In this article, you are going to see “How to turn your Windows 10 PC into wireless Wi-Fi hotspot” which enables you to broadcast your cellular data, connections, Ethernet, and connected device to turn into a hotspot.

Window 10 comes with a lot of amazing features, that is why it has a lot of happy users, it comes with significant security features and many other features in which you can do incredible things through your system.

To share an internet connection with other devices in Windows then you need a feature called “Hosted Network“, this feature is proudly present on Windows 10 and also in Windows 7. It allows you to use your OS to create a virtual wireless adapter and share your internet connection wireless.

How to check Wireless Adapter Supports Hosted Network in Windows 10?

First, you have to check, Is your system network adapter supports this feature:

Step 1: Click on the “start” button, type, and open “Command Prompt“.

Step 2: Now on command prompt Type, “netsh wlan show drivers“.

Now incoming list search for “Hosted network supported” if it is “Yes” then you can continue with our guide and if it is “No” then a wireless adapter isn’t supported, you then go with a USB wireless adapter that supports this feature but wait in below method I will show you even after Hosted Network is not supported in your system, you still manage to turn your Windows 10 system to Wireless Wi-Fi.

How to create a wireless hosted network in Windows 10 using settings?

Step 1: First go to your system “settings“.

Step 2: Now, go to the “Network and Internet ” section.

Step 3: Now on the ‘Network and Internet section’, check on the left pane and select “mobile hotspot“.

Step 4: Turn ON your mobile hotspot, there you can see Network Name, Password, the brand as well.

You can edit any info just by pressing the edit button.

How to share your Internet connection with a hosted network in Windows 10 with a control panel?

Step 1: Open the “Start” button and in the search field type, “View Network Connections“.

Step 2: Now, do a right-click on a network adapter of internet connection (Wi-Fi or ethernet through which you get internet), select “Properties“.

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Step 3: In the new pop-up window select the “sharing” tab.

Step 4: Check the “Allow other network users to connect through this computer’s Internet connection” option.

Step 5: Atlast, in the “Home networking connection” drop-down menu select the “Microsoft Hosted Virtual Adapter“.

Step 6: Click “OK” to finish.

Here, you are done with a newly created software access point to access internet connections.

How to Create a Wi-Fi hotspot in Windows 10 using the command prompt?

Step 1: Open the command prompt by choosing “Run as administrator“.

Step 2: Type, below command

“netsh wlan set hostednetwork mode=allow ssid=TechDevilZone key=TechDevilZone.com“

SSID is the name of your wireless network, Key is the password of your wireless network. Make sure your password is strong enough.

Step 3: After creating a Hosted Network, enter the below command to activate it:

“netsh wlan start hostednetwork“

How to stop sharing Wi-Fi hotspots in Windows 10 using the command prompt?

Now, if you want to stop allowing other devices to connect your Wi-Fi network by closing it, follow below commands:

“netsh wlan stop hostednetwork“

You can also use other commands to perform the above operations are:

“netsh wlan set hostednetwork mode=allow“

“netsh wlan set hostednetwork mode=disallow“

How to change Hosted Network setting in Window 10 using Command Prompt?

For changing SSID (name of network) :- “netsh wlan set hostednetwork ssid=Your_network_name“

For changing key (password of your network):- “netsh wlan set hostednetwork key=Your_strong_pswd“

How to view hosted network settings?

Below command shows the mode, SSID name, max number of clients that are connected, and cipher:

“netsh wlan show hostednetwork“

To find the security key (password) of any network:

“netsh wlan show hostednetwork setting=security“

How to disable hosted network in Windows 10?

To disable the network you have to change the Registry:

Step 1: Open “Start” button, and search for “regedit” hit Enter and click “OK” to open Registry with admin privileges.

Step 2: Now navigate to the below path:

Computer\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\WlanSvc\Parameters\HostedNetworkSettings

Step 3: Right-click on “HostedNetworkSettings“, select “Delete” and atlast click on “Yes” to confirm it.

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Step 4: Now, restart your system.

Step 5: Now again open the command prompt, and type:

“netsh wlan show hostednetwork“

Now, you can see the network is successfully deleted when the settings field in the command prompt show, “Not configured“.

Step 6: Now in the start button search for “Network connections“, right-click on the adapter, and select properties.

Step 7: In the new window, go to sharing tab and uncheck the “Allow other network through…” option.

Step 8: Click “OK” to complete this process.

Third-party Software to turn Windows 10 Pc into Wi-Fi- hotspot

Connectify Hotspot is the one that is used to share internet connections across your computers, mobile devices, and friends.

Step 1: Download and install the Connectify hotspot after installing it click on the “Try it Out” button to start using it.

Step 2: Give your network and unique string password.

Step 3: Now click on “start hotspot” to begin sharing your Internet connection.

Note: Make sure the ad-blocking feature is enabled which makes your internet experience much smoother.

Conslusion

To turn ON your Windows 10 PC into a wireless Wi-Fi hotspot system, you above see manual as well as the automatic way by using software to turn your system to a wireless network through which you can share Internet connection with mobile, laptop, and many more internet connections.

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