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[Q] Share existing WiFi conneciton (not 3G) - is it possible?

I'm wondering if it is possible on the phone running Android 2.2.
For a laptop to share it's WiFi connection (basically turning it in to the access point) it is not a problem.
There is a free soft for that, for example connectify (http://www.connectify.me/).
I couldn't find anything for Androind along the same lines, though. There are tons of apps that do WiFi tethering (sharing your 3G/4G over WiFi with other devices) but nothing on sharing WiFi.
Here is a use case.
You come on vacation with family. Everyone has a gadget that needs WiFi. The hotel Inet access costs quite a bit. So you buy one access pass and share it so that everyone (in your family) could use it.
As I said if you have a laptop it is not a big deal but this is not always the case.

Im not sure but I would assume usb tethering would do this for one laptop. But no you cant have multiple wirelss connections.

This only works with 3G unfortunately. I haven't ever seen an app that does that with wifi.
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USB tether then create an ad hoc network

You are receiving this message over connectify from my neighbors kanged wif works perfect.
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Enabling both normal wifi and wifi hotspot to get RSSI values of wi-fi hotspots

I want an android phone to have both 'normal wi-fi' and 'portable
hotspot' turned on at the same time, so that I will be able to get the RSSI values of wireless networks as well as involve in an hotspot connection.
Scenario:
- 4 rooted android phones in CyanogenMod (2-Nexus One, 2-Galaxy S2; consider A,B,C,D).
- Kernel version 2.3.3 in all the phones
- Portable wi-fi hot spot enabled in all the phones.
I wrote an application to find the RSSI values of available wireless signals. But as the phones (A,B,C,D) are using wi-fi hot spot, the normal wifi does not turn on. Either wi-fi hot spot can be on, or normal wi-fi can be on.
i.e. If each phone(A,B, C and D) have a wifi hotspot created (AH, BH, CH, DH), then I am not able to use my application, as normal wifi connection needs to be turned on to find the wireless networks.
So I want the phones to scan available wireless networks with
portable wi-fi hot spot enabled. Is there a way to do this.?
Thanks in advance for your help.
PS: As I am new to this forum, if this is not the right place for this post, kindly move it to the appropriate section.

As far as I know its not physically possible to have hardware run in two modes at once. You would need two wifi chips to do this.

Wifi Tethering

Hi all
Now, i know this might seem like an odd request at first! "The N7 relies on wifi to get internet, so why would you want to tether it??" etc.
I use Power Controls and it has a toggle for wifi tether. when turned on, the n7 does indeed turn into a wifi hub. I can see it on my phone. As it stands however, i cant change any of the settings. Using Apex launcher i can make a shortcut in to the thethering and wifi hotspot in settings however all i get is a blank window
N7 can be turned into a mobile wifi hotspot for doing things like file transfers/sharing stuff that you cant do via bluetooth.
Eg, sending an app to a friends n7 via datasync (as an example!)
Anyone know if its possible to change the settings for wifi hotspot anywhere else?

[Q] Locking onto a wifi network

I'm running a rooted GS5 and I'm using it to link to a wifi controller on a drone. However, because the drone doesn't provide internet, the wifi manager auto-connects to my wireless SSID and severs the connection with my drone. How can I "lock" onto the drone's SSID? In the older GSX there was an advanced setting in wifi settings to not allow auto switching of wireless networks. Where is that functionality in the GS5?

There may be an advanced wifi option to do so, but I haven't looked.
Your objective could be done with Tasker and iptables. But I'm going to make the assumption that if that didn't occur to you already, that you don't use those programs and there is a learning curve to scripting. So, just grab an app to do this e.g. Wifi prioritizer.
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Lack of option - that is correct - there is no option to disable scanning. The only reliably sensible option left to you is to forget your home wifi network before connecting to the drone and then establishing a connection with the drone.
That's pretty much it - of course on rooted device you could write scripts to engage/disengage a specific network - but to be honest I'd call that an overkill.

Wi-Fi Sharing (Like Samsung)

Coming from Sammy that has offered a "Wi-Fi" sharing" feature for years I am really missing it on my OnePlus.
This feature allows you to keep your WiFi AND HotSpot on at the same time. It allows you to connect you Samsung to the hotels WiFi and then connect other devices (such as Chromecast) to your WiFi sharing Samsung phone that is using the Hotels WiFi and not your mobile data.
Does anyone know of a way to get this working on the phone? I have looked on the playstore but only found ones that work for a PCs.
Thaanks

CrozB said:
Coming from Sammy that has offered a "Wi-Fi" sharing" feature for years I am really missing it on my OnePlus.
This feature allows you to keep your WiFi AND HotSpot on at the same time. It allows you to connect you Samsung to the hotels WiFi and then connect other devices (such as Chromecast) to your WiFi sharing Samsung phone that is using the Hotels WiFi and not your mobile data.
Does anyone know of a way to get this working on the phone? I have looked on the playstore but only found ones that work for a PCs.
Thaanks
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Hey so it ends up the OnePlus actually has that already. Go to developer options and go to networking and you'll see WiFi coverage extend feature.

cgibbons51 said:
Go to developer options and go to networking and you'll see WiFi coverage extend feature.
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Thank you, that is a nice find.

cgibbons51 said:
Hey so it ends up the OnePlus actually has that already. Go to developer options and go to networking and you'll see WiFi coverage extend feature.
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. Did you get it to work? I enabled this feature but as soon as I turn on Hotspot it turns off my WiFi. If I turn WiFi back on, it kills hotspot. . Maybe I am missing something?

Same here. After enabling that extend option, turning on hotspot still kills wifi.

Just curious... If your phone is on WiFi.. Why would you need hotspot? Why not just put the 2nd device on the same WiFi your phone is on...

SteelH said:
Just curious... If your phone is on WiFi.. Why would you need hotspot? Why not just put the 2nd device on the same WiFi your phone is on...
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it's for traveling purposes it's not so easy to connect a Chromecast to a hotel Wi-Fi. It's very nice to have your phone be your access point for all of your devices like your computer your Chromecast Etc. and especially with the Chromecast since it really isn't possible to do the login page on a Chromecast. With Samsung's Wi-Fi share feature it works seamlessly the Chromecast connect to the Samsung hotspot while Samsung is connected to the hotel's Wi-Fi and I can control all of the Chromecast casting right from Samsung

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it's for traveling purposes it's not so easy to connect a Chromecast to a hotel Wi-Fi. It's very nice to have your phone be your access point for all of your devices like your computer your Chromecast Etc. and especially with the Chromecast since it really isn't possible to do the login page on a Chromecast. With Samsung's Wi-Fi share feature it works seamlessly the Chromecast connect to the Samsung hotspot while Samsung is connected to the hotel's Wi-Fi and I can control all of the Chromecast casting right from Samsung
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I figured there was a scenario where it made sense, I just wasnt aware, thanks for the info.