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How to open hotspot on. Sharing Wi-Fi with MyPublicWiFi

In this article, you will find tips on how to create a wi-fi access point from a laptop, which will allow you to share the Internet for a room or house. Such a system will be convenient if you want to arrange a party, a conference, and also make it easier to set up a network without using network cables.

Below we will consider the methods and methods for the most popular operating systems among users. To create such a point, you need a laptop that has internet configured, and also has an adapter with the ability to provide wi-fi. Among the benefits that arise as a result of such a connection are accessibility and mobility. With a connected wi-fi point, you can easily use tablets, other laptops, while in another room, sitting on a comfortable sofa or bed.

For Windows XP

1) Open the "Start" menu and go through the "Control Panel" to "Network Connections"
2) Next, you need to turn on Wi-Fi, for this you need to double-click (left-click on the mouse) on the "Wireless Network Connection" icon. After that, click on the icon, open the context menu window and click on "Properties" in it. In the new window, select the "Wireless networks" tab and check the box "Use Windows to configure the network." At the end, click "Add".
3) In the window that opens, you need to drive in the desired, new name for your connection (for example, Home or otherwise). We continue to configure the rest of the network settings:

  • We set a “dot” opposite the item “Connects even if it is not broadcasting”.
  • "Authentication" set it open.
  • To encrypt data, select "WEP".
  • "Network key", set the values ​​\u200b\u200bof 13 or 5 characters.
  • We uncheck the item that reports the provision of the key in automatic mode.
  • Specify the key index as "1".
  • Open the "Connection" tab and put only one checkmark.
  • At the end, click "OK".

4) In the settings of the wireless network connection, open the "General" tab and check the "Protocol (TCP / IP)" checkbox, and then go to the properties of this item. In the window that opens, check the box "Use the following IP address", and then fill in the following fields:

  • In the line from the IP address, write "192.168.0.1"
  • In the line that is responsible for the subnet mask, write "255.255.255.0"
  • And in the column indicating the DNS server, enter - "192.168.0.1"
  • We confirm everything, click "OK", and exit. Your laptop is now acting as a Wi-Fi router.

For Windows 7

To create a Wi-Fi point on a laptop with such an OS, you can use the built-in software or download special software.

1) Method with built-in tools:

  • Open the "Network and Sharing Center", for this you can click on the icon at the bottom right of the panel.
  • In the menu that opens, click on "Set up a new connection or network", and then - "Set up a computer-to-computer wireless network".
  • Click on the "Next" button and create a new connection. Specify the name of the created network, the password for access and select the system for security (it is best to choose WPA2-Personal).

2) We use a special program
Today, a huge number of programs have appeared that allow you to reconfigure your portable computer and make it work in “router mode”. One of the best in this business can be considered "Connectify Hot Spot Pro", it is the simplest. In order to configure Wi-Fi with it, you need to install it, run it, and then enter in the appropriate columns: "Network name", "Password" and "Network adapter" used for Wi-Fi.

For Windows 8.0 and Windows 8.1

In these versions of the OS, developers continued the trend of previous versions and included the ability to create and connect using built-in capabilities. We will tell you about them:

  1. Check the performance of the network adapter, while the indicator should be on.
  2. Opening the menu with a keyboard shortcut Win and "X". Click on the menu "Command line".
  3. Enter the command on the command line: "netsh wlan show drivers".
  4. Finding an item "Hosted Network Support", for the connection to work correctly, it must be marked “Yes”.
  5. We now enter the commands that set the name of the connection and the password for it: "netsh wlan set hostednetwork mode=allow ssid="Name of your network" key="password for it"".
  6. After executing the command, you need to turn on the dot, we drive in a new command for the program from the keyboard: netsh wlan start hostednetwork. If you want to view connection properties, type: "netsh wlan show hostednetwork"
  7. Now you need to allow access to the Internet to other users who will use your connection. Open "Network Connections" and press the key combination "R" With Win. In a new window, in the column, we type the command ncpa.cpl and click "ok".
  8. A window has opened "Network Connections", a new icon appeared in the folder with our connection point. Click on the icon that is responsible for your Internet connection and in the menu window open "Properties". Bookmark in the menu "Access" and mark with a dot "Allow other users to use this computer's Internet connection". In the list that appears, we look for the Wi-Fi point we made and confirm (by clicking "ok").

