Connecting iPhone to an ADHOC Network?

[Forestdeath]

Hi Guys,

I'm really hoping you can help me, I have a Desktop PC and have installed a Wireless Dongle, I have created the ADHOC connection on the XP system I believe the settings on the PC are correct, I then connect my iPhone to the connection sucessfully.. But I don't have any Internet connection the page loads for around 30second and them times out.

Has/Does any one got/know this working?

The location I am using this at doesn't have a Wireless Router, I want to use this with the slingplayer application.

 

[pcs are junk]

you have to share your internet from the pc. im not sure if this feature is offered in windows xp, but i know it is in vista and windows 7, and tiger, leopard, and snow leopard.

EDIT: its been possible since windows 98, i just found that out. heres a guide to enable it.

http://nevyan.blogspot.com/2009/01/how-to-share-internet-connection-in.html

 

[Forestdeath]

you have to share your internet from the pc. im not sure if this feature is offered in windows xp, but i know it is in vista and windows 7, and tiger, leopard, and snow leopard.

EDIT: its been possible since windows 98, i just found that out. heres a guide to enable it.

http://nevyan.blogspot.com/2009/01/how-to-share-internet-connection-in.html

Yep, I've done all of that, Any other ideas?

 

[pcs are junk]

you've checked off the box where it says allow others to share my internet?

 

[Forestdeath]

you've checked off the box where it says allow others to share my internet?

Yep

 

[Forestdeath]

OK, My settings are

PC Settings

IP-DHCP
SM-DHCP
DG-DHCP

Wireless Settings - Static IP
IP-192.168.0.1
SM-255.255.255.0

iPhone
IP-192.168.0.2
SM-255.255.255.0
Router-192.168.0.1
DNS-192.168.1.1


Yet still no connection.

 

[ghayenga]

OK, My settings are

PC Settings

IP-DHCP
SM-DHCP
DG-DHCP

Wireless Settings - Static IP
IP-192.168.0.1
SM-255.255.255.0

iPhone
IP-192.168.0.2
SM-255.255.255.0
Router-192.168.0.1
DNS-192.168.1.1


Yet still no connection.

Ad hoc connections don't work with the iPhone. It doesn't work from my Mac either. It requires a router for some reason. I used to have my home wireless network solely come from an ah-hoc connection created by my old G4. And it worked fine, except my iPhone wouldn't connect to it. I found documentation somewhere that stated an actual router was required for an iPhone to connect to it. So that gave me an excuse to buy myself a Time Capsule.

 

[Forestdeath]

Ad hoc connections don't work with the iPhone. It doesn't work from my Mac either. It requires a router for some reason. I used to have my home wireless network solely come from an ah-hoc connection created by my old G4. And it worked fine, except my iPhone wouldn't connect to it. I found documentation somewhere that stated an actual router was required for an iPhone to connect to it. So that gave me an excuse to buy myself a Time Capsule.

Really? So all the websites on Google are total crap?

 

[Clete2]

Look into something called SoftAP. It is a mode that you can set your network card in that allows you to run in station mode rather than ad-hoc mode.

Edit: It's true. iPhone won't connect to an ad-hoc connection.

 

[Forestdeath]

Edit: It's true. iPhone won't connect to an ad-hoc connection.

Where did you get this info from?

 

[Clete2]

Where did you get this info from?

My personal experiences (I've spent about 20 hours trying to set up ad-hoc connections and also trying to change my network card into station mode) and Google.

You don't have to believe me; it is the internet, after all. However, I'd advise you to not waste your time on an un-jailbroken iPhone attempting to connect to an ad-hoc connection.

The same applies for PS3, Wii, Xbox 360, etc. They will only connect to devices running in station mode.

 

[Forestdeath]

My personal experiences (I've spent about 20 hours trying to set up ad-hoc connections and also trying to change my network card into station mode) and Google.

You don't have to believe me; it is the internet, after all. However, I'd advise you to not waste your time on an un-jailbroken iPhone attempting to connect to an ad-hoc connection.

The same applies for PS3, Wii, Xbox 360, etc. They will only connect to devices running in station mode.

Hi Mate,

Well I have you theory out the window, I have just managed to get it working, I can browse the Internet, Download Apps... Jusr can't get Slingplayer to work.

 

[unixfool]

Hi Mate,

Well I have you theory out the window, I have just managed to get it working, I can browse the Internet, Download Apps... Jusr can't get Slingplayer to work.

You should post how you did this, since most people have difficulty with this.

 

[Forestdeath]

Well after spending nearly 48hrs trying to get it to work, Sling go and release the 3G version, And the quality is great, Not as good as TV Catchup but having all those extra channels is awesome.

 

[pcs are junk]

what are you people talking about!!???? i have been using ad hoc networks for my ipod touch and iphone since i first got them, mine is connected to my macbook right now. this is absolute false information. its works 100% fine.