IPad WiFi to Ad Hoc Network to View LocalHost on PC

Hi There,
I need to connect my iPad to my PC via an ad hoc wifi network and then view the localhost that is running on the laptop.
Last resort I could connect my iPad to a wireless router that my laptop is wired to but with no internet access.
I have tried just creating the ad hoc network and browsing by machine name, IP etc but that doesn't work.
Please help!
Thanks!

There are Remote Desktop type apps in the itunes apps store. Will these do what you need?
"Splashtop" is a highly rated one for 4.99. There are probably cheaper ones.

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I do not think an ad-hoc network is a routed network.
If you have a Mac, you can use System Preferences -> Sharing -> Internet Sharing to setup a shared network via your Mac.
If you have a Windows system (or Linux, etc...), there are methods for doing something similar, I am just not familiar with them.
However, it is a lot less hassel to just setup a WiFi router and 802.11g routers are not all that expensive. Just a thought.

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I have a Mac Mini that is used as an audio music server. There is no attached keyboard, mouse or screen. I control Itunes using Itunes Remote on an Ipad.
I use this setup for displaying in areas where there is no wi-fi.
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The problem is that I have errors all the time..... Most errors mean that I can not use the Mac Mini until I connect a screen, mouse and keyboard to repair the problem.....
1) I have to have the Ipad "forget" the ad-hoc network name before I turn the Mac Mini on.
2) At random times the Mac Mini says that the Network Name already exsists.
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Any help would be much appreciated!

You might try the steps in this Knowledge Base article;
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=304482
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For what it's worth, I contacted the support team at Avatron (the developer of Air Display) and asked whether they had any workarounds. Here's what they came up with:
Thanks for contacting us at Avatron support about the issues that you've been seeing when connecting via an ad hoc network. I was unaware of this problem but after doing some testing this morning it seems to happen with one of our iOS 7 iPad 2s as well.
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Thanks a lot and best regards, O.
PS. Meanwhile I found the term "HP wireless direct" which seems to stand in for an ad hoc network. Unfortunately I haven't found any list of printers which support HP wireless direct.
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LearningAdHoc,
I am going to speak from the prospective of the m251 laserjet printer with regards to wireless direct. If you are looking at this printer's control panel and turn wireless direct on, then your iOS device will detect it. You can even go into your Embedded Web Server (EWS) and change your wireless direct and Bonjour name if you would like to make it more recognizable or have more than one printer your would like to have on the network. Once you have done have turned on the wireless direct from your control panel, you go into your setting on your iOS device, wi-fi > choose a network > and choose the printer (caveat - the "spinning wheel" will keep turning, just ignore it). Go back to your setting main menu and you should see that your printer has been choose as the access point. You can then go into your photos, safari, etc and print from them by choose the action button and when the menu comes up choose print > select your print (should already be selected).
The wireless direct connection and the cellular internet connection can be used at the same time but a word of caution....if you have a wi fi network setup, you will have to jump between the 2 to print....make sense?
I am an HP employee.
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