How to turn your Windows 10 PC into a wireless hotspot

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Windows 10 includes a feature called "Hosted Network" that allows you to turn your computer into a wireless hotspot, and share an internet connection with other devices.

Solving:

Step 1. Open the Command Prompt with administrator rights. To do this, use the Windows key + X keyboard shortcut, and select Command Prompt (Admin).

Step 2. Verify your computer's physical wireless adapter supports this feature using the following command:

NETSH WLAN show drivers

If the generated output shows Hosted network supported: Yes, then you can continue.

If No, you could try using a USB wireless adapter that supports the feature.

Step 3. While in Command Prompt (Admin) enter the following command:

NETSH WLAN set hostednetwork mode=allow ssid=Your_SSID key=Your_Passphrase

Where the SSID would be the name you want to identify your wireless network, and the passphrase is the network security key.

(Remember that the passphrase has to be at least 8 characters in length.)

Step 4. Once you created a Hosted Network, enter the following command to activate it:

NETSH WLAN start hostednetwork

Step 5. Use the Windows key + X keyboard shortcut to open the Power User menu, and select Network Connections.

Step 6. Next, right-click the network adapter with an internet connection – this could be a traditional Ethernet or wireless network adapter — select Properties.

Step 7. Click the Sharing tab. Check the Allow other network users to connect through this computer's Internet connection option.

Next, from the Home networking connection drop-down menu select the Microsoft Hosted Virtual Adapter. Click OK to finish.

At this point, you should be able to see and connect any wireless capable device to the newly created software access point, and with access to the internet.

If you want to temporary stop allowing other devices to connect wirelessly through your computer, you can type the following command in the Command Prompt and hit Enter:

NETSH WLAN stop hostednetwork

At any time, you can just use the start variant of the command to allow other devices to connect to the internet using your computer as an access point without extra configuration:

NETSH WLAN start hostednetwork

In the case you want to change some of the current settings, such as SSID or network security you can use the following commands:

NETSH WLAN set hostednetwork ssid=Your_New_SSID

NETSH WLAN set hostednetwork key=Your_New_Passphrase

There are two commands to view the Hosted Network settings on your computer:

The following command shows the mode and SSID name in use, max number of clients that can connect, type of authentication, and cipher:

NETSH WLAN show hostednetwork

And the following command will also reveal the current network security key among other settings, similar to the previous command:

NETSH WLAN show hostednetwork setting=security