什么是无线网络(WiFi)？你会说这是一个多么愚蠢的问题。它是一种在两个或多个设备之间进行数据/信息交换的方式，例如一个移动电话和另一个或一个移动电话和一个Laptop/desktop，通过使用互联网，它们之间没有任何电缆连接。在这种方法中，您可以使用互联网并依赖您的互联网连接。因此，如果您的互联网连接中断，您将与世界分离。
为了克服这个问题，Windows 10提供了一项出色的功能，您可以在不使用互联网的情况下在不同设备之间共享文件。它几乎与蓝牙相似，只是它克服了(Bluetooth)蓝牙(Bluetooth)固有的弱点。Windows 10使用的这个系统称为WiFi Direct方法。
Windows 10 中的 WiFi 直连是什么？(What is WiFi Direct in Windows 10?)
WiFi Direct，以前称为WiFi Peer-to-Peer，是一种标准的无线连接，它允许两个设备直接连接，无需WiFi接入点、路由器或互联网作为中介或中间人。它在不使用互联网或任何中介的情况下在两个设备之间共享文件。
WiFi Direct是一种轻松定位附近设备并连接它们的方法。由于两个主要原因，它优于蓝牙。(Bluetooth)首先，与蓝牙(Bluetooth)相比，它能够传输或共享更大的文件。其次，它的速度比蓝牙(Bluetooth)快得多。因此，使用更少的时间，使用WiFi Direct可以更快地发送或接收更大的文件。它也很容易配置。
无论如何，任何人都不能担保蓝牙(Bluetooth)，但随着WiFi Direct技术的快速发展，它取代(WiFi Direct)蓝牙(Bluetooth)的日子似乎不会太远。因此，使用USB WiFi适配器，我们可以支持Windows 10物联网(Internet of Things)核心设备。
使用WiFi Direct时，唯一需要考虑的是确保USB WiFi适配器满足两个必要条件。首先，USB WiFi适配器的硬件必须支持WiFi Direct，其次，启用USB WiFi适配器的驱动程序也应该支持WiFi Direct。这意味着进行兼容性检查。
为确保兼容性检查，要使 Windows 10 PC 用户能够使用WiFi Direct连接，您需要在 PC 上按 Win+R并输入CMD，然后输入命令ipconfig/all。完成此操作后，如果PC 屏幕上出现“ Microsoft WiFi Direct Virtual Adapter ”条目，则表明附近有(Microsoft WiFi Direct Virtual Adapter)WiFi Direct。
WiFi Direct让Windows 10 PC 的用户能够以比蓝牙(Bluetooth)更好、更自然的方式连接到任何其他设备。因此，您可以将您的 PC 设置为电视或使用它来建立更安全的互联网连接。但是需要在Windows 10 PC中设置WiFi Direct，所以现在让我们尝试弄清楚如何设置它。
WiFi Direct系统的作案手法很简单。一个设备以类似于发现另一个网络的方式检测另一个设备。然后输入正确的密码并连接。它要求在两个连接设备中，只有一个设备需要与WiFi Direct兼容。因此，该过程中的一个设备会像路由器一样创建一个接入点，而另一个设备会自动接近它并连接到它。
在您的 Windows 10笔记本电脑(Laptop)、台式机或平板电脑等设备中设置WiFi Direct是几个步骤的组合。第一步，必须打开连接到 PC 所需的设备。打开设备后，转到设备设置并激活其网络和互联网，然后选择管理 WiFi 设置(Manage WiFi Settings)。
选择Manage WiFi Settings后，蓝牙(Bluetooth)和其他选项将被激活，您可以浏览菜单以检查设备上的“ WiFi Direct ”选项。在设备上找到WiFi Direct选项后，启用它，然后根据设备管理的指示继续操作。建议严格逐字遵守设备说明。
启用“WiFi Direct”选项后，所需的Android设备名称将显示在可用列表中。记下SSID，即服务集标识符(Service Set Identifier)，它只不过是标准自然语言音节中的网络(Network)名称，例如英语(English)。SSID是可定制的，因此为了将其与您周围的其他网络区分开来，您可以为您的无线家庭网络命名。当您将设备连接到无线网络时，您将看到此名称。
接下来，您设置一个只有您自己知道的密码，这样任何授权人都无法访问它。这两个细节都需要记住并记录下来以备将来使用。完成此操作后，打开您的 PC，然后在搜索栏上单击搜索(Search)并输入Wireless。在可见的选项列表中，选中Manage Wireless Network选项。
点击Manage Wireless Network后，点击Add并选择您的WiFi Direct设备的(WiFi Direct)WiFi Network并输入密码。您的 PC 将与您的WiFi Direct 网络(WiFi Direct Network)同步。您可以使用WiFi 直接网络(WiFi Direct Network)将您的 PC 连接到您想要的任何设备并根据需要共享任何数据/文件。您还可以从快速的无线连接中受益，通过提高生产力来提高效率。
