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HowtoCreateaWiFiHotspotUsingthe
CommandPrompt
Nowadaysinternetconnectivityhasbecomeoneofthethingsthatweneed
themost.Itwouldbeniceifwecanuseourcomputer'sfastinternet
Connection.SoguysthesolutionisWirelessHostedNetwork.Thisconceptof
WirelessHostednetworkwasintroducedinWindows7.Byusingthisfeature
wecaneasilycreateavirtualwirelessadapter.Todothisweonlyrequirea
CMD(CommandPrompt!)withAdministratorprivileges.Andbestofallyoucan
connecttoanotherWiFiwhenHostedNetworkisrunning.Thisprocess
describessomeofthecommandsthatareavailableonlyinWindows7or
Windows8ReadyPC.
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Steps

1 Run.Pressthe"Windowskey"and"R"buttonsatthesametime.TheRunwindow
willpopup.
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2 CommandPrompt.Type"cmd"intheboxthenhit"Enter"orOK.TheCommand
Promptwillpopup,withAdministrativePrivileges.

3 DeviceCheck.Typenetshwlanshowdriversincommandpromptandpress
enter.
Itwillshowtheoutputliketheimage.
IntheoutputHostednetworksupported:Yesmeansthatyourcomputersupports
hostednetworks.Verifythis.

4 Create.Typenetshwlansethostednetworkmode=allow
ssid=Hotspotnamekey=passwordinCommandprompt.Thiswillcreatea
Hotspotbutitiscurrentlyoffline.

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5 Start.Typenetshwlanstarthostednetworkincommandprompttostartthe
hotspotyoujustcreated.

6 Stop.Typenetshwlanstophostednetworkincommandprompttostopthe
hotspot.

7 Details.Typenetshwlanshowhostednetworktocheckthehotspotstatus.

8 Internet.ToshareyourinternetconnectiononthishotspotgototheNetworkand
sharingcenterandclickonChangeadaptersetting.Hererightclickonthe
Connectionthatyouusetoconnecttointernetandselectproperties.Inpropertiesgoto
Sharingtabandcheckthebox"Allowothernetworkuserstoconnectthroughthis
computer'sinternetconnectionandselectthenetworkconnectionnamethatisusedby
yourhotspot.(ForthischecktheNetworkConnectionWindowandlookforConnection
whichsaysMicrosoftHostedNetworkVirtualAdapter).Andsaveit.Nowyourinternet
connectionisshared.
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Tips

Youcanwritethiscommandsina.batfileandkeepitondesktopfor
Quickaccess.
AndRunitasadministratorandyourhotspotisrunning.
Nowasyouguysarethinkingthisissomuchtyping.Butyoucandoit
anotherway.OpenNotepadandtypeallthecommandsandsavethe
fileas".bat"extension.Example.hots.bat

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Warnings

UsingAdministratorprivilegesforCMDismusttorunthiscommands.
Itwillshowerrorwithoutit.

SourcesandCitations

HereisthelinkofMicrosoftMSDNpagethatcontainsallotheruseful
commandonWirelessHostedNetwork"http://msdn.microsoft.com/en
us/library/windows/desktop/dd815243(v=vs.85).aspx"

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