How to connect android wifi to adhoc wifi

Question

I m new on the android system  Is this correct  the android 2 2 1 WIFI only detects non-ad hoc wireless network  I was wondering if there s a way to connect my android to an ad hoc network set-up from my laptop

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If you have a Microsoft Virtual WiFi Miniport Adapter as one of the available network adapters, you may do the following:

Run Windows Command Processor (cmd) as Administrator
Type: netsh wlan set hostednetwork mode=allow ssid=NAME key=PASSWORD
Then: netsh wlan start hostednetwork
Open "Control Panel\Network and Internet\Network Connections"
Right-click on your active network adapter (the one that you use to connect on the internet) and then click Properties
Then open Sharing tab
Check "Allow other network users to connect..." and select your WiFi Miniport Adapter
Once finished, type: netsh wlan stop hostednetwork

That's it!

Source: How to connect android phone to an ad-hoc network without softwares.

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I did notice something of interest here  In my 2 3 4 phone I can t see AP AdHoc SSIDs in the Settings   Wireless  amp  Networks menu  On an Acer A500 running 4 0 3 I do see them  prefixed by      However in the following bit of code that I adapted from  can t remember source  sorry   I do see the Ad Hoc show up in the Wifi Scan on my 2 3 4 phone  I am still looking to actually connect and create a socket   input outputStream  But  here ya go       public class MainActivity extends Activity    private static final String CHIPKIT BSSID    E2 14 9F 18 40 1C   private static final int CHIPKIT WIFI PRIORITY   1    Override public void onCreate Bundle savedInstanceState        super onCreate savedInstanceState       setContentView R layout main        final Button btnDoSomething    Button  findViewById R id btnDoSomething       final Button btnNewScan    Button  findViewById R id btnNewScan       final TextView textWifiManager    TextView  findViewById R id WifiManager       final TextView textWifiInfo    TextView  findViewById R id WifiInfo       final TextView textIp    TextView  findViewById R id Ip        final WifiManager myWifiManager    WifiManager  getSystemService Context WIFI SERVICE       final WifiInfo myWifiInfo   myWifiManager getConnectionInfo         WifiConfiguration wifiConfiguration   new WifiConfiguration        wifiConfiguration BSSID   CHIPKIT BSSID      wifiConfiguration priority   CHIPKIT WIFI PRIORITY      wifiConfiguration allowedKeyManagement set WifiConfiguration KeyMgmt NONE       wifiConfiguration allowedKeyManagement set KeyMgmt NONE       wifiConfiguration allowedGroupCiphers set WifiConfiguration GroupCipher TKIP       wifiConfiguration allowedAuthAlgorithms set WifiConfiguration AuthAlgorithm OPEN       wifiConfiguration status   WifiConfiguration Status ENABLED       myWifiManager setWifiEnabled true        int netID   myWifiManager addNetwork wifiConfiguration        myWifiManager enableNetwork netID  true        textWifiInfo setText  SSID      myWifiInfo getSSID       n                 myWifiManager getWifiState       n n         btnDoSomething setOnClickListener new View OnClickListener                       public void onClick View v                clearTextViews textWifiManager  textIp                                                     btnNewScan setOnClickListener new View OnClickListener             public void onClick View v                getNewScan myWifiManager  textWifiManager  textIp                             private void clearTextViews TextView   tv        for int i   0  i lt tv length  i             tv i  setText                      public void getNewScan WifiManager wm  TextView   textViews        wm startScan         List lt ScanResult gt  scanResult   wm getScanResults         String scan            for  int i   0  i  lt  scanResult size    i              scan     scanResult get i  toString       n n               textViews 0  setText scan       textViews 1  setText wm toString         Override public boolean onCreateOptionsMenu Menu menu        getMenuInflater   inflate R menu main  menu       return true      Don t forget that in Eclipse you can use Ctrl Shift  letter O  to fill in the missing imports     and my manifest        lt manifest xmlns android  http   schemas android com apk res android  package  com digilent simpleclient  android versionCode  1  android versionName  1 0   gt    lt uses-sdk     android minSdkVersion  8      android targetSdkVersion  15    gt   lt uses-permission android name  android permission ACCESS WIFI STATE   gt   lt uses-permission android name  android permission CHANGE WIFI STATE   gt    lt application     android icon   drawable ic launcher      android label   string app name      android theme   style AppTheme   gt       lt activity         android name   MainActivity          android label   string title activity main   gt           lt intent-filter gt               lt action android name  android intent action MAIN    gt                lt category android name  android intent category LAUNCHER    gt           lt  intent-filter gt       lt  activity gt   lt  application gt      Hope that helps

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You are correct that this is currently not natively supported in Android  although Google has been saying it will be coming ever since Android was officially launched   While not natively supported  the hardware on every android device released to date do support it  It is just disabled in software  and you would need to enable it in order to use these features     It is however  fairly easy to do this  but you need to be root  and the specifics may be slightly different between different devices  Your best source for more informationa about this  would be XDA developers  http   forum xda-developers com forumdisplay php f 564  Most of the existing solutions are based on replacing wpa supplicant  and is the method I would recommend if possible on your device  For more details  see http   szym net 2010 12 adhoc-wifi-in-android    Update  Its been a few years now  and whenever I need an ad hoc network connection on my phone I use CyanogenMod  It gives you both programmatic and scripted access to these functions  and the ability to create ad hoc  ibss  networks in the WiFi settings menu

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If you specifically want to use an ad hoc wireless network  then Andy s answer seems to be your only option  However  if you just want to share your laptop s internet connection via Wi-fi using any means necessary  then you have at least two more options    Use your laptop as a router to create a wifi hotspot using Virtual Router or Connectify  A nice set of instructions can be found here  Use the Wi-fi Direct protocol which creates a direct connection between any devices that support it  although with Android devices support is limited  and with Windows the feature seems likely to be Windows 8 only     Some phones with Android 2 3 have proprietary OS extensions that enable Wi-fi Direct  mostly newer Samsung phones   but Android 4 should fully support this  source

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You are correct  but note that you can do it the other way around - use Android Wifi tethering that sets up the phone as a base station and connect to said base station from the laptop

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