AdHoc (IBSS) on Nexus 7 (2013) connecting to one node only

[Eugene Krasnikov]

Are you using wcn36xx or prima driver?

2014-07-22 15:25 GMT+01:00 Jaco Joubert <jdjoubert at gmail.com>:
> I am currently working on a project where I need to connect to an
> adhoc wifi network from a Nexus 7 (2013) device.
> I first tried with the stock Android operating system and could not
> get it to work because of apparent adhoc wifi limitations on Google
> Android (https://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=82).
> I then installed CyanogenMod 11M8 with support for adhoc wifi
> (http://www.thinktube.com/android-tech/46-android-wifi-ibss).
> I am now able to connect to the adhoc wifi network, but I see strange
> behavior.  With more than 2 nodes on the adhoc network (the tablet and
> more than 1 other node), the tablet seems to randomly "pair" with a
> single node and only route traffic to/from that node.  I cannot send
> traffic to any other node on the adhoc network (getting "Destination
> Host Unreachable"), although the other nodes in the network can all
> communicate with each other.
>
> Can someone please just point me in the right direction.  Is this
> possibly a limitation in the driver?  Or maybe just a configuration
> issue.  Or maybe not driver-related at all (something in the operating
> system)?
>
> Thanks a lot for your time.
>
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Best regards,
Eugene