How to know if a WiFi adapter can be used with a "WiFiDirectAdvertisementPublisher"

Question

I am using the WiFiDirectAdvertisementPublisher to provide a hotspot functionality that prevents internet access, how can I tell if a WiFi adapter supports this API or not?

This is the API I am referring to;

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/uwp/api/windows.devices.wifidirect.wifidirectadvertisementpublisher

Some WiFi dongles work and some don't and there is no WiFi capability/capapabilities that I can see that relates to this feature.

I am using command line to query wireless capabilities of an adapter;

netsh wlan show wirelesscapabilities

Answer 1

Hello,

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how can I tell if a WiFi adapter supports this API or not?

Generally, devices support WiFi direct should be able to publish WiFi direct advertisement. But currently there is no such API that could directly tell if a device supports WiFi direct.

Thank you.

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