The Wi-Fi alliance sounds like an attempt to recreate star wars, but they have created something called Wi-Fi direct, it lets Wi-Fi enabled devices communicate to each other without the need for a router.
The Wi-Fi alliance is actually a group of Wi-Fi product producing companies, the new Wi-Fi Direct protocol lets the two devices, both certified by the alliance, to communicate with each other with no router or access point.
Wi-Fi Direct was designed to connect devices anytime, anywhere. Devices include a push-button setup mechanism. They use the latest WPA2 security protection.
WPA2 is the second generation of the WiFi Protected Access protocol developed by the Wi-Fi Alliance. It implements the full IEEE 802.11k standard. WPA2 introduces CCMP, a new Advanced Encryption Standard (AES)-based encryption mode with strong security.
The Wi-Fi Alliance has already begun certifying Wi-Fi Direct devices. A certified Wi-Fi Direct Device can connect with existing 802.11 a/g/n devices provided they are also WiFi certified.
-Fren
PS. if there is enough interest I will do another report, but the girlfriend was over today and almost forgot about AM :P
