Arduino Uno Wifi Rev 2 Question (Wifi Direct)

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I've been looking around and have come across the Arduino Uno Wifi Rev 2 and was wondering if it supported Wifi Direct? There doesn't seem to be any mention of it on the product page.

If it doesn't is there another Arduino device that does support Wifi Direct?

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spycatcher2k:
Well try using your eyes!

Ah I missed the part that said what chip it used.

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Hmm. No, my mistake the chip it mentions is a crypto acceleration chip for securing the Wifi connection. There is no mention of whether or not it supports Wifi Direct.

I'm assuming it does support Wifi Direct as it is part of Wifi standard but not all Wifi chips seem to support it which makes me question this device as nowhere does it mention that it supports Wifi Direct.

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I don't know what WiFi direct is but the WiFi will be handled by the ublox NINA ESP32. The firmware source is not published yet. The networking library is WiFiNINA. it is available in Library Manager

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Juraj:
I don't know what WiFi direct is but the WiFi will be handled by the ublox NINA ESP32. The firmware source is not published yet. The networking library is WiFiNINA. it is available in Library Manager

Wifi Direct is a peer to peer networking protocol which is very similar to Bluetooth Mesh which was introduced in Bluetooth 5. It allows Wifi devices to communicate directly without the need for a centralised access point (commonly your router).

Thanks for the information on the chip and the library. I'll check them out and see what they say.