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How To Create A Wifi Hotspot Using The Command Prompt: Steps

This document provides steps to create a WiFi hotspot using the command prompt in Windows 7 or 8. It explains that using the hosted network feature, you can create a virtual wireless adapter to share your computer's internet connection. The steps include opening the command prompt as administrator, checking for hosted network support, creating the hotspot with commands specifying the SSID and password, starting and stopping the hotspot, and configuring internet sharing properties to allow other devices to access the internet connection through the hotspot. Creating these commands in a .bat file allows quick access to start the hotspot without typing each command individually.

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How To Create A Wifi Hotspot Using The Command Prompt: Steps

This document provides steps to create a WiFi hotspot using the command prompt in Windows 7 or 8. It explains that using the hosted network feature, you can create a virtual wireless adapter to share your computer's internet connection. The steps include opening the command prompt as administrator, checking for hosted network support, creating the hotspot with commands specifying the SSID and password, starting and stopping the hotspot, and configuring internet sharing properties to allow other devices to access the internet connection through the hotspot. Creating these commands in a .bat file allows quick access to start the hotspot without typing each command individually.

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How to Create a WiFi Hotspot Using the

Command Prompt
Now-a-days internet connectivity has become one of the things that we need the most. It would be
nice if we can use our computer's fast internet Connection. So guys the solution is W ireless Hosted
Network. This concept of W ireless Hosted network was introduced in W indows 7. By using this
feature we can easily create a virtual wireless adapter.To do this we only require a CMD(Command
Prompt!) with Administrator privileges. And best of all you can connect to another W iFi when
Hosted Network is running. This
process describes some of the commands that are available only in W indows
7 or W indows 8 Ready PC.

Steps

1
Run. Press the "Windows key" and "R" buttons at the same time. The Run window will pop up.

2
Command Prompt. Type "cmd" in the box then hit "Enter" or OK. The Command
Prompt will pop up, with Administrative Privileges.

3
Device Check. Type netsh wlan show drivers in command prompt and press enter.
It will show the output like the image.
In the output Hosted network supported :Yes means that your computer supports hosted networks. Verify this.

4
Create. Type
netsh wlan set hostednetwork mode=allow ssid=marshamia key=qq20102011
in Command prompt. This will create a Hotspot but it is currently offline.

5
Start. Type

netsh wlan start hostednetwork

in command prompt to start the hotspot you just created.

6
Stop. Type
netsh wlan stop hostednetwork
in command prompt to stop the hotspot.

Details. Type
netsh wlan show hostednetwork
to check the hotspot status.

7
8
Internet. To share your internet connection on this hotspot go to the Network and sharing center and click on Change
adapter setting. Here right click on the
Connection that you use to connect to internet and select properties. In properties go to Sharing tab and check the
box "Allow other network users to connect through this computer's internet connection and select the network
connection name that is used by your hotspot.(For this check the Network Connection Window and look for
Connection which says Microsoft Hosted Network Virtual Adapter). And save it. Now your inter net
connection is shared.

We could really use your help!

You can write this commands in a .bat file and keep it on desktop for
Quick access.
And Run it as administrator and your hotspot is running.
Now as you guys are thinking this is so much typing. But you can do it another way. Open Notepad
and type all the commands and save the file as ".bat" extension. Example. hots.bat

Warnings
Using Administrator privileges for CMD is must to run this commands.
It will show error without it.

Sources and Citations


Here is the link of Microsoft MSDN page that contains all other useful command on W ireless
Hosted Network "http://m sdn.microsoft.com

/en-us/library/windows/desktop/dd815243(v=vs.85).aspx"

Article Info

Categories: Wireless Networking


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