Monday, November 5, 2018

How to use Laptops as a WiFi HotSpot

1. Open command prompt as administrator
2.  Type Command

netsh wlan show drivers

check if "Hosted network supported : yes"

Note : if this shows no then it would not be possible to create WiFi Hotspot

netsh wlan set hostednetwork mode=allow ssid=<SSIDName> key=<8digitKey>

netsh wlan start hostednetwork

3. Open Control-Panel (small-icons)

ControlPanel > Network and Sharing Centre > Change adapter settings

Note : Here The local Are connection we created with ssid name would be seen , note down the lan number

RtClick on Ethernet ( wherever Internet is connected) and click on Properties
Open Sharing Tab
Check on the 1st 'Allow other network users to connect .... '
Choose the Newly created ssid Local Area Connection ##

Click Ok

4. Check wifi working in any other device ( Mobile / Tablet ...)

5. To stop

netsh wlan stop hostednetwork 
                     


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