My company will be attending a trade show in March, and the wi-fi could be spotty especially under peak loads. We don't really need Internet, we just need our Android tablets to be able to hit a laptop we'll have there. The laptop will be running a web server.
Is it possible to use a wireless router or something to enable the tablet to connect to the laptop by IP address, even with no Internet available? Please explain conceptually how to build / set this up.
Best Answer
Conceptually, it's quite simple: You set up a wireless router and all your devices connect to it, creating a wireless LAN. You don't need anything else.
There are a few things to note: