The "out-of-box" capabilities of 802.11 Ad-Hoc networking allows data to be sent and received only within the station's immediate range. It does not, however, relay packets further on.

The software developed here fills exactly this gap, providing an intermediate network layer between the WiFi network adapter and the upper protocols, allowing the protocols to communicate with any station in the network, not only with the immediate neighbors.

This project aims at creating a Mesh WiFi network layer for the end-user computers, thus making the network infrastructure be implicitly maintained by the users themselves.

Unlike other solutions that allow mesh topology only between access points, this software brings it to client nodes themselves.

Users will not need any access points to build their network because Daihinia WiFi Relay is based on WiFi's Ad-Hoc mode of operation.

What's New in This Release: [ read full changelog ]

· INF files updated to be Vista compatible
· control app: a "please wait" box instead of disabling the main form when pressing buttons
· max ethernet packet size increased to 2048
· manual: how to set up the ad hoc network on Vista