Got Ad-hoc wifi working on my Xoom! (binaries inside)

pgwipeout · Apr 17, 2011

Semi-functional

Tried using it to connect to my Windows 7 machine:

-Using WPA2, Xoom sees the pc, but doesn't even connect.
-Using No encryption, Xoom sees the pc, and tries to connect, but immediately disconnects and tries again, after five attempts it disables connecting.

cmanson13 · Apr 17, 2011

Thank You so much. Next time your in Portland, OR drop me a note and I'll buy the first round.

I followed the steps from the first post and it connected to my Walking Hotspot on my windows phone without any issues.

chbennett · Apr 17, 2011

PengLord said:
If not for the SDCard update from BRD, I think this thread would be getting alot more attention.

Not to be too mistrusting, but I am hesitant about loading this on my Xoom when it is posted by a new user with only one post.

Really man? Everyone has to start somewhere, and there are a lot of smart and talented people who haven't posted or who got an account for this specific purpose. As for they few bad pesudo devs out there, just be cautious when modding your device. Remember you took a risk getting it rooted and unlocked, and probably SD enable as well.
My rant is done.

PengLord · Apr 18, 2011

chbennett said:
Really man? Everyone has to start somewhere, and there are a lot of smart and talented people who haven't posted or who got an account for this specific purpose. As for they few bad pesudo devs out there, just be cautious when modding your device. Remember you took a risk getting it rooted and unlocked, and probably SD enable as well.
My rant is done.

Your rant was unnecessary and added nothing to the thread, since as stated in a previous post, I loaded the patch after researching the OP.

You aren't really trying to tell me that if a person came in here and posted something that sounded like the Holy Grail but they had no history, you'd just blindly trust them, are you?

yoshitweaky · Apr 18, 2011

mkfink said:
Thanks so much for this! No issues at all. Wifi Xoom is tethered to my HTC Hero now.

Can you tell me exactly how you did this as I dont appear to have an option for enabling wifi tether on my xoom

Thanks

SPIDERTECH · Apr 18, 2011

yoshitweaky said:
Can you tell me exactly how you did this as I dont appear to have an option for enabling wifi tether on my xoom

Thanks

Follow the steps in the first post to get the Xoom to see adhoc networks, download and install barnacle on your phone, run barnacle, connect your Xoom to the access point created by barnacle. Pretty easy really.

I got the xoom not knowing honeycomb couldn't natively see ad-hoc networks. I knew the atrix could see and connect to ad-hoc networks and I could do it with my x10, so I assumed the xoom would be able to as well. This has made my wifi version of the xoom well worth the purchase. I knew it had something to do with the wpa_supplicant file when I opened in in visual studio and found the part where it excluded the ad-hoc from network scanning, but I couldn't really do anything more than just see that.

Thanks for all the work put into making this happen. Couldn't have been an easier process to get it working either. I actually couldn't get it copied to the system/bin folder using RE since for some reason it wouldn't remount as r/w, so I just used adb.

It's working great too.

yoshitweaky · Apr 18, 2011

yep, worked a treat for my htc hero running froydvillain
thanks

kelvie · Apr 18, 2011

chbennett said:
Really man? Everyone has to start somewhere, and there are a lot of smart and talented people who haven't posted or who got an account for this specific purpose. As for they few bad pesudo devs out there, just be cautious when modding your device. Remember you took a risk getting it rooted and unlocked, and probably SD enable as well.
My rant is done.

Thanks for trying to stick up for trust in me

I really don't blame anyone for being mistrustful. I'd encourage it... I find the whole "downloading binaries off of forums" thing very sketchy as well... and I don't even trust most of the apps on the Market.

That's why I like Android over the Apple alternatives, open source! (I was originally rooting for Nokia, but alas...)

That said, the source is on my github repo, so if you understandably don't trust me, you can build it yourself.

Just load up the Android kernel environment (google "android kernel git", then run . build/envsetup.sh), and use the "mm" function inside my source tree.

DroidHam · Apr 18, 2011

My wifi is running slow, alot slower than usual. If I use my wifi on my laptop I max out at 1.75mb/sec steady, on my Xoom its 500-800k all over the map. Can this be worked on?

iNdioNicarao · Apr 19, 2011

OMG Thank you so much. I've been wanting to connect to ad-hoc networks from day one. YOu rock!

freeky1 · Apr 21, 2011

OK, I want to do this, but I don't understand the process. Once I root my Xoom, I just dowload the file, change the file type to an executable, then copy it to the Xoom and execute it? I am a total noob, so please excuse my ignorance. I just need a step-by-step explanation of how to use that file.

