Questions tagged [ad-hoc-network]
For questions about resolving errors when attempting to set up an ad hoc network.
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Broadcast a Wi-Fi network on Ubuntu 24.04
Using my laptop with Ubuntu 24.04 I'd like to simulate a device (a mobile camera) which normally broadcasts a Wi-Fi network and runs a REST server on port 8099 (by sending REST messages to that server ...
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How to fix a route in ad-hoc networks
I have 4 raspberry PI connected through an ad-hoc network.
They have the following addresses:
169.254.1.1
169.254.1.2
169.254.1.3
169.254.1.4
I need to fix the route as follow:
169.254.1.1 --> 169....
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Failure to establish and/or hold WIFI WPA3/SAE RSN-IBSS VHT connection to small 5Ghz mesh
I ran into trouble extending my existing Batman Mesh with several new Wifi devices.
The existing configuration worked fine for years on the existing devices.
All relevant systems (now) run up2date 5....
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Unable to create Ad hoc network in ubuntu 18.04
I need to create a open Ad hoc network on Ubuntu 18.04 , the nm-connection-editor throws up an error when i try to create a new network:
Cannot save connection due to error: Invalid setting Wi-Fi: ...
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Converting 'ifconfig wlan0:avahi ...' command to use ip instead of ifconfig
I am currently working on setting up a wireless mesh network using babeld as the routing algorithm. The documentation is very sparse, and most of the configuration guides I've seen online are using ...
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Ad-Hoc Wi-FI interface wireless channel
I've been trying to get my machine to work with Wi-Fi Direct and also ad-hoc mode. I have two dongles, one for each mode. I'm following this tutorial on how to set up wifi ad-hoc: WiFi Ad-hoc Network
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wpa_supplicant/WiFi Direct: wpa_cli command p2p_find returns FAIL
I'm trying to get WiFi Direct running on my Arch linux machine to connect to an Android Smartphone. But when trying to find WiFi Direct peers, the message FAIL is returned with no other error message. ...
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What is the purpose of olpc-mesh connection in nmcli
nmcli proposes a connection type olpc-mesh.
How does it differ from ad hoc networking and in which situation is this connection type used?
From man nmcli:
type olpc-mesh ssid SSID [channel 1-13] [...
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Why are channels supported by my interface different from that permitted for an ad-hoc network?
Why are the channels supported for an Ad hoc network ( 12 channels ) different from those that my interface support ( 35 channels)
To find the 35 channels, I ran
iwlist wlan0 channel
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Why ad-hoc network devices do not see each other?
I have 3 devices. On one tetwork one device can see another, yet they both can not see the third one. They are in same wi-fi ad-hoc network. 2 of them see each other and one does not see no one. ...
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Arch Linux - NetworkManager unable to setup hotspot
I have network-manager and nm-applet installed on arch linux. I'm using Gnome desktop. When I try to set-up hotspot using GUI I get an error stating "Activation of network failed". This is what I have ...
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How to route 3 computers in a wireless ad-hoc network?
I have 3 computers: 192.168.2.1, 192.168.2.2, 192.168.2.4 connected into an wireless ad-hoc network. I want all the traffic from 192.168.2.1 to go through 192.168.2.2 when it talks to 192.168.2.3. ...
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What are the requierements to sniff UDP packets in a Wireless Ad-Hoc network?
In a wireless Ad-Hoc network,
I have two computers which communicates in UDP together from 192.168.1.3 to 192.168.1.5
I have a third computer (192.168.1.6) which wants to listen to the packets which ...
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