要以无线方式连接和共享文件，您需要确保在我们要共享文件的两台设备中安装了第三方应用程序（例如Feem）或您选择的任何其他应用程序。(Feem)Feem可以免费使用，在Feem中使用(Feem)WiFi Direct也是免费的。WiFi Direct也可以在实时聊天中免费使用。
From 软件为Windows PC 和笔记本电脑(Laptop)用户提供WiFi Direct支持。Feem lite 应用程序(Feem lite app)可以从Play 商店下载到(Play Store)Windows-10 笔记本电脑(Windows-10 Laptop)和Android 移动(Android Mobile)设备上，并且可以在两个设备之间不间断地发送或接收任意数量的文件或数据。
使用Feem将数据从Android传输到 PC 或笔记本电脑(Laptop)的过程简单明了，如下所述：
转到“设置”(Settings)，然后转到“网络”和“互联网”。接下来(Next)，转到热点和网络共享并将您的手机设置为 Android 手机中的(Android Phone)Android热点。现在将您的 Window-10 PC 连接到该网络。接下来(Next)在Android和Windows上打开Feem，不要混淆，因为这两个设备都会被应用程序赋予奇怪的名称和密码。
记住(Remember)此密码或将其记在某处，因为当您设置新连接时，您将需要此密码。选择您必须将文件发送到的设备。浏览所需文件，然后点击发送。一段时间后，您会将数据发送到所需的目的地。这个过程是双向的，即从Android到Windows，反之亦然。
在您使用WiFi Direct将(WiFi Direct)Android设备与您的 Windows PC 或Vice Versa连接的方式中，您也可以同样连接到您的WiFi Direct有源打印机，以使用您的 PC 进行文件共享和打印。打开您的打印机(Printer)。接下来(Next)，转到PC上的“打印机和扫描仪(Printer and Scanner)”选项并单击它。您将收到“添加打印机或扫描仪(Add a printer or scanner)”的提示，选择并单击添加打印机或扫描仪的选项。
请求添加打印机或扫描仪后，选择下一个选项“显示 WiFi Direct 打印机(Show WiFi Direct Printers)”。您将显示所有选项。从显示附近WiFi Direct打印机名称的列表中，选择您要连接的打印机。WiFi Protected Setup或WPS Pin会自动发送密码，这两个设备也会记住该密码以备将来使用，以实现与WiFi Direct打印机的简单安全连接。
什么是WPS引脚？它是无线网络的安全标准，通过它可以快速轻松地将路由器连接到无线设备。此WPS pin 标准只能在那些使用WPA安全技术编码的密码的无线网络上设置。(Password)这种连接过程可以以不同的方式进行。让我们试着理解这些方式。
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首先，在您的路由器上，您需要按下一个WPS按钮，这将使您能够找到附近的设备。完成后，转到您的设备并选择您要连接的连接。这使您的设备无需使用密码即可自动连接到网络。
其次，要将您的网络连接到可能具有WPS(WPS)按钮的无线打印机等小工具，请先按路由器上的该按钮，然后再按小工具上的按钮。无需任何进一步的数据输入，WPS就会发送网络密码，该密码由您的小工具存储。因此，您的小工具/打印机和您的网络路由器会在将来需要时自动连接，而无需您按下WPS按钮。
第三种方法是使用八位密码。所有启用WPS的路由器都有一个八位数的Pin码，任何用户都无法修改该密码，并且是自动生成的。一些没有WPS按钮但启用了WPS的设备要求输入八位数的密码。输入此密码后，这些小工具会自我验证并连接到无线网络。
From 软件为Windows PC 和笔记本电脑用户提供WiFi Direct支持。Feem lite 应用程序可以从Play 商店下载(Play Store)到(Feem)Windows-10 笔记本电脑(Windows-10 Laptop)和Android 移动(Android Mobile)设备上，并且可以在两个设备之间不间断地发送或接收任意数量的文件或数据。
使用Feem将数据从Android传输到 PC / Laptop的过程简单明了，如下所述：
在您的Android 手机(Android Phone)中，转到设置(Settings)、网络(Network)和互联网，然后在热点和网络共享旁边，将移动设备设置为您手机(Mobile)上的(Phone)Android热点。现在将您的 Window-10 PC 连接到该网络，然后在Android和Windows上打开(Windows)Feem。该应用程序将转发一个密码，该应用程序将为您的Windows和Android设备提供一些不寻常的名称。你不必对这些奇怪的名字感到困惑。
记住(Remember)此密码或将其记在某处，因为当您设置新连接时，您将需要此密码。选择您必须向其发送文件/数据的设备。浏览所需文件，然后点击以发送文件。一段时间后，您会将文件/数据发送到所需的目的地。这个过程是双向的，即从Android到Windows，反之亦然。
