Free and Open Source Alternative to Airdrop

Re:Free and Open Source Alternative to Airdrop by epcoa on Sunday January 21, 2024 @01:51PM (#39081530)

> here is how I can share a file from my phone to any other phone in the same Wifi.

This will not work on many public and corporate networks. A common place where you’d want to share.

> surely there is an opportunity create a simpler UI!

It’ll still suck compared to Airdrop. Apple has gone to a lot of trouble to make that work as well as it does. Trying to setup something relying on temporary hotspots will be sub par UX. (And a nonstarter for Apple devices - user apps can’t touch the WiFi settings).

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Re:Free and Open Source Alternative to Airdrop by hulium on Sunday January 21, 2024 @02:49PM (#39082272)

I did this in public networks and it did work, but I am not an expert in how they are set up. When do you think it would not work?

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Re:Free and Open Source Alternative to Airdrop by epcoa on Sunday January 21, 2024 @07:47PM (#39084726)

Wireless Client Isolation.

Here is but one vendor doc. https://documentation.meraki.com/MR/Firewall_and_Traffic_Sha...

It is standard practice to enable this these days in public networks and it is so common that even consumer grade shit router now come with an option to enable.

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