Create Wifi Hotspot on windows Operation system

[opeolluwa]

The problem: Windows operating system does not allow the creation of a Wifi Hotspot unless the device is connected to a Wifi.

The Task: Implement a function to create a wifi hotspot on the Windows Operating system. See this project built in the C programming language wich attempts to achieve this feature

[zoo868e]

Hi @opeolluwa
I found a project that focuses on implementing Wi-Fi and it seems that the hotspot feature has already been implemented. Would it be possible for me to utilize this crate to resolve the current issue?

[opeolluwa]

@zoo868e you could try it out in a test environment, if it all work fine, then we can implement the feature for each OS.

[zoo868e]

I see, let me take this issue

[opeolluwa]

Great! I'll assign it to you

[zoo868e]

I noticed that the mentioned project contains numerous unimplemented!() statements. As a result, I have decided not to utilize it. Instead, I will make an effort to implement the functionality using Windows system calls, as outlined in this project.

[opeolluwa]

We'll done @zoo868e ❤️, I love your persistence and determination.

I once checked out the project but I couldn't get it to compile, plus I'm not very good at C programming.

It would be a great feat if you could get it work, we'll use a Rust FFI to call the C code.

Please let me know if anything come up.

[opeolluwa]

Regards this, I'm exploring netsh for Windows Operating system and nmcli for Linux, I've been able to got farther with the Linux implementation and I think there might be a break through

These are cli tools to interact with the OS network manager. See the progress here.

[zoo868e]

Sounds great! I encountered a lot of difficulties when using the Windows crate, so interacting with the CLI tools seems like a wise choice.

[opeolluwa]

The implementation as it is, especially for Mac and Windows is largely a higher level implementation of the approach, I need to track down the details.

My attention is on the Linux, hopefully, fixing it would pave way for other things

[opeolluwa]

Thank you for sticking around I appreciate it

[zoo868e]

Hi @opeolluwa, I have implemented the functions (#205) for starting and stopping the hotspot on Windows. Please review them.