Video lessons

Often, users have a need to provide several gadgets with a worldwide network. However, the purchase of special equipment will require certain funds. But there are other ways too. In this article, we will tell readers of our blog how to distribute WiFi from a laptop to Android tablets or smartphones.

There are several ways to distribute the Internet from a laptop to Android devices, which we will talk about now.

In order to ensure the distribution of wifi from a Windows laptop to Android (or any other device), several conditions must be met, and they are required no matter which method you prefer.

  • The laptop must be equipped with a Wi-Fi adapter (in the case of a desktop computer, you will probably need an external receiver connected to the USB / PCI connector).
  • The Wi-Fi adapter requires the installation of a driver that supports Virtual WiFi. If the virtual network does not start, then the Wireless adapter will need to be updated to the latest current version.
  • The laptop must be connected to the Internet, which will be in an active state.

Using Windows 7 Tools

This option is quite simple and does not require the installation of additional software. However, you need to take into account that the tools with which you can distribute Wi-Fi have an OS with an edition not lower than Professional.

So what should we do:

On your laptop, in the lower left corner of the screen, click "Start" and go to the Control Panel:

Now select "Network and Sharing Center":

*If sorting is set by category on your PC, select the "Network and Internet" item.

Here we must click on the line "Setting up a new connection or network":

From the list of connection options that opens, select "Computer-computer" and click the "Next" button:

Now enter the name of the network (arbitrarily), create a password and check the box "Save the settings of this network" so as not to enter a password every time you connect:

That's all, now you can distribute the Internet from your laptop (or computer) by connecting an Android device.

Using the command line

First you need to check whether it is possible in principle to distribute from your PC. To do this, on the laptop, press the button in the lower left corner of the display. Start"and enter in the search bar" cmd»:

After the system finds the program, open it, this will be the command line:

Now we need to enter the command " netsh wlan show drivers" (without quotes). After that, information will open in which we find the line hosted network opposite it should be written " Yes" (for settings in Russian: " Hosted network support»: « Yes»):

So, if our laptop supports distribution, then we return to the command line again and enter the settings for the network distributed by the device: netsh wlan set hosted network mode=allow ssid=» mywifi»key=» 12345678 ". Where ssid- network name, it is set arbitrarily (in the screenshot mywifi), a key- password, we also specify it arbitrarily (in the screenshot " 12345678 «):

Now it remains to configure our newly created network. To do this, follow the path described above: "Start" - "Control Panel" - "Children Control Center", on the left side of the window we find "Change adapter settings", open it, find our network, right-click on it, in the drop-down window activate "Properties":

In a new window on the top panel, click the "Access" tab and, by checking the box, give permission to other users to use the Internet connection from their PC. In the field below, select your network and click "OK":

Now we can connect our Android device via Wi-Fi to the Internet, which is distributed by the laptop.

Possible problems:

  • The smartphone does not connect to the created network

Most likely, a firewall, antivirus, or other similar program is blocking the connection. We disable them, and if everything began to work, then you need to add your connection to the antivirus exceptions.

  • Gadgets are connected, Wi Fi is active, but the Internet does not work.

Perhaps Internet sharing was not allowed in the settings. You need to make sure that the Internet is working on the distributing laptop, check the settings for permission to share, restart the PC and start the network again.

Starting the network after restarting the computer

It does not require the introduction of a network or password, just enter the following command − netsh wlan start hostednetwork

How to open a hotspot on a smartphone

So, if one of the methods described above gave a positive result, it remains for us to provide access to Wi-Fi on an Android device. This is done quite simply:

*On your device, the items may have a different name, for example: " Settings» — « More» — « Modem Mode» — « WiFi hotspot».

Distributing wifi from a laptop using third-party software

If none of the described options suits you, then you can easily and simply get what you want by installing one of the applications. I will talk about the Connectify program, with which you can distribute the Internet without much effort.

You can download Connectify from the official website of the developer, where you can get to know the functionality and capabilities of the program in more detail.