因此，我们看到 Windows 10 使用WiFi Direct，这是一种无需互联网的无线通信程序，可以轻松地将您的手机(Phone)与您的 PC 或笔记本电脑(Laptop)连接到您的 PC，反之亦然。您现在可以将大量数据或将大文件从 PC 或手机共享到您的笔记本电脑到 PC。(Laptop)
同样，如果您想要打印文件，您可以连接启用WiFi Direct的 PC 或笔记本电脑(Laptop)（带有WiFi direct），并为您使用的任何文件或数据进行任意数量的打印。
Feem软件或Feem Lite 应用程序(Feem Lite App)在使用WiFi Direct时非常方便。除了 Feem(Besides Feem)，还有许多其他选项可用。选择权在您手中，具体取决于您选择的启用WiFi Direct的应用程序的舒适程度。
然而，有线数据传输，即使用数据线，无疑是最快的数据传输方式，但它不必要地涉及对硬件的依赖。万一数据线出现故障或放错地方，您将因需要传输重要文件或数据而陷入困境。
因此，这就是WiFi Direct优先于蓝牙(Bluetooth)的地方，这需要两个多小时或大约。传输 1.5 GB 文件需要 125 分钟，而WiFi Direct将在 10 分钟内完成相同的工作。因此，我们看到使用这种无线显示技术，我们可以将音频和视频显示从智能手机、笔记本电脑和台式机传输到大屏幕显示器等等。
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总结一下我的讨论，尽管蓝牙(Bluetooth)自 1994 年以来就占据了堡垒，但WiFi Direct与(WiFi Direct)蓝牙(Bluetooth)的慢速相比，具有快速定位和连接以及快速传输数据的能力，正在获得更多的关注。它类似于著名的、阅读量最大的兔子和乌龟的故事，只是兔子与(Hare)WiFi Direct相比，在这种情况下颠倒了慢而稳的概念。
What is WiFi Direct in Windows 10?
What is WiFі? You will say what a stupid question to ask. It is a way of data/information exchange between two or more devices, e.g. оne mobile Phone and another or а mobile and a Laptop/desktop through the use of the internet without any cable connection between thеm. In thіs method, you make use of the internet and are reliant on уour internet conneсtion. So if your internet connection is down, you аre detached from the world.
To overcome this issue, Windows 10 offers an excellent feature in which you can share files between different devices without using the internet. It is almost similar to Bluetooth except for the fact that it overcomes the weaknesses inherent in Bluetooth. This system, which Windows 10 uses, is called WiFi Direct method.
What is WiFi Direct in Windows 10?
WiFi Direct, formerly known as WiFi Peer-to-Peer, is a standard wireless connection that allows two devices to connect directly without a WiFi access point, a router, or the internet as the mediator or the middleman. It shares files between two devices without the use of the internet or any intermediary.
WiFi Direct is an easy way to locate devices in your vicinity and connect to them. It is preferred over Bluetooth because of two main reasons. Firstly, its ability to transfer or share larger files as compared to Bluetooth. Secondly, its speed is much faster as compared to Bluetooth. So, using less time, one can send or receive larger files faster using WiFi Direct. It is also easy to configure.
