I often create a wireless ad-hoc network on my laptop running Windows 7. Now I'd like to connect to it using standard HTTP from my iPod Touch. I've tried 192.168.1.1 and that doesn't work. What should the address be so I can connect?
Windows – IP address of host of Wi-Fi ad-hoc network
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There are probably security checks that are run on your system while connecting that fail. Is the work network supposed to allow personal devices to be connected? Most I am familiar with are not.
Some companies offer guest wireless networks that do not allow access to the "main" network resources.
I would go so far as to say, unless there is compelling reason otherwise, a business network should never allow connection of non-business owned assets, due to security and privacy issues, and in accordance with best practices.
Try Connectify which is a third-party solution, you should be able to come around with the Lite features.
Transform your Windows laptop into a Wi-Fi hotspot at the click of a button so you can share a single Internet connection with your friends, co-workers, and mobile devices.
Otherwise, try to see if you can use netsh to set up an ad-hoc network.
To start simply use this commands
netsh wlan set hostednetwork mode=allow ssid=LocalAdHoc key=password netsh wlan start hostednetworkAnd to stop it
netsh wlan stop hostednetwork
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It could be that Windows is using APIPA, so you could try an IP in the range of 169.254.0.1 to 169.254.255.254 (169.254.0.0/16). That tends to be what (from my experience) Windows uses in ad-hoc networks.