Briefly introducing the program, I will say that this is a tool that programmatically provides Internet distribution without the help of a router (router), while assigning a Wi-Fi adapter built into the motherboard as a distributing device.

The application is distributed on a paid and free basis. The free version provides the use of the WiFi sharing function. After downloading Connectify, we will need to agree to the license agreement. Then, after waiting for the installation to complete, reboot the system (button Reboot now).

After restarting, the corresponding icon will appear on the desktop, open the program, go to the section " Settings" (settings). Here we are interested in three points in which you need to enter the following data:

  • « hotspot name"- the name of the network, the one you see in the screenshot is available in the free version.
  • « Password» is a password containing at least eight characters.
  • « Internet to Share"- here, by pressing the button, we select from the drop-down list the active connection that we will use

That's all the settings, it remains to press the button " Start Hotspot” and start the distribution process. We will see that the WiFi sign has become blue, and in " Disconnected Clients» the changed state of the access point and the type of encryption will appear.

You can connect your Android smartphone to the created network (activate the access point and enter the password), and if everything went well, a message will appear below about connecting a new device:

If you still have questions on how to distribute Internet from a laptop to Android, write to us and we will be happy to answer them. And I have nothing more to add. Good luck!

The more tablets and smartphones appear, the more acute the question arises related to their connection to the World Wide Web using a computer or laptop. If there is a router at home, then there are no special problems here. All devices that are at home are connected to it and at the same time several family members can be on the Internet. What to do when there is no home router, but there is an urgent need to connect a smartphone or tablet to the Internet? This problem is quite easy to solve. It is enough to make your laptop, like a router, distribute Wi-Fi. In Windows 7 and Windows 8 programs, the developers initially put the necessary functionality for this into the operating system.

Available for laptop or PC 2 ways way out of this situation:

  1. You can use the built-in Windows tools.
  2. Using third-party programs that create a virtual router on a PC, laptop.

Distribution of Wi-Fi using the built-in tools of Windows

To do this, we need a wireless adapter. If not, then you can use a card that supports MS Virtual Wi-Fi technology. To date, all modern adapters support this technology.

Instructions for a laptop on distributing Wi-Fi

If you have done everything correctly and consistently, then you can connect a smartphone or tablet. But that is not all. Next, we will additionally need to enable and configure sharing. Here you need to take the following steps:

  • Go to the properties of our network connection, and click on the button "Turn on Internet Connection Sharing".
  • After that, click on the "Close" button.

Sharing enabled. It remains to make the necessary settings. To make them:


If you still have questions about how to set up Wi-Fi distribution from a laptop using the built-in Windows tools, watch the video below.

Distributing Wi-Fi from a laptop using the command line and "netsh"

And so, what should be done.

  • At your discretion, in any text editor, it is best to use Notepad, create a new text file. In this file, you need to write the line:

netsh wlan set hostednetwork mode=allow ssid="My_virtual_WiFi" key="12345678" keyUsage=persistent, where after the word "ssid" we write the identifier of our wireless network, and after the word "key" we write our password.

  • We save the file with the line written in it.
  • Next, change the extension of the above file. To do this, you need to right-click on this file. Then choose rename. Making a file extension instead .txt - .bat.
  • Then we need to run the created and renamed file. Do not forget that you need to run it with administrator rights. Make it simple. Click on our file with the right mouse button. A small window opens in which we select the "Run as administrator" function.
  • By running the file, we will begin installing the “Virtual Wi-Fi Adapter” driver, and in the network connections menu, if the above steps are correctly performed, a new “Wireless Network Connection” should appear.

At the next stage, we need to pass the network we are creating to the Internet. To do this you need:

  • Go to the "Network and Sharing Center" and select the connection through which we are going to connect to the Internet. Here we select "Properties".
  • Finding the access tab "netsh-wlan-start-hostednetwork-2" and check the box "Allow other network users to use this computer's Internet connection".
  • We go further. In the "Home Network Connection" application, we find the new network connection we created and click on it, and then on the "OK" button.
  • Your new Wi-Fi connection is ready to go. It remains only to run it.
  • We launch using the command "netsh wlan start hostednetwork" . To stop it running, use the command "netsh wlan stop hostednetwork" . And in order to see the current state, use the command "netsh wlan show hostednetwork" .

