How To Make Your Laptop "A WiFi Hotspot"
Hi Fellas
I have seen most of my friends sharing internet data by activating WiFi Hotspot option in their Smartphones.
Well internet makes life easy specially for students :D :D .
But yeah, I have also seen most of them facing problems if they want a WiFi Hotspot on their Laptops.
As we all know that there is an option for connecting your laptop to a WiFi Network but, there is no such option for making your laptop, a WiFi Hotspot
But Guys, it is possible for creating a WiFi Hotspot on your laptops. Just you have to follow some simple steps.
Steps
1. First of all your WiFi adapter should be switched on. It is either given as an external button or requires a simple click (Different for different laptops).
2. Go to Command Prompt (CMD) and run it as Administrator.
3. Then write a code as
netsh wlan set hostednetwork mode=allow ssid=id_name key=Password
here in the above code in id_name you can give any name for your
WiFi Hotspot which will be visible to others and in Password, you are supposed to give a minimum eight character password.
4. Hit enter and you get an output similar to the screenshot given below.
5. Now write a code as
netsh wlan start hostednetwork
6. Hit enter and you get an output similar to the screenshot given below.
At this point you have successfully created a network. Now you need to provide internet on that network.
7. Goto Network and Sharing center and the screen will be like this as shown below
8. Here click on the connection which is the primary source of internet to your laptop. In my case its TATA Photon+.
9. You will get a screen as given below, in that click on properties
10. You get an output like as shown below, in that click on Sharing.
11. You will get a screen as given below, in it click on
"Allow other network users to connect through this computer's internet connection"
and then select the network connection which contains * from the drop down list. In my case the network connection which contains * is
"Local Area Connection* 13"
Here the * shows the network you have just created using CMD.
12. Now click OK and you will see your created network's "Access Type: Internet" as shown below, this means that your WiFi Hotspot is ready. Now check your Smartphone's or other laptop's for your created WiFi Network :) .
