Snapdrop – AirDrop equivalent through a web browser using WebRTC

Re:Snapdrop – AirDrop equivalent through a web browser using... by vkoskiv on Thursday December 24, 2020 @06:51AM (#25526743)

False. AirDrop does discovery via bluetooth, but then sets up an ad-hoc WiFi connection directly between devices to transmit data. No network required.

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Re:Snapdrop – AirDrop equivalent through a web browser using... by capableweb on Thursday December 24, 2020 @08:13AM (#25527138)

> False

> sets up an ad-hoc WiFi connection

> No network required

Guess we have different definitions of what a "network" is. I'd call that a network, of two devices.

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Re:Snapdrop – AirDrop equivalent through a web browser using... by avianlyric on Thursday December 24, 2020 @09:43AM (#25527840)

I think the important difference is that AirDrop doesn't require you both to start on the same network for discovery, which SnapDrop does.

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Re:Snapdrop – AirDrop equivalent through a web browser using... by felixr on Thursday December 24, 2020 @07:17AM (#25526879)

> sets up an ad-hoc WiFi connection ... No network required.

It does need a network, that's why it creates one using an ad-hoc WiFi connection.

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Re:Snapdrop – AirDrop equivalent through a web browser using... by JoBrad on Thursday December 24, 2020 @10:16AM (#25528135)

The creation of this ad hoc network is seamless, invisible to the user, and doesn’t require _external_ network hardware.

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