Setting up a wifi hotspot - with difficulty

I am trying to setup a wifi hotspot in my Windows 8.1
I have been trying to do this manually in the Command Prompt as all the proprietry systems 4 No) I tried all failed after about 12 hrs
I used the following command "netsh wlan start hostednetwork mode=allow ssid=NAME=password"
And obtained the correct response
I then typed "netsh wlan start hostednetwork" and got the following response
" The hosted network could not be started
The group or resource is not in the correct state to perform the requested operation"
How can I determine what this means and how is it resolved
I did check using the command prompt that this was possible with the computer and received acknowledgement
Many thanks for any assistance

Probably silly idea , but have you checked that the wireless network adapter is fully enabled in Device Manager?

Checked it but its fine - Thanks

Additional information from posting tips

Also Device manager

ICS or Internet Connection Sharing is going away. Using a computer as a Bridge for a connection. You are going to run into problems always.

You never stated what you are using for connecting to the Internet. If it is that computer and you are sharing the connection as I stated above. Really you would be best to just get a router to share the connection. If it is a Cellular mobile connection. They make routers that allow that. The Cisco RV-320 is just one, that you can connect a USB Cellular mobile hotspot into and share the connection.

check to see if your device supports hosted networks open up a command prompt as administrator and type or paste this command

Code:

[/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT][COLOR=#545454][FONT=monospace]netsh wlan show drivers |clip[/FONT][/COLOR][FONT=monospace][SIZE=3][COLOR=#545454]

This will copy the results to your clipboard , paste the results in your answer I highlighted the line in red that indicates my wifi card is capable of doing what you want




Interface name: Wi-Fi


Driver : Qualcomm Atheros AR5B97 Wireless Network Adapter
Vendor : Qualcomm Atheros Communications Inc.
Provider : Microsoft
Date : 5/3/2013
Version : 3.0.1.155
INF file : C:\Windows\INF\netathrx.inf
Files : 2 total
C:\Windows\system32\DRIVERS\athwnx.sys
C:\Windows\system32\drivers\vwifibus.sys
Type : Native Wi-Fi Driver
Radio types supported : 802.11b 802.11g 802.11n
FIPS 140-2 mode supported : Yes
802.11w Management Frame Protection supported : Yes
Hosted network supported : Yes
Authentication and cipher supported in infrastructure mode:
Open None
Open WEP-40bit
Open WEP-104bit
Open WEP
WPA-Enterprise TKIP
WPA-Personal TKIP
WPA2-Enterprise TKIP
WPA2-Personal TKIP
Vendor defined TKIP
WPA2-Enterprise Vendor defined
Vendor defined Vendor defined
WPA-Enterprise CCMP
WPA-Personal CCMP
WPA2-Enterprise CCMP
Vendor defined CCMP
WPA2-Enterprise Vendor defined
Vendor defined Vendor defined
WPA2-Personal CCMP
Vendor defined Vendor defined
Authentication and cipher supported in ad-hoc mode:
Open None
Open WEP-40bit
Open WEP-104bit
Open WEP
WPA2-Personal CCMP
Vendor defined Vendor defined

Hi
I had checked that it does. Below is the full report
Interface name: Wi-Fi 2


Driver : 802.11n USB Wireless LAN Card
Vendor : Ralink Technology, Corp.
Provider : Microsoft
Date : 15/5/2013
Version : 5.1.2.0
INF file : C:\Windows\INF\netr28ux.inf
Files : 2 total
C:\Windows\system32\DRIVERS\netr28ux.sys
C:\Windows\system32\drivers\vwifibus.sys
Type : Native Wi-Fi Driver
Radio types supported : 802.11b 802.11g 802.11n
FIPS 140-2 mode supported : Yes
802.11w Management Frame Protection supported : Yes
Hosted network supported : Yes
Authentication and cipher supported in infrastructure mode:
Open None
Open WEP-40bit
Open WEP-104bit
Open WEP
WPA-Enterprise TKIP
WPA-Enterprise CCMP
WPA-Personal TKIP
WPA-Personal CCMP
WPA2-Enterprise TKIP
WPA2-Enterprise CCMP
WPA2-Personal TKIP
WPA2-Personal CCMP
Vendor defined TKIP
Vendor defined CCMP
WPA2-Enterprise Vendor defined
WPA2-Enterprise Vendor defined
Vendor defined Vendor defined
Vendor defined Vendor defined
Vendor defined Vendor defined
Authentication and cipher supported in ad-hoc mode:
Open None
Open WEP-40bit
Open WEP-104bit
Open WEP
WPA2-Personal CCMP
Vendor defined Vendor defined


Interface name: Wi-Fi


Driver : Qualcomm Atheros AR956x Wireless Network Adapter
Vendor : Qualcomm Atheros Communications Inc.
Provider : Qualcomm Atheros Communications Inc.
Date : 15/8/2013
Version : 10.0.0.263
INF file : C:\Windows\INF\oem15.inf
Files : 2 total
C:\Windows\system32\DRIVERS\athwbx.sys
C:\Windows\system32\drivers\vwifibus.sys
Type : Native Wi-Fi Driver
Radio types supported : 802.11b 802.11g 802.11n
FIPS 140-2 mode supported : Yes
802.11w Management Frame Protection supported : Yes
Hosted network supported : Yes
Authentication and cipher supported in infrastructure mode:
Open None
Open WEP-40bit
Open WEP-104bit
Open WEP
WPA-Enterprise TKIP
WPA-Personal TKIP
WPA2-Enterprise TKIP
WPA2-Personal TKIP
Vendor defined TKIP
WPA2-Enterprise Vendor defined
Vendor defined Vendor defined
WPA-Enterprise CCMP
WPA-Personal CCMP
WPA2-Enterprise CCMP
Vendor defined CCMP
WPA2-Enterprise Vendor defined
Vendor defined Vendor defined
WPA2-Personal CCMP
Vendor defined Vendor defined
Authentication and cipher supported in ad-hoc mode:
Open None
Open WEP-40bit
Open WEP-104bit
Open WEP
WPA2-Personal CCMP
Vendor defined Vendor defined

You might try using wireless N rather than B which is outdated. You should be able to change over to N by going into the routers settings and changing it to use 802.11n Only rather than the mixed settings.

You will also want to use security like WPA2 and AES encryption. Open networks may not even work for this.

ICS is inherently unreliable but sometimes can be made to work decently in some cases.