WiFi Direct fails

Question

HI,
i'm deploying the WiFiDirect sample on Pi3 and trying to connect one to another in debug mode, but after the connection is done based on the status message i got error message in the connector Pi3

WinRT information: A connection attempt failed because the connected party did not properly respond after a period of time, or established connection failed because connected host has failed to respond.

i tried also as the sample page instructed exactly and it's the same

I used the C# version from the sample
i'm using the latest version of VS2017 Ent.
the latest version of Win IoT with the Pi3
deploying using WiFi.

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Answer 1

Hello friend

According to the docs you mention above, "CanaKit USB Wireless WiFi" is only supported for x86 and x64 platform, which means that it will not work for your RPi with ARM.

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Answer 2

Hi,

Thank you for your reply but who said that i'm using CanaKit USB?

i'm using the built-in WiFi in Pi3 and as far i know it's Broadcom wireless chip, or i'm wrong?

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Answer 3

Yes,

As you said, built-in WiFi in Pi3 will not support WiFi direct feature.

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Answer 4

I'm searching trying to confirm that Built-in WiFi doesn't support WiFi direct but i can't , can you please tell me from where you get that statement, because there's a lot of posts that get it to work with linux.

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Answer 5

Hello Tamer.Ahmed,

I followed the "Using WiFi Direct on your Windows 10 IoT Core device" tutorial and test with the Raspberry Pi 3B with my Windows 10 desktop(not two raspberry pis). I insert my own WiFi adapter on my desktop to enable WiFi and use on board WiFi on Raspberry Pi.

The Raspberry Pi as the advertiser and desktop as connector. It works for me with Windows IoT Core version 10.0.17134.228. But Raspberry Pi as connector doesn't work for me. The following is snapshot of my desktop as connector:

But unfortunately, I didn't get the Windows IoT Core version 17763 working.

Best regards,

Rita

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Answer 6

Hi Rita,

Thank you for confirming my problem.

Thank you again for confirming that WiFi direct is supported and working with built-in wifi.

Yyou did what i did exactly but with 17763.

PC version : 17134

Pi IoT Core : 17763

So how i can acquire  17134 for IoT Core to get it work for now?

and how we report this problem so we can know the root cause ?

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Answer 7

Hello Tamer.Ahmed,

>>>So how i can acquire  17134 for IoT Core to get it work for now?

If you use previous version than 1.0.1810.3002 of Windows 10 IoT Core Dashboad, you may can flash the 17134 from there. Otherwise you will get the latest version 17763 either from dashboard or website download page. I share 17134 image here for you to test. 

>>>and how we report this problem so we can know the root cause ?

You can submit a feedback via feedback hub.(dashboard->settings->send feedback)

Best regards,

Rita

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Answer 8

Thank you.

i'll start with it now and come back to you

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Answer 9

Hi,

i downloaded the iso many times and every time the installation says that the cabinet file is corrupted.

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Answer 10

Hello Tamer.Ahmed,

I download from my shared link and install successfully. The uploaded file seems non-corrupted. The following is my steps:

1. Once the ISO has downloaded, double-click it to mount it as a virtual disk.
2. Double click the Windows Installer Package (.MSI), when it complete, flash.ffu file will list in path: C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft IoT\FFU\RaspberryPi2.
3. Start the Windows IoT Core Dashboard.
4. Plug your micro SD card into your technician PC, and select it in the tool.
5. From Setup a new device, select Device Type: Custom.
6. From Flash the pre-downloaded file (Flash.ffu) to the SD card, click Browse, browse to your FFU file (C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft IoT\FFU\RaspberryPi2\Flash.ffu), then click Next.
7. Optional: Change the default device name (Default is minwinpc.)
8. Enter your device password.
9. Accept the license terms, and then click Install. The Windows IoT Core Dashboard formats the micro SD card and installs the new image.
10. Insert the microSD card with the Windows 10 IoT Core image on it into your Raspberry Pi, power on your Raspberry Pi, it will boot to Windows IoT Core.

Which step says that the cabinet file is corrupted in your installation?

Best regards,

Rita

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Answer 11

Hi Rita,

in the step #2, please check attached image.

and it's the same even i tried to download it from Microsoft.

if you can share the ffu file only it would be good.

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Answer 12

Hello Tamer.Ahmed,

The ffu file has uploaded you can have a try.

Please let me know if it helps.

Best regards,

Rita

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Answer 13

Hi Rita,

First Thank you for your help in sharing the image file.

i installed the 17134 as you said and it as you said , and it's working and that approves 2 things :

1) WiFi-Direct supported in built-in WiFi in Pi3

2) the latest build have a problem with WiFi-Direct.

i reported the problem in feedback hub but no one check it yet :).

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Answer 14

Hi, There's an update i got it from the issue i opened in github regarding this in the sample page, which is the latest build has no problem but the problem in the sample itself. the solution is to add "Internet Server & Client" capabilities in appmanifest of the sample.

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Answer 15

Hello Tamer.Ahmed,

Thanks for information. Yes, after adding the "Internet Server & Client" capabilities in appmanifest of the sample, it works on 17763.

Best regards,

Rita

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