Using TV10 without routers or internet access

[Photosbykev]

Hi, my first post to the forum and I did search without any success which surprised me but  if there is a thread somewhere please point me at it

My situation is this: I have a laptop running Windows 7 and a tablet running Windows 8.1 and I would like to control the tablet remotely from the laptop. I can do this in a home environment i.e. with the devices connected, via wifi, to a router with internet access without any issues.

What I would like to do is connect the devices away from the home with zero access to routers or any internet connection.

In TV10 Extras>options if I set the incoming Lan to accept exclusively it provides the main TV window with 127.0.0.1 which I know is just a loopback IP rather than a 192. 168.x.x. type of IP.

Is it actually possible to do what I'm trying to do with TV10? maybe with static ips in the wifi adaptor?

best regards
Kev

[matt]

Why don't you try an ad-hoc networking connection between the devices first

Look in Windows Network settings

[Photosbykev]

Hi Matt, I did the adhoc network route but for some weird reason my Win7 laptop will not create one even with full Admin access

I have resolved the problem by using a battery powered router as an Access Point (the TP-Link MR-3040) this gives me legitimate IP addresses which TV10 is happy with. I use the router for a wireless connection to my DSLR controlling it via an Android tablet so the router is always with me. It has a 4-5 hour battery life so is similar to the HP Stream 7 tablet life.

regards
Kev