Re: connect two hosts over wifi without router?
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 already possible, when i am using a router. But in the fields, I got no
> router available (I have a portable router, yes, but I want to mimize and ease
> as possible).
>
> The goal of my project I am working of, shall be a bootable live-usb or live-
> cd, which is preconfigured with the network address, a listening nginx for
> RTMP, automatically started X with automatically started VLC.
>
> The user just has to start his drone software (or whatever) on a tablet or
> mobile, input an IP in the streaming software and is ready.
>
> Everything shall be done without any router (because of avoiding as much
> latencies as possible).
>
> At the moment I am stuck with the directly connection.
>
> If someone has running this already, I would be happy for any configurations,
> or also with the help of some priciples.
>
> With an ethernet cable, this is easy (using a crossover ethernet cable), but
> how do this with wireless? Is this technically possible at all???
>
> Thanks for any help.
>
> Best regards
>
> Hans
Probably there are a lot more knowledgeable people here than
myself, but a naive search for "wifi adapter client host
mode linux" brings up this page.
https://woshub.com/create-wi-fi-access-point-hotspot-linux/
Most wifi adapters can operate as an access point, which is
indicated by AP and AP/VLAN appearing in the output of `iw list`.
Hope this helps
--
Joel Roth
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