How to create Wi-Fi Hotspot using command line(CMD) in Windows

How to create Wi-Fi Hotspot using CMD in Windows

Hi guys, Want to share your LAN connection as a Wi-Fi hotspot in windows without a Router Then follow the steps in this post to create your own Wi-Fi hotspot using Command line(CMD) interface in Windows.

I used Windows 8.1 Pro to create the hotspot. But this trick also works in every windows operating system released after Windows XP.

Follow the steps to create your own Wi-Fi Hotspot using command line.

Steps:-

Step 1-Open your command prompt in administrative mode. In Windows 8 or 8.1 you can do this by pressing "Windows logo + X" and select the Command Prompt (Admin) shown in screenshot below.

Step 2- Now, Enter the command "netsh wlan show drivers" to check whether your wifi adapter supports hosted network mode or not. If it show “yes” you can create WiFi hotspot in your PC. If it shows No your PC can’t create hotspot. you have to upgrade your wifi adapter or drivers.

Step 3- Now, type the command

" netsh wlan set hostednetwork  mode=allow ssid=name_of_hotspot  key = your_password "

Step 4-

Next, type the command “ netsh wlan show hostednetwork ” and press enter. You can see that status is not started for the hotspot.

Step 5- 
Type the command “ netsh wlan start hostednetwork name_of_hotspot ” to start the hotspot and press enter.



Step 6-

Now ,
go to the change adapter settings and select the network(ethernet) you want to share and click on  properties and select the sharing tab and enable the option to share your internet with others.

To stop the hotspot you just have to type below command

That is  ”netsh wlan stop hostednetwork name_of_connection”.

Done, Enjoy :)