Keynote Remote Adhoc help :/

[sportsfanMAW]

Hi all,
So on thursday I'm giving a presentation and I want to use my macbook and iphone for it. I have the Keynote remote app on my iphone and i can get it to connect over a wifi network, but not on an adhoc network. Here's what happens.

I create and Adhoc network on my macbook and name it, say, iphone
Then I see the network on my iphone and choose it
A check mark appears next to the network but it doesn't connect
I tried clicking static instead of DHCP but that didn't do anything...

Can someone please help me?

 

[tcarcur]

i had a similar problem with keynote remote on an adhoc

i simply put on the iphone a static ip, subnet and gateway address.

you have to put a gateway address to trick the iphone into thinking there is internet so it can route all network traffic to the wireless.

you should also set a static ip address on your mac in the same ip range as your iphone

that's what worked for me.
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alternatively, you could turn on airplane mode and turn on wifi (might work, haven't tried)

 

[sportsfanMAW]

Sorry could you explain in detail what you did? I'm not really understanding...

 

[tcarcur]

Connect your iPhone to the AdHoc network and set the following values for the IP Settings:

Static
IP Address:
10.0.0.1

Subnet Mask:
255.0.0.0

Gateway Address:
10.0.0.2

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On your Mac, set the IP settings to the following:

Static
IP Address:
10.0.0.3

Subnet Mask:
255.0.0.0

Gateway Address:
10.0.0.2

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That's what I set mine to. Keynote Remote should now be able to see your Mac.