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 Posted: Thu Jan 03, 2008 9:17 am Post subject: WMWifiRouter - a virtual WiFi access point for Windows Mobile - released |
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It is nothing totally new! We were reporting previously (see HERE) that it is possible to turn a Windows Mobile phone with WiFi into a WiFi access point (WiFi hotspot) but it required changes in registry and was...
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indiekiduk
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| Posted: Thu Jan 03, 2008 9:43 am Post subject: |
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This requires an ad hoc WiFi connection to be set up which is generally trickier and more error prone than an infrastructure mode connection to a real WiFi router.
Microsoft don't seem to want to support Host AP Mode on either WM or XP, which enables a WiFi interface to act as a true Access Point.
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EJR
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| Posted: Thu Jan 03, 2008 10:50 pm Post subject: |
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| indiekiduk wrote: | This requires an ad hoc WiFi connection to be set up which is generally trickier and more error prone than an infrastructure mode connection to a real WiFi router.
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good point but maybe some 3rd party developer could create ability to support also infrastracture-type ? |
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Mr.Wuan
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| Posted: Sat Jan 05, 2008 1:32 am Post subject: WMWifiRouter |
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| I Know since the Htc touch do not have the wifi but is it a way that this will work? |
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indiekiduk
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| Posted: Sun Jan 06, 2008 5:39 am Post subject: |
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| EJR wrote: | | indiekiduk wrote: | This requires an ad hoc WiFi connection to be set up which is generally trickier and more error prone than an infrastructure mode connection to a real WiFi router.
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good point but maybe some 3rd party developer could create ability to support also infrastracture-type ? |
As far as I'm aware there are no open source wifi drivers for any of the current devices  . I'd love to get my hands on the TNETWLN driver HTC use in their phones.
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