I bought CuHead WiFi Shield for Arduino http://www.linksprite.com/product/showproduct.php?id=73&lang=en. And i want to connect to it through my android phone(through http). So my arduino must act like a rooter. The android get ip and after show the page. Is this possible to be done? Any links will be very usefull.
thanks
ps 1. i tried the webserver example from the wishield and as far i understand, this is to connect to an existing router.(simple server, wasn't working)
ps 2. I am realy new in arduino so please give analytical answers.
Hi xrkolovos
first of all please note that the Android phones (up to 2.3 version) cannot connect to Ad Hoc WiFi networks. It's a great minus since the small embedded modules cannot provide a router like service (you need more expansive Linux based access points for example).
I solved this using Flyport, an open source module from openpicus project, italian as well. The module provides a powerful webserver and you can create your web pages even using Jquery!
Arduino+shields are very good if you simply wanna send data over WiFi, but Flyport is a real webserver much more powerful IMHO
I did this with wishield using the wiserver program. It seemed to be pretty straight-forward and should be a good start.
Or try this... Android phone controls Arduino over wifi – Dangerous Prototypes
I am wondering if anyone has sent messages between two arduino unos with wishields over wifi, preferably using udp broadcast. I cannot get one to "listen" and receive the sent message.