How to set hosted network: Changing your laptops into WIFI router!!!!
You can make your laptop a WIFI router. To do this task you can use command prompt(cmd).
Click on START, select RUN and type cmd and press enter. In Win 8 type cmd in search bar, When you see command prompt on search result, right click on cmd and choose the optionRun as administrator or you can press ctrl+shift and enter to open as administrator. Type the following key word and press enter on the command prompt.
See if there is yes on hosted network supported.
If there is yes then you can do your work. Then type following key word and press enter.
netsh wlan set hostednetwork mode=allow ssid=name key=12345678
In place of name and 12345678 you can use your own. Remember the key(password) should be greater than or equal to 8 character.
Type following key word and press enter.
netsh wlan start hostednetwork
Your hosted network has been started.
Then open network and sharing center from control panel. You will see change adapter settings on the top left side. Open it, you will see the network to which you are connected along with the network that you have just created. In my case, it is Local Area Connection *3 which i have just created.
Then right click on the network in which you are connected and open properties. On the top of the properties dialogue box you will see sharing. Click on that option and click on the box containing Allow other network user….. and choose the network you have created. Then press OK.
Now you can connect to the network you have created on other WIFI devices and enjoy net surfing.
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