If you still have questions about how to set up Wi-Fi distribution from a laptop using the command line, watch the video below.

Setting up Wi-Fi sharing using "Connectify"

Now let's consider, using the example of the Connectify program, how to install it and configure it for distributing Wi-Fi. This option for a laptop can be used as an alternative, in particular, if for some reason you could not start distribution using MS Virtual WiFi.

  1. At the initial stage, you will need to download and install the Connectify program on your laptop. On the Internet you will find two versions of this program: free (Free, despite the fact that its capabilities are curtailed, it is completely suitable for home use) and paid (PRO).
  2. Downloaded, installed, now we are launching the program. If you download a free program, which is most likely to happen, then you will not be able to change the SSID in any way, therefore, we skip this item in the window that opens. In the "Password" field, enter the password for your Wi-Fi.
  3. Then, in the "Internet to share" field, you will need to select the connection through which we can access the Internet. On the free version, don't even try to share 3G/4G, it still won't work.
  4. After that, go to the "Share Over" field. The Wi-Fi value should already be entered in it, and in the “Sharing Mode” select WPA2 and click on the “Start Hotspot” button.
  5. Now your laptop is fully configured for distribution. We connect other devices and enjoy their work.

If you still have questions about how to set up Wi-Fi distribution from a laptop with the Connectify program, watch the video below.

So, dear readers of our online magazine, in this article we will share four simple and quick ways to “share” a laptop’s Internet connection via Wi-Fi. In other words, we can easily turn our Windows 7 computer into wifi hotspot.

How it works?

Any Wi-Fi network card can be used to transmit a wired Internet signal using the Wi-Fi protocol. To implement this task, you need some kind of virtual bridge or router that connects network devices. The Windows 7 operating system contains built-in capabilities for accessing a wired Internet connection through devices connected via a wireless protocol. However, now there is also software with which you can literally set up a real Wi-Fi point in your own computer in just one click. In this article we will offer several ways, but the choice is yours!

Wi-Fi hotspot in standard Windows 7 ways

The most obvious way to turn a laptop into a Wi-Fi hotspot is to use the standard Computer-to-Computer WiFi connection creation feature, which allows you to share local files and your Internet connection with all WiFi-connected computers and devices.

Go to Network and Sharing Center by clicking on the network icon in the system tray at the bottom right and selecting the appropriate item:

The security type is the security type of the connection. The recommended type is WPA2-Personal. It requires a password between 8 and 63 characters long. When, if your external WiFi device(phone, tablet, laptop, etc.) network not found, or connection will be terminated, You can change the security type to WEP(requires 5-digit password), or open ("No Authentication"), that is, without encryption and password.

Click Next and your hotspot will be created. You may also need to enable access to your computer's Internet connection over the network. To do this, go to the Network and Sharing Center, then in the menu on the left "Change adapter settings" and call the properties of the Wireless network connection. On the "Access" tab, check the box "Allow other network users to use this computer's Internet connection":

Due to the ease of setup and quick activation / deactivation, this method is best suited for temporary and quick connection with various devices.

Setting up a Wi-Fi hotspot using the Windows Command Prompt

If you are familiar with the Windows Command Prompt, then I think it will be easy and simple for you to create a Wi-Fi connection using two simple console commands.

First of all, you need to run Command Prompt as Administrator. To do this, open start and type "cmd" in the search. Click on the icon in the search results cmd right click and select " Run as Administrator«:

netsh wlan set hostednetwork mode=allow ssid=YourSSID key=YourPassword keyusage=persistent

where YourSSID is the name of the network, and YourPassword- password. After that, we turn on the configured network with the following command:

netsh wlan start hostednetwork

You can terminate the connection with the following command:

netsh wlan stop hostednetwork

Automatic creation of a Wi-Fi point using a Batch file

All the actions mentioned in the previous subsection can be easily automated by writing a small script. All we need to do is open Notepad (via the Start menu) and type in a few lines:

