Wifi Network

[Darmakwolf]

I've got the basics of networking in GLBasic down pretty well, I've made a graphical move-around-and-talk chat room. As some of you may know, the GP2X Wiz will have a wifi-adapter available soon. In preparation in advance, I would like to know if there is a way to directly communicate with another Wiz locally. Is it possible to create sort of an ad-hok network without an actual wifi spot within reach, like the Nintendo DS?

[Kitty Hello]

Not that I know of. Usually that's just a software thing. If someone would provide such an "wifi hotspot" deamon for the Wiz, GLBasic would be able to use it. But it's up to GPH to implement that. And I fear they won't do it (in the first release anyway).

[Darmakwolf]

So if GPH makes the firmware + adapter handle all network calls, I can just use the built-in networking functions and they will be routed through the wifi adapter when I make a program in GLBasic that uses a the internet?

[Kitty Hello]

Righty. There is some build-your-own wifi dongle already, and I bet it works fine.