Create WiFi Hotspot in Windows using Command Prompt

Create WiFi Hotspot in Windows OS

WiFi Hotspot For Windows 8.1/8/7 using Command Prompt

  


How to create WiFi hotspot network without using any software’s within 2 minutes by using your command prompt in Windows 7 or Windows 8.1/8

Step 1:
First you need to know that whether your PC hardware supports hotspot feature or not. To check this follow the instructions.

Open your command prompt in administrative mode (if you don’t know this post your comment I will tell you) Enter this command

             netsh wlan show drivers 


 

>> If it show “yes” as you can in image you can create WiFi hotspot in your PC.
Go ahead you’re almost done. If it shows No you PC can’t create hotspot.
Don’t close your command prompt until i say close it because we need it again.

Step 2:

• Enter the below command (your CMD must be open in administrative mode). The Past following Command

netsh wlan set hostednetwork mode=allow ssid=SwapnilTech key=SwapnilHaxoR

• Hit enter then you will see like in below image.If you see image like below then your doing right.Now your hotspot is activated in your PC.

Here SwapnilTech is your WiFi name and SwapnilHaxoR is your password. You can change your password if you want.

Step 3:
This is to switch on the created WiFi network Again Enter the below command.

netsh wlan start hostednetwork

Press Enter >> Now you will see the command prompt as below.
Now can close your CMD if you want. your hotspot is created you can see it in your other devices.

      

Step 4:
This is to share internet connection with other devices.

• Click on windows button in your keyboard .
• Then type Network and sharing as shown in below image
• click on settings there highlighted with yellow then click on the red marked option.

The virtual wireless adapter is now started and shown in the Network and Sharing Center.

   

You can connect all your devices to the newly created wireless network. However, it has no Internet access. If you stop at this point, when you connect other devices and computers to the newly created access point, you can create a network between them and use it to share files and resources.

# Allow Internet Access For The Devices That Are Connected To The Virtual WiFi Network

Open the Network and Sharing Center. Notice that the virtual network adapter you just created is displayed as active, but it has no Internet access at this time.

   

Click or Tap the connection of the physical network adapter that currently has Internet access. In our case, it is an Ethernet connection.
 

   

This opens the Status window for the selected network adapter. Click or tap Properties.

     
In the Properties window, go to the Sharing tab.
 

     

In order to give Internet access to the virtual WiFi adapter that was created earlier, check the box near "Allow other network users to connect through this computer's Internet connection".

Then, select the virtual adapter that was created earlier.

    

Click or tap OK and Close to save the settings you've made.
Go back to the Network and Sharing Center and you will notice that the virtual network adapter now has Internet access.

     

The virtual adapter now gives Internet access to all the devices that are connected to it.


# How To Fix "The Hosted Network Couldn’t Be Started" in Windows

Steps:

• Open “Device Manager” and click on “View” >> “Show Hidden Devices”
• Now navigate to “Network Adapters” and browse to “Microsoft Hosted Network Virtual Adapter”
• Right click on it and choose “Enable”.
• Now the hosted network is connected.

  
Then Try Step 2 & 3

Enjoy Wifi Hotspot without Software.
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