Wifi Transfer Plugin - Does not recognize activated Hotspot as Wifi Network anymore

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Wifi Transfer Plugin - Does not recognize activated Hotspot as Wifi Network anymore

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Hello, i am trying to share files from my pc to my new phone, like i always did with my old phone, but the new version of the app does not seem to work anymore when the network is a hotspot *from* my phone. Is there anything i can do to make it work?

For context, i have no stationary internet connection, my phone is the only device with internet access, so having the phone in a network not hosted from it would completely cut off my internet connection while i am doing the file transfer, which i'd like to avoid at any cost. That's the reason i am using this plugin in the first place, as taking out the sd card to transfer data also takes out the sim card and therefore cuts off my internet.
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Re: Wifi Transfer Plugin - Does not recognize activated Hotspot as Wifi Network anymore

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Please check what IP address is shown on the phone when you have the hotspot active. To do this, create a new button in the lower toolbar with the following options:
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Click on >> and pick command Nr. 133.
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Re: Wifi Transfer Plugin - Does not recognize activated Hotspot as Wifi Network anymore

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The Sysinfo dialog shows the ip as

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IPv4=192.168.231.245
earlier when i pulled my last data from my old phone - using the hotspot from my new phone - it was using the adress

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http://192.168.231.135:8081/6539/
with no problems.
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Re: Wifi Transfer Plugin - Does not recognize activated Hotspot as Wifi Network anymore

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That IP address looks OK. It's in the same range as the one which worked before.
1. Have you tried connecting to http://192.168.231.245:8081/6539/
2. Does the plugin show a QR code and URL?
3. Is your internet connection via phone up when you try to run the WiFi transfer server?
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Re: Wifi Transfer Plugin - Does not recognize activated Hotspot as Wifi Network anymore

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1. this gives me a error page saying "410 Gone: The server path has changed!"

2. no, it shows this:
Image: https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/526388535935238175/1088457393853173894/Screenshot_20230323-143730.png

and when i press the button then this:
Image: https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/526388535935238175/1088457394180345866/Screenshot_20230323-143606.png

On the old phone it did show a qr code after starting the server

3. The phone is connected to mobile data, and the computer is connected to the phone's hotspot, both continue to work when i try to start the server
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Re: Wifi Transfer Plugin - Does not recognize activated Hotspot as Wifi Network anymore

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I just tried to use the LAN plugin to try it the other way round, and connect to a folder shared from my pc, and it literally has the same problem
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Re: Wifi Transfer Plugin - Does not recognize activated Hotspot as Wifi Network anymore

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It looks like the IP address isn't recognized as either LAN or WLAN when you just create a hotspot.
Could you check again in Total Commander's info dialog what's shown behind the IP address?
Here it shows
IPv4=192.168.1.4 (wlan0) when connected to a router, and
IPv4=192.168.188.119 (swlan0) when I create a hotspot.
That name swlan0 is what the plugin checks when it looks for valid IP addresses.
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Re: Wifi Transfer Plugin - Does not recognize activated Hotspot as Wifi Network anymore

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i have similar problem. phone has internet and hotspot. laptop is connected to the hotspot. when open an image and tap to share it through the plug-in, the plug-in opens with dialog window which says " no wi fi connection! ... " then 4 buttons: 1. it is connected to wifi network, 2. create hotspot 3. create wifi direct server 4. cancel. now , i try these. 1. does not work. long waiting. then error message: no wifi connection. 2. wifi direct need geo location +gps. continue? yes no 3. does not work. long waiting. then error message: wifi direct is off. 4. the dialog disappears, plugin main window stays.
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Unfortunately Google has more or less killed the ability to create hotspots. And the only other option, wifi direct, depends on the vendor of your phone. Some vendors have disabled this in the firmware, some only allow to create a hotspot via their own user interface. In this case, create a hotspot manually outside of the wifi plugin, connect to the hotspot from the other phone, and THEN start the Wifi plugin server.
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i had already created hotspot and connected from other phone.
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Then TC did not recognize the IP address as valid. As explained above, please check what IP address is shown on the phone when you have the hotspot active. To do this, create a new button in the lower toolbar with the following options:
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Click on >> and pick command Nr. 133.

Please report not only the IP address but also the displayed interface name, like wlan0.
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Re: Wifi Transfer Plugin - Does not recognize activated Hotspot as Wifi Network anymore

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Whoops for some reason i did not see the notification email for the reply, sorry for the wait.

the full displayed information is:

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IPv4=192.168.231.245 (ap0),10.119.147.129 (ccmni1)
IPv6=2a02:3037:605:d92c::ac (ap0),2a02:303e:600d:c9d2:1:2:9ecd:ea2e (ccmni0),2a02:3037:605:d92c:d869:757d:6758:8000 (ccmni1)
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Re: Wifi Transfer Plugin - Does not recognize activated Hotspot as Wifi Network anymore

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Interesting, so ap0 seems to be the access point connection. Apparently some distributions seem to use that instead of swlan0.
ccmni1 seems to be the cellular network.

I will add support for ap0,1,etc.
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Re: Wifi Transfer Plugin - Does not recognize activated Hotspot as Wifi Network anymore

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ghisler(Author) wrote: 2023-05-31, 12:36 UTC ... create a new button in the lower toolbar with the following options:
Internal command
Click on >> and pick command Nr. 133.
...
i had not understand this. i tried to install total commander for android, and had not find that things. then i thought, maybe it is to do on windows version.
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Re: Wifi Transfer Plugin - Does not recognize activated Hotspot as Wifi Network anymore

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d wrote: 2023-07-21, 07:25 UTC
ghisler(Author) wrote: 2023-05-31, 12:36 UTC ... create a new button in the lower toolbar with the following options:
Internal command
Click on >> and pick command Nr. 133.
...
i had not understand this. i tried to install total commander for android, and had not find that things. then i thought, maybe it is to do on windows version.

Which part didn't you understood?
Find and tap the '+ '-Button in the lower toolbar, on vertical screen layout (portrait) tap on the right most button first to make the + button visible...




 
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