Connecting Ad-hoc Network From Android Devices

I was trying to connect an ad-hoc network from Nexus S. However I realized the unpleasant news that Android does not support ad-hoc networking. After a quite amount of research, I

Solution 1:

While Adnroid (at least 2.3) does not have interface for setting up Ad-hoc or Master modes, sometimes (like on my SE Xperia X10) you can just use iwconfig (need to be copied to device manually) and set it to Ad-hoc mode.

I use it sometimes, having scripts that ad-hoc mode on and off (there is even dhcp server configured on the device)

Solution 2:

Well, I am facing the problem too. and was googling around and could not find anything worth sharing with you. Just a work around, Use ConnectifyME to create an AP in your PC and then you can use that AP (can say virtual AP) to share internet on your android device.

Hope this helps you.

Solution 3:

There is a GUI program called Virtual router that is open source program and could be used to create WiFi, it uses virtual Wi-Fi feature in Windows 7.

For more description have a look at my post: http://algorithmsea.blogspot.in/2012/12/ad-hoc-network-from-android-devices-i.html

Solution 4:

adhoc isn't supported in android os but typing 2 lines DOS commands should solve the problem.

I tested this and it works.. type these 2 lines on DOS COMMAND PROMPT

netsh wlan set hostednetwork mode=allow ssid=NAME key=PASSWORD 
netsh wlan start hostednetwork 

I found this here : For Android users:Internet via adhoc is working without any app! : http://androiditnow.blogspot.com/2012/09/for-android-usersinternet-via-adhoc-is.html#.UXV0bUqlrGI