How to create a Wi-Fi hotspot in Windows 8?

Most of you might have faced a problem in creating the Wi-Fi hotspot in Windows 8. Yes it is a bit tricky if you are a GUI lover and didn’t have worked with the core Window's components. Windows 7 directly provides an option to create a hotspot but this feature is absent in Windows 8. Well we need not have to worry as command prompt always comes out as a handy tool with all the solutions ready.

Things which you need to share your internet with other Wi-Fi Devices:

•  A Working Internet Connection (Either Dial Up Connection or Else Lan Internet Connection)
• A Built In or External Wi-Fi adapter which supports the sharing ability for internet connection
• A laptop surely and a brain!

Here we present a post with step-by-step guide to create a Wi-Fi hotspot in Windows 8.

Step 1: Open Command Prompt in admin mode from start. For opening CMD in administrator mode you need to right click it and then open the cmd in “Administrator Mode“.

Step 2: Now we have to find out whether our computer supports Wi-Fi sharing or not. We will do so by the following command.

Type as it is in cmd: netsh wlan show drivers

Hope you see a yes, in the hosted network support as shown below:

Step 3: Now we will create a Wi-Fi hotspot. And for this we will again take the help of command prompt by typing the below command as it is:

netsh wlan set hostednetwork mode=allow ssid=nameOfwifiHotspot key=yourpassword

In the above command replace the “nameOfwifiHotspot” with the desired network name and replace “yourpassword” with the desired password which will be used by others to connect to the hotspot.  

Press the Enter key and hotspot will be created.

Step 4: To start the hotspot we type the below command:

netsh wlan start hostednetwork

Press enter and the hotspot will be created and will be discoverable by the other devices as well.

Sharing the working internet connection with the windows 8 Wi-Fi hotspot:

We are here with everything done, now we need to give our internet connection the access to the created hotspot. This will help other user to have access to internet also. This can be done from Windows Networking and Sharing Center.

Step 1: Open the Network and Sharing center then go to “Change Adapter Settings” on the top left pane, hit on it.

Step 2: Here you will see the created hotspot.

Step 3: You have to open the properties of the connection which you want to share, by right clicking over it.

Step 4: There go to the sharing tab in the properties and then tick the “Allow other network users to connect through this pc internet connection”.

This is it and you are done with a new Wi-Fi hotspot. The password to connect with the Wi-Fi is same as you have given during it creation on the command prompt. If you still have some problem regarding the connection then antivirus or firewalls may be creating an issue…

So try disabling them if you are sharing your connection with the trusted one.