In no way, can anyone vouch against Bluetooth, but with the rapid advancement of the WiFi Direct technology, the day does not seem too far when it will supplant Bluetooth. So, Using a USB WiFi adaptor, we can support Windows 10, Internet of Things Core devices.
For using WiFi Direct, the only consideration is to ensure that the USB WiFi adaptor meets two necessary conditions. Firstly, the hardware of the USB WiFi adapter must support WiFi Direct, and secondly, the driver who would enable the USB WiFi adapter should also endorse WiFi Direct. It implies a compatibility check.
To ensure compatibility check, to enable windows 10 PC users to connect using WiFi Direct, you need to press Win+R and enter CMD on your PC followed by the command ipconfig/all. Having done so, if an entry reading “Microsoft WiFi Direct Virtual Adapter” appears on the PC screen, it will indicate WiFi Direct is available in the vicinity.
WiFi Direct lets users of Windows 10 PC, connected to any other device in a much better and more natural way than even Bluetooth. So you can set your PC to the TV or use it to make internet connections which are more safe and secure. But it is required to set up WiFi Direct in Windows 10 PC, so let us now try to figure out how to set it up.
The modus operandi of the WiFi Direct system is straightforward. One device detects another device in a fashion similar to discovering another network. Then you enter the correct password and get connected. It requires that out of the two connecting devices, only one device needs to be compatible with WiFi Direct. So, one of the devices in the process creates an access point just like a router, and the other device automatically approaches it and connects to it.
Setting up WiFi Direct in your Windows 10 Laptop, desktop, or tablet, etc., is a combination of several steps. In the first step, the device required to connect to the PC must be switched on. Having switched on the device, go to the device settings and activate its network and the internet and select Manage WiFi Settings.
After selecting Manage WiFi Settings, the Bluetooth and other options will get activated, enabling you to browse through the menu to check for “WiFi Direct” option on your device. On locating the WiFi Direct option on the device, enable it, and proceed according to the directions administered by the device. It is advised, to adhere to the device instructions, verbatim strictly.
Once the “WiFi Direct” option is enabled, the required Android device name will be displayed in the available list. Note down the SSID, i.e. the Service Set Identifier, which is simply nothing else but the Network name in your standard natural language syllables such as English. SSID is customizable, so to distinguish it from other networks in and around you, you give a name to your wireless home network. You will see this name when you connect your device to your wireless network.
Next, you set a password, known only to you, so that no authorized person can access it. Both theses details need to be remembered and recorded for future usage. Having done so, turn your PC on, and on the search bar click Search and type Wireless. In the list of options visible, check on the Manage Wireless Network, option.
After clicking on Manage Wireless Network, next click on Add and choose the WiFi Network of your WiFi Direct device and enter the password. Your PC will get synchronized with your WiFi Direct Network. You can connect your PC to any device you want and share any data/files as desired using the WiFi Direct Network. You can also benefit from a fast wireless connection, enhancing your efficiency through increased productivity.
To connect and share files wirelessly, you need to ensure that a third-party app like Feem or any other of your choice is installed in both the devices, between whom we want to share files. Feem is free to use, and using WiFi Direct in Feem is also free. WiFi Direct is also free to use in live chat.
From software provides WiFi Direct support to both Windows PC and Laptop users. The Feem lite app can be downloaded on both the Windows-10 Laptop and the Android Mobile devices from the Play Store and be free to send or receive any number of files or data non-stop between both the devices.
The process of using Feem to transfer data from Android to the PC or Laptop is simple and straightforward as detailed below:
Go to Settings, then network and the internet. Next, go to hotspot and tethering and set your mobile as an Android hotspot in your Android Phone. Now connect your Window-10 PC to this network. Next open Feem on Android and Windows, not get confused as both the devices will be given odd names and a password, by the app.
Remember this password or note it down somewhere as when you set up the new connection, you will require this password. Choose the device to which you have to send the file. Browse the desired file and then tap to send it. After some time, you will have the data sent to the required destination. This process works both ways, i.e. from Android to Windows or vice versa.
