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CONFIGURATION
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Wi-Fi Direct – Overview
Wi-Fi Direct is a standard that allows Wi-Fi devices to connect to each other without
a wireless access point. It’s become increasingly common for smartphones and
portable media players to include Wi-Fi as a standard feature, and it’s even become
common in feature phones. Currently, printers, cameras, scanners and many other
common devices can be found with Wi-Fi in addition to other connections, like USB.
The widespread adoption of Wi-Fi in new classes of smaller devices has made the
need for working ad hoc networking much more important. Even without a central
Wi-Fi hub or router, which we call access points, it would be useful for a laptop
computer to be able to wirelessly connect to a local printer. Although the ad hoc
mode was created to address this sort of need, the lack of additional information
for discovery makes it difficult to use in practice. Wi-Fi Direct, then, is a new and
improved way of device-to-device wireless connections and is the de facto
replacement of the former ad hoc mode.
1. Click on the Wi-Fi Direct button.
2. Double-click the circled icon and wait for the next screen to open up.
3. Enter a name for your Wi-Fi Direct device or use the computer name, which is
preselected.
