Is there a way to do Ad Hoc networking under Windows 8.1?
As far as I can see the network needs to be true Ad Hoc as I'm attempting to create an ad hoc network between a variable number of IoT devices. At any point any permutation of the set of devices may be together in network range, so my feeling is the hosted network solution using netsh will not be adequate.
The environment is:
- Windows 8.1 Embedded Industry Evaluation.
- Minnow Board Max hardware.
- An assortment of USB wireless adapters (we're still deciding on what adapter to use)
Edit
End goal: I want devices to be able communicate using a wireless network as they come into and out of range.
Googles Suggested Solution is inadequate:
netsh wlan set hostednetwork mode=allow ssid=myadhocnetwork key=supersecurepassword
netsh wlan start hostednetwork
This creates a wireless access point style network in infrasturcture mode. you can see this by going to another computer and typing:
netsh wlan show networks
This will list the networks and show the network type (infrastructure/ad hoc)
There are hacks for connecting to networks but not creating them in the way that we need to.
Previous Windows: Under Windows 7 and Vista there was a UI to be able to set these up. It was removed in either Windows 8 or 8.1.