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Questions tagged [wifi-direct]

a point-to-point Wi-Fi standard to enable devices to connect to each other without an access point.

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Using Pi to stream all audio output from my pc to my stereo

My problem is quite simple but I have been unable to find a satisfying solution. Basically, I want my Raspberry Pi to be connected to my stereo and then play any audio output from my computer via wifi to the PI. Is there any way to do this easily,…
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Can I directly connect to my Pi wirelessly without a router?

I've seen a fair number of internet sites and forums that provide details on how to turn the Pi into an access point or a router. I've also seen that there are plenty of how tos out there on how to turn the Pi into a NAS drive I'm not really…
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Connect to Raspberry PI 3 over Wi-Fi direct

I want to connect from an android phone to a RPI 3 over Wi-Fi direct. I want to do it over Wi-Fi direct because the RPI will be a controller for one or more movable devices that will be used in buildings as well as out in the nature. In buildings,…
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How to enable Wifi direct on the Raspberry Pi using the TL-WN721N wireless Adapter (Noob instruction)

I was looking to find noob instructions on how to connect to the Raspberry Pi using Wifi Direct from either a phone or another computer. I tried a few instruction but they are aimed for more advanced users (eg:…
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Connect Android smartphone with Wi-Fi Direct to a Raspberry Pi

It is no problem to connect my Android Smartphone with Wi-Fi Direct to the printer at my home and print documents. But how can I use Wi-Fi Direct to connect the phone to a Raspberry Pi without a managed WiFi infrastructure using an access point?
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p2p_group_add setting own password and ssid

want to ask help, for setting the desired password for p2p_group_add command, if we run p2p_group_add on wpa_cli, it will generate random ssid and passphrase P2P-GROUP-STARTED p2p-wlan0-3 GO ssid="DIRECT-uv" freq=2437 passphrase="UqZ76VLR"…
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How to connect two PI 3 to each other through WIFI connection?

I have managed to get two pi 3 to connect to each other through Ethernet port. Now, I want to know if I can do the same with WIFI or do I need to do anything special to have 2 PIs talking to each other over WIFI. These PIs are not going to be part…
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Setting up a WiFi-direct connection using pi3+arch linux arm and Android

I want to set up a wifi direct connection between my phone and my pi3. I followed this post Connect to Raspberry PI 3 over Wi-Fi direct hoping i would be at least able to see my phones open wifi direct connection, but the wpa_supplicant wont start,…
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RPi 3 ad-hoc network to configure WiFi credentials

I need help finding a proper tutorial or project that can achieve the following: I want to create an ad-hoc network that could be used to configure the RPi 3 to connect to an existing wifi network that requires a password. To achieve that, I would…
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No ad-hoc compatible Wifi dongle

I've just bought the Edimax EW-7811UN Nano wifi dongle and I am having difficulties creating an ad-hoc connection between my macbook and the raspberry pi. I have read conflicting information regarding the compatibility of my dongle. Has anyone…
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How to connect Pi to an Android phone through WiFi Direct?

I am trying to connect Raspberry Pi with a Samsung Galaxy S3 through WiFi Direct. The online information on such process is quite sparse. The most close reference I can find is from CodeMonkeyRicky's Youtube video for Realtek 8188cu chips. He…
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Setting up Wifi direct (wifi p2p) and DHCP server

So I have a fresh pi zero w up and running raspbian stretch lite. How can I enable Wifi direct/p2p where the Pi is GO and where it has a static ip i can connect to, and install/configure a DHCP server on the pi that when a client device connects to…
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Wifi direct connection disconnects automatically after a few seconds in Raspberry pi

I am using this configuration for wifi direct connection in Raspberry PI 2 B+…
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Controlling multiple RPis using SSH (no infrastructure network available)

My goal is to be able to access multiple Raspberry Pi Zero Ws (3-5) simultaneously through SSH from a laptop running Linux. This has to be done in an area where there is no infrastructure network available (out in a field in the middle of nowhere),…
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Raspberry PI WiFi Direct

I am trying to implement WiFi Direct using raspberry pi and Samsung Galaxy I9300. The raspberry pi of model B is running 3.9.11 kernel with raspbian wheezy image (2013-12-20-wheezy-raspbian.img) and the wifi dongle is Edimax EW7811 un (rt8188cus…
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