A wifi hotspot is like a virtual router which is capable of sharing other sources of internets. If you can make a hotspot from your computer (wifi enables) then you can use the internet on your phone, tablets, other laptop or desktop (with wifi), any wifi enables devices. Remember you can not share your internet unless you are using a non-wifi primary internet. That means if you are accessing the internet through wifi then you can not share the same with wifi unless you have another wifi card on your PC.
Tutorials:
Step 1:
Switch on WIfi of your laptop.
Step 2:
Open comand-prompt in windows by going to start menu and type "cmd" without quote. Then right click on it and click "Run as administrator".
Step 3:
In the command-prompt type: "netsh wlan set hostednetwork mode=allow" and then press enter
Step 4:
After that type "netsh wlan set hostednetwork ssid = "Your wifi hotspot name" key = "your password"" then enter. The password should be at least 8 characters.
Step 5:
Now your hotspot is ready for use. To start the hotspot type: "netsh wlan start hostednetwork" and then enter.
Step 6:
Your hotspot is started but it will not share the internet till now. To share the internet you have to enables the option from network and sharing center. This is a one-time process only. To do that go to your control panel and click on "Network and sharing center" as shown below.
Step 7:
In the green box of the below image is the name of the newly created hotspot network. Remember the name and click on the red box.
Step 8:
Then click on "Properties" from the 'Ethernet status' window as shown below.
Step 9:
Now click on 'Sharing'.
Step 10:
Tick on the box beside "Alow other network users.......". Choose the network name from the drop down box below "Home networking connection" (If you have multiple networks) otherwise it will be automatic selected the the network you have just created. Then click 'OK'.
Step 11:
Your hotspot is ready to connect. To start your hotspot you have to switch on wifi and go to Comand-prompt as administrator and follow step 5. If you do not want to go every time to command-prompt and type command then you can make a batch file to start hotspot. For that, you can follow this link.
*To stop the hotspot simple open command-prompt as administrator and type "netsh wlan stop hostednetwork" and then press 'Enter'.
Note: If you want a video tutorial on this then you can watch that here.
Step 5:
Now your hotspot is ready for use. To start the hotspot type: "netsh wlan start hostednetwork" and then enter.
Step 6:
Your hotspot is started but it will not share the internet till now. To share the internet you have to enables the option from network and sharing center. This is a one-time process only. To do that go to your control panel and click on "Network and sharing center" as shown below.
Step 7:
In the green box of the below image is the name of the newly created hotspot network. Remember the name and click on the red box.
Step 8:
Then click on "Properties" from the 'Ethernet status' window as shown below.
Step 9:
Now click on 'Sharing'.
Step 10:
Tick on the box beside "Alow other network users.......". Choose the network name from the drop down box below "Home networking connection" (If you have multiple networks) otherwise it will be automatic selected the the network you have just created. Then click 'OK'.
Step 11:
Your hotspot is ready to connect. To start your hotspot you have to switch on wifi and go to Comand-prompt as administrator and follow step 5. If you do not want to go every time to command-prompt and type command then you can make a batch file to start hotspot. For that, you can follow this link.
*To stop the hotspot simple open command-prompt as administrator and type "netsh wlan stop hostednetwork" and then press 'Enter'.
Note: If you want a video tutorial on this then you can watch that here.
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