Sunday 3 July 2016

How to Create a Virtual Wi-Fi Hotspot by using CMD

In Today's World Internet Connectivity has become one of the most important things that we need. It would be more helpful when we get a fast internet connection, and it would be the most helpful when we get a Wi-Fi Connectivity. From Windows 7 towards Microsoft includes the virtual Wi-Fi hotspot features. Today I will show you how to create a Virtual Wi-Fi Hotspot on your Laptop by using CMD and without using any third party utility. It will support on Windows 7, Windows 8 and Windows 10.

To know how to create a Virtual Wi-Fi Hotspot on Windows then follow some steps:

Step 1: Open CMD and run as Administrator.

Step 2: Check the Driver is it install or not?

netsh wlan show drivers

If Hosted network supported will be yes, then you can further continue the step

Step 3: To Create a Virtual Wi-Fi

netsh wlan set hostednetwork mode=allow ssid= mywifi key= password

You can change the SSID name and key
For, e.g.,

ssid= MyRouter
key=123456789

Step 4: To Start a Wi-Fi

Make sure that your Wi-Fi is ONN.

netsh wlan start hostednetwork

Step 5: To Access the Internet

Open Network and Sharing Center >> Ethernet >> Properties >> Click on Sharing Tab >> Tick on all the Checkboxes and select the Home networking connection from the Drop Down List (Make sure that your Home networking connection is same as your Wi-Fi connection).