Saturday, November 24, 2012

steps to turning your win8 laptop into wifi hotspot


A step by step tutorial with fotos on how to turn your laptop/netbook/tablet running windows 8 into a wifi hotspot.

requirement: Computer with built in wifi and windows 8. I believe this also works for windows 7.


STEP 1. Open Command Prompt as Admin.

To open Command Prompt right click on the lower left corner of the windows 8 desktop OR hold windows_button+X and click Command Prompt(Admin).

OR
Search Cmd from the windows 8 Start menu and right click Command prompt options. Then left click run as Administrator.

This will open the Administrator: Command Prompt.

STEP 2. Type netsh wlan set hostednetwork mode=allow ssid=XXXXX key=XXXXXXXX, then Enter.
ssid - is your wlan network name.
key - is your password for the network. must be 8 characters long.

STEP 3. Type netsh wlan start hostednetwork , then enter.

This will start the Microsoft Hosted Network Virtual Adapter.

STEP 4. Open Network Connections.

To do this Right Click or hold windows_button+X, then left click Control Panel.

OR 
search Control from windows 8 Start Menu to open Control Panel.

Open Network and Sharing Center.

Left click Change adapter settings to Open Network Connections.

Network Connections.


STEP 5/Last step. Allow other network users to connect through this computer’s Internet connection.

To do this. Right click the icon that has internet connection, then open properties. In this example, I am using a Mobile broadband 2 for internet connection. 

Go to Sharing. Check "Allow other network users to connect through this computer’s Internet connection". Then Choose the Microsoft Hosted Network Virtual Adapter -in this case, on my computer it is the Local Area Connection* 13. Then Click OK.


That's it. Your computer is a wifi hotspot.


summary:
1. Open Command Prompt as Admin
2. Type and enter in command prompt to set. netsh wlan set hostednetwork mode=allow ssid=yourname key=yourpassword
3. Type and enter in command prompt to start Microsoft Hosted Network Virtual Adapter. netsh wlan start hostednetwork
4. Open Network Connections
5. Allow other network users to connect through this computer's internet connection

To STOP  Microsoft Hosted Network Virtual Adapter.
Open Command Prompt as Admin and enter.
netsh wlan stop hostednetwork

To  SHOW info. will also show how many clients are connected.
Open Command Prompt as Admin and enter.
netsh wlan show hostednetwork


Internet sharing will be turned off once the computer is restarted. If wlan hostednetwork has been SET, there is no need to set it again as it will be saved. This time just type in administration: command promt netsh wlan start hostednetwork to start. If you use a different connection either ethernet or wifi, just right click the icon and repeat step 5.



Commands
netsh wlan set hostednetwork mode=allow ssid=NAME key=PASSWORD
netsh wlan start hostednetwork
netsh wlan show hostednetwork
netsh wlan stop hostednetwork



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