@echo off
CLS
:MENU
ECHO.
ECHO ——————————————————
ECHO.
ECHO Press 1, 2, or 3 to select your task, or 4 to Exit.
ECHO ——————————————————
ECHO.
ECHO 1 - Set WiFi Sharing Attributes
ECHO 2 - Start WiFi Sharing
ECHO 3 - Stop WiFi Sharing
ECHO 4 - Exit
ECHO.
SET /P M=Type 1, 2, 3, or 4, then press ENTER:
IF %M%==1 GOTO SET
IF %M%==2 GOTO START
IF %M%==3 GOTO STOP
IF %M%==4 GOTO EOF
:SET
netsh wlan set hostednetwork mode=allow ssid=YourSSID key=YourPassword keyusage=persistent
GOTO MENU
:START
netsh wlan start hostednetwork
GOTO MENU
:STOP
netsh wlan stop hostednetwork
GOTO MENU

Again, instead of values YourSSID and YourPassword provide your connection name and password values. Save the file with any name and necessarily specify the extension ".bat". All you need to do is run the script as Administrator and follow the instructions on the command line screen.

Virtual Wi-Fi hotspot using third-party apps

There are a huge number of applications that allow you to turn your laptop into a virtual WiFi router. We will not consider this innumerable set, but dwell a little on a wonderful program called Connectify Hot Spot PRO. The application is distributed on a paid basis.

Connectify Hot Spot allows you to connect both mobile devices of various platforms and computers of various operating systems to a virtual access point. The program is easy to set up. All you need to specify is Network name(hotspot name), password(Password) and, in fact, network adapter(Internet To Share) from which Internet access will be shared. After starting with the "Start Hotspot" button on the "Clients" tab, you can view connected or recently connected devices.

Conclusion

There are many different uses for a Wi-Fi hotspot other than providing Internet access to Wi-Fi devices and computers. However, we hope that any of the methods described by us will help you cope with the task set in this article. Find the best one for you and don't forget to like it!

How to create a WiFi hotspot using Windows 7. Instructions, step by step with illustrations. Although people are mainly interested in the question of how to make a laptop a wifi access point, it really does not matter whether it is a laptop or a regular desktop computer. Creating a wifi hotspot is the same in both cases.

Similar articles for other operating systems:

How to create a WiFi hotspot on Windows 7

We need to create a software wifi router based on Windows 7 that will receive the Internet in some way and be able to distribute this Internet via wifi.

What do we need.

  • Windows 7 Basic or older. Windows 7 Starter (initial) will not work. More precisely, on Windows 7 Starter, you will have to solve the routing issue with the help of a third-party program ( for Windows 7 Starterseparate note at the end of the article).
  • Old wifi adapter. For example, for this article, a TP-Link TL-WN722NC USB wifi adapter was used.
  • Internet connection. For this article, a GSM connection was used through the MTS operator (MTS USB modem). But it can be any connection - PPPoE, VPN, Dail-Up, Ethernet, WiFi.

The first step is to install a wifi adapter, if it is not already installed, and make sure that it is turned on and working.

After that, you need to check if the "WLAN AutoConfig Service" service is running. Usually its start mode is "Manual", which means it can be stopped. If you plan to use the access point you are creating permanently, then it is better to set this service to the "Automatic" startup mode.

You also need to check that the "Internet Connection Sharing (ICS)" service also has the "Automatic" startup mode.

These checks are done through "Control Panel - Administrative Tools - Services".

After that, you need to open the Windows console (cmd.exe) with administrator rights. This can be done through the menu "Start - Programs - Accessories - Command Prompt", then the right mouse button and "Run as Administrator".

In the console, type and execute the command:

netsh wlan set hostednetwork mode=allow ssid="winap" key="123456789" keyusage=persistent.

Instead of winap and 123456789 enter your access point name and password:

Note. Important! The password must be at least 8 characters long, this is a requirement for the WPA2 security type that Windows uses when creating an access point. It is better not to use Cyrillic in the password. Letter case matters - a and AND they are different characters!

Next, check that the connection for the access point has been created. Open "Start - Run - ncpa.cpl" and after opening the "Network Connections" window, in this window find a wireless connection for which no physical adapter is specified:

Press the right mouse button, then "Properties" and look there - it should be "MicroSoft Virtual Miniport Adapter":

At the same time, you can remove unnecessary connections and protocols for this.

