You might have wondered how people might be able to send files over computers that are on the same network without using some Internet service like Gmail or Dropbox which eats up bandwidth. Well, the issue is simple, right If you are on the same network, you can simply use that fact to your advantage. Hooking up to a common LAN router can be beneficial to send files over the air. But can you not do this without using an intermediate router, you ask It’s complicated. It turns out to be not so simple. But Intel and others are busy working on it. If you have an Intel laptop with the My Wi-Fi Direct technology available on its board, you might be part of this project. Installing a Wi-Fi Direct driver to your machine will allow you to form peer-to-peer connections between machines, after which you can transfer files without wires or pen drives and stuff effortlessly. If you have a Windows 8 machine, this can be easy. By installing the Intel My Wi-Fi Direct Dashboard app, you’ll get access to that functionality. There are lots of in-depth tutorials available on the web to set things up exactly the way you want them to, just in case.
