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Like Bluetooth, you can use it to send files, share your screen with other devices, play games directly, share your internet connection, and more. It also plays a central part in other systems and communication standards, such as near field communication.

As the name suggests, using WiFi Direct in Windows 10 allows you to make direct connections with other devices. If you want to transfer files from your smartphone to your PC regularly, then you may prefer to use the built-in Your Phone app instead.

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WiFi Direct is a standard that makes it possible for WiFi radio frequencies (most commonly 2.4 GHz and 5 GHz) to make a direct, peer-to-peer connection with other devices. The connection doesn't require an existing WiFi network since the connection is established directly between the two devices.

While WiFi Direct is different from Bluetooth, the two share some resemblance to one another. Just like with Bluetooth connections, you can seamlessly transfer files between devices, and share one device's screen onto the other device. However, WiFi Direct also allows you to directly play games or even share internet connection.

But note that It is PeerFinder library limitation NOT wifi-direct. You still can use underlying wifi-direct libraries for advertisement & discovery. It is possible and i have tested this atleast between window desktop app & windows mobile (NOT with Android).

Step 3. Connect two PCs via the network by entering the password or verification code of the target PC. Besides, make sure you have chosen the right transfer direction and click "Connect" to continue.

With the Wi-Fi direct support, Windows implement the new Hotspot features, but gives no easy to to set up a Soft AP for connecting directly via Wi-Fi to the Windows machine (as opposed a HotSpot which connects to the internet through the Windows machine.

However, the operating system support for Wi-Fi Direct and the exposed API still have all the features needed to set up a Soft AP. It's just not exposed as a direct netsh option anymore, which was the case previously. The key phrase to look for is 'Wi-Fi Direct Legacy AP Mode'.

It works by enabling a software-generated access point from the device host, which creates a temporary network of wifi that is in the process. Then there is a WPS (wifi protected setup) with the pin code, which uses authentication.

Be reminded that Wifi direct is somewhat similar to Bluetooth technology, which ables to transfer files and synchronize data. But for wifi direct, it includes sending and receiving data, screen sharing, wireless printing, and even playing as multiplayer on all devices connected to the network.

Even the connection is wireless, and no internet connection is needed, transferring speed of wifi direct is up to 250Mbps, unlike Bluetooth technology with only 25Mbps. And when in terms of the distance, compared to Bluetooth 4.0, which has 200 feet only, wifi direct has a theoretical distance of 656 feet.

Since there is a need for a passcode or PIN to connect, it is an additional security attribute of the wifi direct. It is because wifi direct is protected by WPA2 security certifications and protocols.

If you are decided to use wifi direct instead of Bluetooth, then your Windows 10 PC or laptop is supported. But take note that Wifi Direct has standards in which your Wifi internal chip or external chip will have to support it as windows 10 has full support.

This was exactly the point I was trying to raise. We too observed the unstable nature of WiFi direct with Win10, mostly from the Ad Device but also from the UWP. We noticed it with several mobiles as reference.

After some attempts, I could get an IP using DHCP, the problem was my DHCP server on Linux side.

But I'm still stucked on the socket "sl_Accept" thing. I don't know if it is a firewall problem (as I'm using a virtual machine). The other reason to me to using Linux now instead windows is to sniff the wifi packets more easily (in Linux I can use airmon-ng to put the interface in monitor mode and with that I can use Wireshark to sniff wireless traffic without a need of a paid software or hardware).

Hi, need help with my adapter, apparantly it is not compatible with wifi direct Windows 10 IoT Core, that means it does not activate the 'Microsoft WiFi Direct Virtual Adapter' in the device manager. Mobile hotspot does not work, Im trying to make a mini pc into a virtual router. Can anybody help with this?

Tried to install 'Microsoft Wi-Fi Direct Virtual Adapter' but still does not show up in the Device Manager till I found a post explaining what Microsoft Wifi Direct is, basically it is only a handfull of USB wifi dongles which are compatible to be able to setup a Mobile Hotspot.

i see a Wifi direct virtual adapter listed. i followed the instructions i found online, and updated the drivers for the card, updated the version of intel pro set wireless and install intel wifi dashboard.

please advise. when i open network and sharing centre and go to change adapter settings there is no local area connection displayed referencing the wifi direct apapter. but ipconfig says there is one there.

