On Mon, Nov 27, 2023 at 02:54:44PM +0100, Hans wrote: > Hi folks, > > just before I am trying forever: > > Is it possible, to connect two hosts directly over wlan without using a > router? > > The background: I want to stream video from my drone using RTMP to my > notebook. > > This is already possible, when i am using a router. But in the fields, I got > no > router available (I have a portable router, yes, but I want to mimize and > ease > as possible). > > The goal of my project I am working of, shall be a bootable live-usb or live- > cd, which is preconfigured with the network address, a listening nginx for > RTMP, automatically started X with automatically started VLC. > > The user just has to start his drone software (or whatever) on a tablet or > mobile, input an IP in the streaming software and is ready. > > Everything shall be done without any router (because of avoiding as much > latencies as possible). > > At the moment I am stuck with the directly connection. > > If someone has running this already, I would be happy for any configurations, > or also with the help of some priciples. > > With an ethernet cable, this is easy (using a crossover ethernet cable), but > how do this with wireless? Is this technically possible at all??? > > Thanks for any help. > > Best regards > > Hans Probably there are a lot more knowledgeable people here than myself, but a naive search for "wifi adapter client host mode linux" brings up this page.
https://woshub.com/create-wi-fi-access-point-hotspot-linux/ Most wifi adapters can operate as an access point, which is indicated by AP and AP/VLAN appearing in the output of `iw list`. Hope this helps -- Joel Roth
