I was looking to find noob instructions on how to connect to the Raspberry Pi using Wifi Direct from either a phone or another computer. I tried a few instruction but they are aimed for more advanced users (eg: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6GPv8TfZqe4) so any help would be greatly appreciated. I know it might be hard to connect a computer to a Raspberry Pi using Wifi direct but I was hoping for decent instructions so that I could at least connect through to an android device like this (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jai2TSk795g)
asked Jun 3 '14 at 10:25
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How far along are you? Do you have the adapter recognized by the RPi yet? – bobstro Jun 29 '15 at 18:33
Hey I guess your question is very similar to this one Connect to Raspberry PI 3 over Wi-Fi direct
but instead of a phone you are using your laptop. Just do these steps through the terminal on the raspberry pi
install wpasupplicant
1. Open terminal
2. apt-get install wpasupplicant
Edit the Config file
sudo nano etc/wpa_supplicant/p2p.conf
Copy the following into it
ctrl_interface=DIR=/var/run/wpa_supplicant
update_config=1
ap_scan=1
device_name=RPi_3
device_type=1-0050F204-1
driver_param=use_p2p_group_interface=1
driver_param=p2p_device=1
p2p_go_intent=10
p2p_go_ht40=1
Then to Start it just type
sudo wpa_supplicant -B -dd -iwlan0 -Dnl80211 -c /etc/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.conf
If you want to stop it, just terminate it with
wpa_cli -i wlan0 terminate
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Are you suggesting doing these steps on the Rpi? How about the laptop? – Wes Modes Aug 18 '18 at 22:00
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these are done on the raspeberry pi to enable wifi Direct. Then to connect to the wifi-direct of the pi using your laptop it should appear as a normal wifi option. – Ebrahim Karam Aug 20 '18 at 8:00
Follow the official Raspberry Pi tutorial here: https://www.raspberrypi.org/documentation/configuration/wireless/wireless-cli.md
Cheers!
answered Sep 6 '15 at 17:40
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That wasn't the question. The OP wanted to use Wifi Direct to connect without a network. – Wes Modes Aug 18 '18 at 21:59
One of the easiest way is to use nmcli. That is a network-manager command line tool.
See the list of available connections:
nmcli d wifi list
To connect to the wifi:
nmcli d wifi connect <WiFiSSID> password <WiFiPassword> iface <WifiInterface>
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Seems like a useful tool, but that wasn't the question. The OP wanted to use Wifi Direct to connect without a network. – Wes Modes Aug 18 '18 at 21:59