I am having an issue getting the WIFI direct feature to work on my laptop. i already have the driver installed along with the hp easy start utility and i can print through this connection fine via USB. I have also checked the print server properties and i can see the driver is present and installed. I tried to set up the wifi direct link via printers and scanners...it asks me for a pin which displayed on the printer display panel, typed it in and the printer display said 'Mobile connection successful'. It then tries to complete the install on my machine of the printer object and everytime it completes it says 'Driver is Unavailable'. I have tried this with both an 9010 printer and a 9020 printer with the same results.

Hi I followed your procedure but the status on the printer is still showing Driver is unavailable despite I downloaded and installed the driver. When I went select the printer in Setting and Manage to view the Hardware Properties it seems the Drivers files used/referred to are residing in Windows/System32 directory. When I checked another laptop the setting is different.

I am an Ubuntu newbie. I have a HP DM1 laptop with Ralink RT5390 wifi card. It has the ability to connect on wifi direct with my Nexus 7 in Windows while using latest drivers located at Mediatek site. But I am unable to use wifi direct in Ubuntu. I found wpa2_supplicant supports this and installed the same, but still wifi direct is not functioning.

EDIT:If you get errors in Ubuntu 14.04 during the compile like: fatal error: openssl/ssl.h: No such file or directory compilation terminated. and fatal error: netlink/genl/genl.h: No such file or directory compilation terminated you may need to install libnl1, libssl-dev and libnl-dev. Use the following command to install them

With a Raspsberry Pi, it sends a wifi out to which I can connect a PC laptop/andriod/Chromebook a short ways away and control it, its desktop shows up on my remote machine (in my case via VNC). This is what I am trying to do between a Windows 10 laptop and another device (PC laptop/Chromebook/or Andriod...).

I can get the Windows 10 laptop to output a wifi "hotspot" and can connect to it via wifi on another device, but how do I "remote control" from there? Maybe I'm just not putting the right address in, but I can't get it to "connect" as I would through VNC to a Pi. I'm fine using a web browser or any other way that may work.

The Windows "hotspot" you have configured does not behave the same way as the RPi hotspot. You can't remote control the host Windows computer, you can only use it's internet connection (Internet Connection Sharing). You need a small, cheap wifi router to provide the hotspot (there are USB ones that you can power from the laptop). You set it up like any other router, only it won't have an internet connection. It will however create a wifi network that both your imaging computer and your other device connect to. Then just run MS Remote Desktop (if you have Win 10 Pro) to control the remote laptop.

I enable wifi "hotspot" on the windows 10 laptop. Using Teamviewer, I connect "exclusively" to the laptop , a setting in Teamviewer which connects to the laptop "hotspot" wifi, but not via the internet. I then use the IP address of the laptop on the client machine (also running Teamviewer), in this case a Chromebook, to remote into the laptop.

Wi-Fi CERTIFIED Wi-Fi Direct enables Wi-Fi devices to connect directly to each other, making it simple and convenient to print, share, sync, play games, and display content to another device. Wi-Fi Direct devices connect to one another without joining a traditional home, office, or public network.

Wi-Fi Direct allows devices to connect directly to each other, without the need for a Wi-Fi access point (AP). It simply requires the push of a button or the entry of a PIN. Wi-Fi Direct allows source and display devices to discover one another and provides the underlying device-to-device connectivity for Miracast. Miracast builds upon Wi-Fi Direct with mechanisms to negotiate video capabilities, setup content protection (if needed), stream content, and maintain the video session.

Note Just as an aside, you can access peer-to-peer Wi-Fi without using Multipeer Connectivity. The underlying technology is Bonjour + TCP/IP, and you can access that directly from your app. The WiTap sample code shows how.

I tried to use wi-fi direct with Wi-Tap as you outlined in your previous message but have discovered a problem with it. After about 1 minute of no tapping on either device, taps are no longer being received. If you keep tapping every second or so there is no problem and the data continues to be sent and received, however once you stop this repeated tapping the problem occurs after about 5 seconds.

We see the exact same issue with our own peer to peer product after we updated it to use wi-fi direct. After about 45 seconds of no activity (ie no transmission of any data from either device), data is no longer being received. If we send a "keep-alive" packet every second it works continously. If we change the keep-alive delay to 5 seconds it fails. There are no errors returned from the NSStream write method or via the NSStream handleEvent: callback in either Wi-Tap or our app. e24fc04721