brandobean
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I've wasted SO many hours on this this week. Staying in a hotel in Europe with only wired Wifi. I was able to create a Virtual hotspot one night, but then I restarted my computer and I can't get it to work again.
Here is what I did:
1) made sure no other virtual Network adaptor programs were running (I had Hamachi LogMeIn on this laptop too. I exited it and killed the process). Also made sure I wasn't currently connected to wifi occupying the adaptor.
2) Download and install Virtual Router Manager 1.0 from https://virtualrouter.codeplex.com/
3) Run it and tell it to set up a virtual network with the name [SSID NAME] and password [password]
(this app basically just automates the Windows Shell commands that creates a virtual network adaptor).
4) Right click on the Ethernet adaptor that has the working net connection and choose Properties -> Sharing and tell it to use the Virtual Network Wireless adaptor created in step #3
5) Right click on The Virtual network adaptor created in step #3 and UN-check support for IpV6. This handy tip got it to work in the first place.
So it worked ONE night. … But I’ve repeated this steps 5 times now, and NOTHING. It doesn’t even create the wireless network for others to see. I’ve rebooted a few times too.
See this screenshot of what my adaptors look like:
I'm so upset with this I'm actually considering walking down the street and BUYING a damn router. Also, mocking me is all the MacBook pro wifi hotspots I can see others have created when I scan for the Wireless network from my phone.
help and be my hero?
Here is what I did:
1) made sure no other virtual Network adaptor programs were running (I had Hamachi LogMeIn on this laptop too. I exited it and killed the process). Also made sure I wasn't currently connected to wifi occupying the adaptor.
2) Download and install Virtual Router Manager 1.0 from https://virtualrouter.codeplex.com/
3) Run it and tell it to set up a virtual network with the name [SSID NAME] and password [password]
(this app basically just automates the Windows Shell commands that creates a virtual network adaptor).
4) Right click on the Ethernet adaptor that has the working net connection and choose Properties -> Sharing and tell it to use the Virtual Network Wireless adaptor created in step #3
5) Right click on The Virtual network adaptor created in step #3 and UN-check support for IpV6. This handy tip got it to work in the first place.
So it worked ONE night. … But I’ve repeated this steps 5 times now, and NOTHING. It doesn’t even create the wireless network for others to see. I’ve rebooted a few times too.
See this screenshot of what my adaptors look like:
I'm so upset with this I'm actually considering walking down the street and BUYING a damn router. Also, mocking me is all the MacBook pro wifi hotspots I can see others have created when I scan for the Wireless network from my phone.
help and be my hero?
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