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Re:Free and Open Source Alternative to Airdrop by neilalexander on Sunday January 21, 2024 @11:17AM (#39079800)
Neither — frequency hopping is used so that the device can establish AWDL connectivity directly with nearby devices while maintaining a connection to an access point, while still only having a single Wi-Fi adapter.
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Re:Free and Open Source Alternative to Airdrop by j1elo on Sunday January 21, 2024 @11:34AM (#39079957)
> frequency hopping

That this is possible, and allows to maintain a dual connection to an AP and an ad-hoc connection to another device for AirDrop, sounds amazing. Now I want to learn more about that technique and where/how it can be applied to non-Apple devices!

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Re:Free and Open Source Alternative to Airdrop by neilalexander on Sunday January 21, 2024 @11:45AM (#39080078)
Bluetooth does it too!
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Re:Free and Open Source Alternative to Airdrop by solardev on Sunday January 21, 2024 @11:48AM (#39080102)
It's hard enough to get Bluetooth to connect to one device!
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Re:Free and Open Source Alternative to Airdrop by fnordpiglet on Sunday January 21, 2024 @12:14PM (#39080349)
To be fair it’s great at connecting to every device within 100 meters other than the one in your hand.
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Re:Free and Open Source Alternative to Airdrop by lostlogin on Sunday January 21, 2024 @12:48PM (#39080697)
The next version fixes this problem and uses less power.

And yes, I’m being sarcastic.

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Re:Free and Open Source Alternative to Airdrop by BossingAround on Sunday January 21, 2024 @01:28PM (#39081183)
Honestly, I've been having excellent experience with BT (and headphones) with modern devices.

For example, my Lenovo T14s (2023 AMD version running the latest kernel) connects to my (5.2 version of BT) headphones really well. Similarly, my android phone connects to the same headphones and whatever device sends data, that's what I hear.

Similarly, my Steam Deck connects to two of the headphones I'm using (Sennheiser and Apple Airpods) seamlessly.

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Re:Free and Open Source Alternative to Airdrop by withinboredom on Sunday January 21, 2024 @12:14PM (#39080343)
At first, I thought you were alluding to Bluetooth file sharing, which Apple doesn’t support.
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Re:Free and Open Source Alternative to Airdrop by neilalexander on Monday January 22, 2024 @08:05AM (#39089066)
I was referring to frequency hopping. In any case Apple does support Bluetooth file transfer on macOS, just not on iOS.
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