[guardian-dev] Gilgamesh, FireChat etc

[Hans-Christoph Steiner]

If there is DNS communication, that means there is IP communication already
setup.  Or is there some kind of special DNS for wifi direct?  If there is IP,
then I think you'll get a lot more efficient data transfer using IP protocols
like UDP broadcasts or multicast.

.hc

Paul Gardner-Stephen wrote:
> Hello Nathan,
> 
> Okay, this is a nice starting point.
> 
> Paul.
> 
> On Fri, Oct 10, 2014 at 1:08 AM, Nathan of Guardian <
> nathan at guardianproject.info> wrote:
> 
>>
>>
>>
>> On Thu, Oct 9, 2014, at 05:01 AM, Paul Gardner-Stephen wrote:
>>
>> This sounds very usable, especially since we could advertise multiple
>> services.
>> It would be great if someone is able to make a proof-of-concept for this
>> to test the practical limits on Android.
>>
>>
>> This appears to be working:
>>
>> https://github.com/n8fr8/gilgamesh/blob/master/app/src/info/guardianproject/gilga/service/WifiController.java
>>
>> here is the log output:
>> 10-09 10:30:06.647: D/GilgaWifi(14799): got status from wifi DNS:
>> 96:d7:71:90:07:35 (_test._presence._tcp.local.) yygftu
>>
>> The detection of the record or querying for it seems a bit sporadic, so I
>> am not sure if I am triggering the receive side properly, or how to
>> manually force or refresh it.
>>
>> The only issue is that the user has to manually disconnect from wifi and
>> set their wifi direct mode to visible. I haven't figured out how to trigger
>> that state yet from an Intent, as we do with Bluetooth.
>>
>> +n
>>
> 
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