In the way you have connected the Android device with your Windows PC or Vice Versa using WiFi Direct, you can similarly, connect to your WiFi Direct active printer too for file sharing and printing using your PC. Switch on your Printer. Next, go to the option of “Printer and Scanner” on your PC and click on it. You will get a prompt “Add a printer or scanner”, select and click the option to add the printer or scanner.
After requesting to add a printer or scanner, opt for the next option to “Show WiFi Direct Printers”. You will have all the choices displayed. From the list displaying the names of WiFi Direct printers in the vicinity, select the printer you want to connect. A WiFi Protected Setup or WPS Pin automatically sends the password, which the two devices remember for future use too, to enable an easy and secure connection to a WiFi Direct printer.
What is the WPS pin? It is a security criterion for wireless networks through which it quickly and easily connects a router to wireless equipment. This WPS pin criterion can be set up only on those wireless networks which use a Password encoded with WPA security techniques. This connection process can be carried out in different ways. Let us try to understand these ways.
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Firstly, on your router, there is a WPS button which you need to press, and this will enable you to find out the devices in your neighbourhood. Once done, go to your device and choose the connection you want to connect too. This enables your device to automatically connect to the network without the use of a password.
Secondly, to connect your network to gadgets like wireless printers, etc. that may have a WPS button, you press that button on the router and then on your gadget. Without any further data input, WPS sends the network password, which is stored by your gadget. Thus, your gadget/printer and your network router auto-connect whenever needed in the future without your having to press the WPS button.
The third method is through the use of an eight-digit pin. All WPS enabled routers to have an eight-digit Pin code which cannot be modified by any user and is auto-generated. Some devices which do not have a WPS button but are WPS enabled ask for the eight-digit pin. Once you enter this pin, these gadgets validate themselves and connect to the wireless network.
From software provides WiFi Direct support to both Windows PC and laptop users. The Feem lite app can be downloaded on both the Windows-10 Laptop and the Android Mobile devices from the Play Store and be free to send or receive any number of files or data non-stop between both the devices.
The process of using Feem to transfer data from Android to PC / Laptop is simple and straightforward as detailed below:
In your Android Phone go to Settings, Network, and the internet and next to hotspot and tethering and set mobile as an Android hotspot on your Mobile Phone. Now connect your Window-10 PC to this network, next open Feem on both Android and Windows. The app will forward a password, and the app will give some unusual names to both your Windows and Android devices. You need not get confused by these odd names.
Remember this password or note it down somewhere as when you set up the new connection, you will require this password. Choose the device to which you have to send the file/data. Browse the desired file and then tap to send the file. After some time, you will have the file/data sent to the required destination. This process works both ways, i.e., from Android to Windows or vice versa.
So we see windows 10 uses WiFi Direct, a wireless communication procedure without the internet, to connect your Phone effortlessly with your PC or your Laptop to your PC and vice versa. You now can transfer large chunks of data or share large files to your Laptop from the PC or your phone to the PC.
Similarly, in case you want a print of a file, you can connect your WiFi Direct enabled PC or the Laptop (with the WiFi direct) and take any number of prints needed of any file, or data for your use.
The Feem software or the Feem Lite App comes very handily in the use of WiFi Direct. Besides Feem, there are many other options also available. The choice is yours, depending on your comfort level with the WiFi Direct enabled app of your choice.
However, cable data transfer, i.e., the use of data cable, is undoubtedly the fastest mode of data transfer, but it unnecessarily involves dependency on hardware. In case the data cable becomes faulty or gets misplaced, you are stuck for the need for transfer of important files or data.
So, this is where WiFi Direct gains precedence over Bluetooth, which would take more than two hours or approx. One hundred twenty-five minutes to transfer a 1.5 GB file whereas WiFi Direct would finish the same work in less than 10 minutes. So we see using this wireless display technology we can transfer audio and video display from smartphones, laptops, and desktops to large-screen monitors and much more.
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To conclude my discussion, despite Bluetooth holding the fort since 1994, WiFi Direct, with its ability to locate and connect quickly and transfer data at a fast speed compared to the slow rate of Bluetooth, is gaining more prominence. It is similar to the famous and most read and recited story of the hare and the tortoise, except that the Hare, compared to the WiFi Direct, has reversed the concept of slow and steady wins the race in this case.