My DroidX is rooted, and my Wifi Tether program creates an infrastructure network, so my Xoom sees it and connects to it just fine. I need ad hoc for another reason. I have a device made by Innovate Motorsports called an OT-2 that plugs into the ODB2 port in my car, then creates an ad hoc network. By connecting a PC or smartphone through wifi to the OT-2, you can monitor and log all kinds of information about the car.

Thanks for all the hard work!

Sent from my Xoom using Tapatalk

yoshitweaky · Apr 21, 2011

freeky1,
It couldn't be easier, if you have root explorer it becomes a breeze.
https://market.android.com/details?id=com.speedsoftware.rootexplorer&feature=search_result

Move the new wpa_supplicant to your xoom either via sd card, dropbox or cable copy.
turn off your wifi
Navigated to system/bin
click mount R/W (top left) so it changes to Mount R/O)
Then long hold on the file and select rename put old on the end
Copy/cut and paste the existing wpa_supplicant file somewhere safe
Then copy the new file from the extracted zip
Navigate back to system/bin
click mount R/W (top left) so it changes to Mount R/O)
Paste the new wpa file in
Then long hold on the file and select view permissions
check/tick all the boxes in the first two columns and the first 2 in the last column. (chmod 775)
restart wifi

You should then see adhoc networks with a * infront of them.

This is the process I followed based on the post in this thread by mr_wrong_0 and it worked for me, I am no dev and I wont promise anything.

Or follow the instruction in the OP for using adb, but if you've rooted, you'll love the simplicity root explorer brings for a small cost

Hope that helps

willverduzco · Apr 21, 2011

Thread moved to /dev.

This is probably one of the only times I've ever had to move anything TO development. Usually it's the other way around, haha.

Oh, and great work, kelvie!

freeky1 · Apr 21, 2011

Thanks! You guys are the best! I will be doing this later today. I can't wait to get this Dashcommand working on the Xoom.

Sent from my Xoom using Tapatalk

cat2115 · Apr 21, 2011

Hi, will this work with iphone 4 using MyWi. Thanks

validoption · Apr 21, 2011

Will this work to tether the Xoom (Wifi ver.) to a laptop's adhoc network, much in the same way one can with an iPod Touch? I'm getting the Xoom on Saturday as a b-day present to myself, and I'd rather not add the cost of a wireless router if I can avoid it

epakrat75 · Apr 21, 2011

cat2115 said:
Hi, will this work with iphone 4 using MyWi. Thanks

No, the XOOM hates all iDevices so it simply won't work.

Just kidding. The XOOM is already capable (without this mod) of tethering via Bluetooth and WiFi (Infrastructure only). This mod enables the XOOM to do WiFi Ad-Hoc connections as well. MyFi supports all three, I believe so it should work with or without this mod in place.

yoshitweaky · Apr 22, 2011

validoption said:
Will this work to tether the Xoom (Wifi ver.) to a laptop's adhoc network, much in the same way one can with an iPod Touch? I'm getting the Xoom on Saturday as a b-day present to myself, and I'd rather not add the cost of a wireless router if I can avoid it

This was my response to the same question over at xoomforums some days ago:-

ok what I can say (having dug out an xp laptop while in work) is that after setting up a adhoc network on xp, the xoom does see it.

Doesn't seem to want to obtain an IP address automatically but I think thats about right for windows.

I would suggest setting a static of 192.168.0.1 on your laptop and 192.168.0.2 on the xoom

set the gateway on the xoom to be 192.168.0.1 (the adderss you set the laptop)

The address prefix length will be 24 (if using a class c subnet eg 255.255.255.0) or 16 (if you want a class b 255.255.0.0 subnet)

You also need to set the DNS addresses otherwise it'll still default to a dhcp setting on the xoom) I would use the dns servers of your ISP on the xoom. (this bugged me for ages if I didnt set these it still woudln't use the static setting and I would have to tap it all out again)

Once I did all that it connected to the adhoc network on the laptop..... but I don't have Internet access without going through proxy authentication (which requires a whole other workaround)

So I may get to test this on a windows 7 laptop tonight but the general idea seems to work (once you ensure you've set all the addresses right)

ruvort · Apr 23, 2011

This is working perfectly!!!! Thank you so so much.

Sent from my Xoom using Tapatalk

p8ntballah21 · Apr 23, 2011

works great, the Root Explorer Method is quick and painless. Thanks for all your hard work! Finally I can tether my Xoom off of my OG Droid

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