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Wifi Tethering

This document provides steps to share an internet connection from a Windows 8 laptop over Wi-Fi. It instructs the user to open an elevated command prompt, use the 'netsh wlan' command to verify their network interface supports hosting, then set up an ad-hoc wireless network using 'netsh wlan set hostednetwork'. Finally, it describes starting the hosted network, enabling internet connection sharing in properties, and checking that two connections are listed to confirm it is working.

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Wifi Tethering

This document provides steps to share an internet connection from a Windows 8 laptop over Wi-Fi. It instructs the user to open an elevated command prompt, use the 'netsh wlan' command to verify their network interface supports hosting, then set up an ad-hoc wireless network using 'netsh wlan set hostednetwork'. Finally, it describes starting the hosted network, enabling internet connection sharing in properties, and checking that two connections are listed to confirm it is working.

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You have all came across Wi-Fi Tethering options in your android/iphone and it w

ill be very easy to share your internet connection to any device(which has Wi-Fi
).
Many of us have thought of how to do the same in our Wi-Fi enabled laptops. I ha
ve made this tutorial on windows 8.
Kindly find the below steps to share your internet connection(connected in your
laptop) to the Wi-Fi enabled devices.
How To Steps:
1. Launch an elevated command prompt under Windows 8 (command prompt with admini
strator privileges).
To do this Press Windows +x key in windows 8 and click Command Prompt(Admin).
2. Execute the below command to verify that your network interface support virtu
alization:
netsh wlan show drivers
If the Hosted network supported says Yes , then you re ready to share the internet via
Wi-Fi. Otherwise, you need to upgrade your hardware, if the software update does
n t fix it.
3. Now set up the Ad-hoc wireless network (wifi tethering) using this command. R
eplace the parts in markup tags with your own choices
netsh wlan set hostednetwork mode=allow ssid= key=
ssid is nothing but your desired Wi-Fi name, you can give your own.
Key is nothing but your Wi-Fi password. It should be Minimum 8 characters long.
Eg :
netsh wlan set hostednetwork mode=allow ssid=T2Lead key=12345678
4. Until now, your hosted network has been created. Now, you need to start it.
Use the command below to start your Wi-Fi Network:
netsh wlan start hostednetwork
5. Now type exit. Command Prompt will close.
6. Open the connected network and right-click on it and select Connection Propert
ies . Now open Sharing Tab (Internet Connection Sharing) and check Allow other netw
ork option and from the drop down select the Local Area Connection and Click OK .
Note : Sometimes in the drop down you can see Local Area Connection11,Local Area
Connection12?, etc., Just select the name with Local Area Connection and make sure
you see only one Local Area Connection in the dropdown.
7. To Check the connection, open Control Panel-> Internet and Sharing and there
you will see 2 connections
One is your internet connection and the other one is Local Area Connection(Which
is your Wi-Fi Created)
Check out the Video Tutorial for Clarification.
Many Readers came up question like Page Not loading on connected devices

After re

connecting my internet connection, Tethering not working

, etc.,

Readers Please read the below note I made for you. Hope it will help to fix many
questions.

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