Synching over Wifi Direct

General
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I apologise in advance for anything confusing or straight up impossible I’m asking for here.

I plan on using Syncthing as a substitute for most of the apple ecosystem stuff. So far it’s been going well apart from the unfortunate issue where internet is weird and sometimes syncing doesn’t work because I need to use mobile data for something else at that moment.

Apparently WiFi Direct works with Syncthing and it also is able to run without affecting the networks needed to keep downloads or what not running.

Is this actually possible? Does WiFi Direct allow for this? Am I able to run a PC to Phone network in this manner or no? Its apparently done on the apple ecosystem without any control over it so why not on windows and android?

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I’m not sure what you mean entirely. Syncthing is file synchronization software, and doesn’t do everything in the Apple ecosystem. It will work over almost any IP network, including WiFi, without the need for any Internet connectivity. I’m not sure what you mean about “…affecting the networks…”

3

Perhaps you should search for something like

Snapdrop?

5

There’s an open source alt to ios apple air drop and samsung quick share. Syncthing already use LAN if on the same network, if v p n or t or etc. Then it uses relay.