas
On Mon, Nov 27, 2023 at 03:06:40PM +0100, hw wrote: > On Mon, 2023-11-27 at 14:54 +0100, Hans wrote: > > Hi folks, > > > > just before I am trying forever: > > > > Is it possible, to connect two hosts directly over wlan without using a > > router? > > You don't need a router for it; you can do

Re: connect two hosts over wifi without router?

2023-11-27 Thread Joel Roth
On Mon, Nov 27, 2023 at 02:54:44PM +0100, Hans wrote: > Hi folks, > > just before I am trying forever: > > Is it possible, to connect two hosts directly over wlan without using a > router? > > The background: I want to stream video from my drone using RTMP to my > notebook. > > This is

Re: connect two hosts over wifi without router?

2023-11-27 Thread Joe
On Mon, 27 Nov 2023 14:54:44 +0100 Hans wrote: > Hi folks, > > just before I am trying forever: > > Is it possible, to connect two hosts directly over wlan without using > a router? > > The background: I want to stream video from my drone using RTMP to my > notebook. > > This is already

Re: connect two hosts over wifi without router?

2023-11-27 Thread hw
On Mon, 2023-11-27 at 14:54 +0100, Hans wrote: > Hi folks, > > just before I am trying forever: > > Is it possible, to connect two hosts directly over wlan without using a > router? You don't need a router for it; you can do it via an access point. Something like a HP MSM430 or something from

connect two hosts over wifi without router?

2023-11-27 Thread Hans
Hi folks, just before I am trying forever: Is it possible, to connect two hosts directly over wlan without using a router? The background: I want to stream video from my drone using RTMP to my notebook. This is already possible, when i am using a router. But in the fields, I got no router