How to Create a WiFi Hotspot in Windows 8 and 8.1
InformationThis tutorial will show you how to create a virtual WLAN network on your WiFi equipped computer, to be used as a Hotspot to share the Internet connection with other WiFi devices when the router does not allow or support WLAN.
For this tutorial you will need the following:
For this tutorial you will need the following:
- A computer with both ETHERNET (LAN) and WLAN network adapters, ETHERNET connected to Internet
- Windows 8 or later, any edition
- A working Internet connection
- Time required: less than two minutes
STEP 1: Enable but disconnect the WLAN adapter
In order to share the WiFi connection it must be enabled but disconnected. If your WLAN adapter shows it is enabled but not connected you can jump to step 2:
Otherwise be sure to enable WLAN and disconnect it if connected to a WLAN network.
1.1 Enable WLAN:
1.2 Disconnect WLAN from a WiFi network:
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STEP 2: Create a virtual WiFi network
2.1 Open an elevated command prompt.
2.2 Type the following command to create a virtual WLAN network (HotSpot), hit Enter:
Code:
netsh wlan set hostednetwork mode=allow [COLOR=#ff0000][B]ssid=EightForums[/B][/COLOR] [COLOR=#008000][B]key=YourPassword[/B][/COLOR](SSID = give your HotSpot any name you want to, KEY = give the HotSpot any pre-shared key (password) you want to.)
2.3 Still in elevated Command Prompt, start the HotSpot by giving the following command:
Code:
netsh wlan start hostednetwork
2.4 Network Connections will now show a new virtual connection and that it is already connected to the HotSpot we created, in this case the "EightForums":
STEP 3: Share the ETHERNET connection with your virtual connection:
3.1 Right click your actual working ETHERNET (LAN) connection, select Properties:
3.2 On Sharing tab select Allow other network users to connect through this computer's Internet connection, select your virtual network connection from the drop down list, click OK to save settings:
3.3 Done! Your HotSpot is now online:
3.4 You can connect your other WiFi devices to your HotSpot and start surfing. In this example I have connected an Android device to my HotSpot:
STEP 4: Turn Off the HotSpot
4.1 Open an elevated Command Prompt, give the following command:
Code:
netsh wlan stop hostednetwork
4.2 Turning the computer off or rebooting also turns the HotSpot off. However, the HotSpot still exists (it "survives" the reboot); from now on you only need to turn it on when needed with the netsh wlan start hostednetwork command.
That's it! Happy surfing
.Kari
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