"Ad hoc" network for hosting WiFi devices

[Doug Shepherd]

I have a fairly specific need...I'd like to create a backup camera for my motorcycle. I don't care for any of the car-based devices, and I'd like to use my Note 3 as a monitor (since I've already got a handlebar mount for it). It seems to me that a straight-up IP cam should work, provided I can configure the Note 3 to host an ad hoc network for it. I don't need a data connection to the interwebs, so I'm reluctant to pay the supplier (AT&T) extra money each month just so I can create a hotspot that I don't need, and I'm really not interested in rooting the phone if I can avoid it.

Is there a (free, non-rooting) way to create an "ad hoc" network, with no data connection, just to connect to an IP cam? It doesn't seem like this should be impossible to do.

 

[dhatter]

maybe this helps . With the app "es file explorer " using the net manager part , an add-hoc hotspot can be created without rooting .

 

[Doug Shepherd]

Oh wow, thanks for the info. I've been using ES for years and never knew it could do that sort of thing. I'll try that when my hardware arrives. Thanks again!

 

[Doug Shepherd]

Ah, bummer. I tried it on my lunch hour, and it takes me directly to the "your carrier doesn't allow hotspot functionality unless you pay them extra" screen. Oh well.