Immediately rename this connection in ncpa.cpl - for example, to "winAP":

Further, here, in ncpa.cpl, you need to share (enable Windows ICS) an Internet connection. Select this connection, right button - "Properties", tab "Access". Enable ICS and specify the connection to which the Internet will be distributed - on the wifi connection of the access point ("winAP"):

Now you need to connect to the Internet. Or reconnect if the connection was established earlier.

After that, in the console, type and execute the command:

netsh wlan start hostednetwork.

Everything, the access point should already work. Now you can connect the client to this access point (this illustration is from the client computer):

How to connect wifi client on:

  • Laptop (or computer) under Windows - WiFi setup in Windows 7.
  • Laptop (or PC) under Linux - Laptop (or PC) under Ubuntu.

Client connected:

On the computer where the access point is running, you can check its status. To do this, enter the command in the console:

netsh wlan show hostednetwork

It can be seen that one client is connected.

Stopping an access point with a command netsh wlan stop hostednetwork

Complete destruction of the access point with the command netsh wlan set hostednetwork mode=disallow

If you want the access point to turn on automatically when Windows boots, then the start command must be added to autorun. Talking about the team netsh wlan start hostednetwork. The command can be written in a cmd script, it is necessary to specify "Run as Administrator" in the properties of this script. Then include the script in autorun.

It is necessary that the Internet connection is also established when Windows starts. Otherwise, you will have an access point, but there will be no Internet through it.

Of course, this is a very simple access point. But everything is at hand. No third party programs needed. Only Windows 7. And everything is configured in a couple of minutes. Yes, there are programs like Connectify and Virtual Router. However, you need to understand that they only do the work that is done by two commands in the Windows console. These are just additions to the functionality of Windows 7. It's easier to write two commands in the console than to download and install some kind of stray.

Someone might say that in this option, there are not many features that an access point should have. Well, yes, it is. Only this is an option when you need to make a wifi router very quickly and without problems. And just such an opportunity Windows 7 provides - with a minimum of gestures, what is called "on the knee" to create an access point.

And if your needs are wider and deeper, if you need an access point for every day, or in complex configurations, then you don’t need to use Windows, but buy a decent, or even a good WiFi router. A decent WiFi router now costs less than a thousand rubles. And in such a situation, sculpting a structure based on a computer and Windows is somehow absurd.

Another thing is if an access point is needed once a month, for a day or for a couple of days. Or on a business trip. Or on vacation. This is where Windows comes to the rescue. You can quickly distribute the Internet via laptop WiFi to a tablet, smartphone or other laptops.

But if there is a need to make a permanent access point on the computer, then it is better to do it under Linux. As actually it is implemented in WiFi routers. For example, as in this article - Access point on Ubuntu.

hotspot on windows 7 not working

No need to swear at Microsoft, on Windows - in general, look for the guilty on the side. The problem in such cases always on your own computer (or laptop). It could be:

  • WiFi adapter driver on which you create an access point.
  • The WiFi adapter itself.
  • You did something wrong.
  • Any "left" services or drivers / programs that use the WiFi adapter or USB port (if your adapter is connected via USB).
  • You have Windows 7 Starter.
  • One of the required services has stopped, for example, see the article "Windows 7 Routing and Remote Access service stops".

For example, during the Windows startup process, the WiFi adapter driver may put the adapter into standby mode. And when Windows starts the service hosted network the adapter does not wake up.

With a normal WiFi adapter and if you have not polluted your Windows with crooked programs and drivers, everything will work fine.

In general, always look for the source of the problem on your computer.

WiFi network protection

Access point on Windows 7 Starter (initial)

Microsoft messed with her. ICS is blocked on it, and you can make an access point as such. Paradox. Why do we need a hostednetwork mechanism if there is no routing? Be that as it may, you can make a wifi access point on Windows 7 Starter (initial). You just need to find a program with which to perform routing between the Internet and winAP interfaces. There are many options here, for example, you can use a proxy server, such as 3proxy.

Ivan Sukhov, 2013, 2014

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