What's New in Native Wifi

Windows 8 and Windows Server 2012

The following features have been added to the Native Wifi APIs on Windows 8 and Windows Server 2012.

A Wi-Fi Direct feature based on the development of the Wi-Fi Peer-to-Peer Technical Specification v1.1 by the Wi-Fi Alliance (see Wi-Fi Alliance Published Specifications). The goal of the Wi-Fi Peer-to-Peer Technical Specification is to provide a solution for Wi-Fi device-to-device connectivity without the need for either a Wireless Access Point (wireless AP) to setup the connection or the use of the existing Wi-Fi adhoc (IBSS) mechanism.

The following functions support the Wi-Fi Direct feature.

• WFD_OPEN_SESSION_COMPLETE_CALLBACK
• WFDCancelOpenSession
• WFDCloseHandle
• WFDCloseSession
• WFDOpenHandle
• WFDOpenLegacySession
• WFDStartOpenSession
• WFDUpdateDeviceVisibility

Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2

The following features have been added to the Native Wifi APIs on Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2.

The wireless Hosted Network allows a single physical wireless adapter to connect as a client to a hardware access point (AP), while at the same time acting as a software AP allowing other wireless-capable devices to connect to it.

The following functions support the wireless Hosted Network feature.

• WlanHostedNetworkForceStart
• WlanHostedNetworkForceStop
• WlanHostedNetworkInitSettings
• WlanHostedNetworkQueryProperty
• WlanHostedNetworkQuerySecondaryKey
• WlanHostedNetworkQueryStatus
• WlanHostedNetworkRefreshSecuritySettings
• WlanHostedNetworkSetProperty
• WlanHostedNetworkSetSecondaryKey
• WlanHostedNetworkStartUsing
• WlanHostedNetworkStopUsing
• WlanRegisterVirtualStationNotification

The following new structures that work with wireless Hosted Network.

• WLAN_HOSTED_NETWORK_CONNECTION_SETTINGS
• WLAN_HOSTED_NETWORK_DATA_PEER_STATE_CHANGE
• WLAN_HOSTED_NETWORK_PEER_STATE
• WLAN_HOSTED_NETWORK_RADIO_STATE
• WLAN_HOSTED_NETWORK_SECURITY_SETTINGS
• WLAN_HOSTED_NETWORK_STATE_CHANGE
• WLAN_HOSTED_NETWORK_STATUS

The following new enumerations that work with wireless Hosted Network.

• WLAN_HOSTED_NETWORK_NOTIFICATION_CODE
• WLAN_HOSTED_NETWORK_OPCODE
• WLAN_HOSTED_NETWORK_PEER_AUTH_STATE
• WLAN_HOSTED_NETWORK_REASON
• WLAN_HOSTED_NETWORK_STATE

Related topics

About the Wireless Hosted Network

Using Wireless Hosted Network and Internet Connection Sharing

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Build date: 11/29/2012