[Commotion-dev] Android mesh app - preferred devices

[Nathan of Guardian]

On 07/24/2012 08:43 PM, Jeremy Lakeman wrote:
> Nexus 7 running stock 4.1 rom + root;
> # ./iwconfig wlan0 mode ad-hoc
> Error for wireless request "Set Mode" (8B06) :
>     SET failed on device wlan0 ; Operation not supported on transport endpoint.

What I think we recently discovered (and Hans will have to back me up or
correct me here) that while adhoc wireless is not supported in the
typical way (i.e. you can see the network and select it), you can
definitely insert and active configuration information for adhoc
networks via the WirelessManager API.

See the "Ignore adhoc" in the WirelessManager Android source (meaning,
they support them but just don't display them):
http://grepcode.com/file/repository.grepcode.com/java/ext/com.google.android/android-apps/4.0.1_r1/com/android/settings/wifi/WifiSettings.java#506

and then our code here for manually configuring an adhoc network via the
public WirelessManager API:
https://code.commotionwireless.net/projects/commotion-android/repository/revisions/87466f5344fa36ff78333d58f14ab126b11fe41b/entry/src/net/commotionwireless/meshtether/MeshService.java#L334

This is all very new, and I am sure there are bugs, but I did see this
working live on a rooted stock/AOSP Nexus One late last week, so... ya.

+n