[Q] no ad-hoc support on karbonn st3 !?

i recently got karbonn st3_blade
android version 4.0.4
baseband versio 1.5
kernal version 3.0.8+


and it doesn't connect to the wifi from my phone n8 (joikuspot)
bit of googling told me that android tablets dont support ad-hoc wifi networks..(my n8 gives off ad-hoc)
is it true?
Then how to work around this problem?

The wifi signal shows up on the tab with an '*' ..but it wont connect to it -_-

any suggestion would be helpful....