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Old 26-10-10, 08:24 AM
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The new specification allows Wi-Fi enabled devices to connect to each other directly and exchange data without a hotspot.

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Old 26-10-10, 12:18 PM
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This is all over the news sites and I'm not sure why. How is this different from using ad-hoc?
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Old 31-10-10, 06:52 AM
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If I read this correctly, one PC will be able to serve to multiple other PCs...like an access point. I'm pretty sure ad-hoc only allows communication with one other PC.

Nevermind...I just confirmed : )

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WiFi_Di...al_Description

Wi-Fi Direct essentially embeds a software access point, or "soft AP", into any device that wishes to support Direct
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