How to increase number of devices on a mobile hotspot?

Question

I set up a mobile hotspot. According to the admin panel, I can only allow up to 8 devices to connect to it.

How do I increase the maximum number of connected devices from 8 devices to 20 devices?

Antidisestablishmentarianism · Answer 1 · 2021-12-02T10:35:04.547

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If you add a Dword value named WifiMaxPeers to

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\icssvc\Settings

it will change the upper limit in Mobile Hotspot, e.g. I changed it to decimal 10, and the Mobile Hotspot control panel showed "Devices connected: 0 of 10".

I have tested this with 10 connected clients concurrently.

I strongly suggest making the change with Mobile Hotspot turned off and rebooting for the changes to take effect.

The maximum value of this key appears to be decimal 128. Larger values prevent Mobile Hotspot from starting.

edited Dec 02 '21 at 10:35

answered Jan 26 '21 at 16:47

Antidisestablishmentarianism

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Thank you! It is working as expected. Nice finding! Here is Regedit file for limit of 32 devices: – IGHOR Jul 19 '21 at 16:26
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```Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00 [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\icssvc\Settings] "WifiMaxPeers"=dword:00000020``` – IGHOR Jul 19 '21 at 16:27
Did you see which service reads the value? Would like to restart the service perhaps instead of rebooting the whole machine... – David d C e Freitas Aug 22 '21 at 09:25
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I noticed that when I disconnected from wifi and reconnected, the new value was used – David d C e Freitas Aug 22 '21 at 17:06
Good to know, thanks. – Antidisestablishmentarianism Aug 25 '21 at 16:42
Doing this for 20 devices will appear 20 but will never let connect +10.... Any advise? – FilipeOS Nov 30 '21 at 22:21

score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Mar 30 '19 at 10:05

You are using the windows 10 integrated feature to support wifi hotspot which is limited to 8 devices by design (e.g. the first answer by a microsoft employee in this thread).

You will have to create your wifi access point with a different tool/os/software/hardware if you need to support more devices.

yigeyigeren · Answer 3 · 2023-06-14T14:44:41.887

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To.supplement the other answers:https://superuser.com/a/1620967/1777639 No need restart, just run powershell or cmd, run commond

stop-service "icssvc"
get-service "icssvc" 
start-service "icssvc"

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answered Mar 01 '23 at 20:31

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As it’s currently written, your answer is unclear. Please [edit] to add additional details that will help others understand how this addresses the question asked. You can find more information on how to write good answers [in the help center](/help/how-to-answer). – Community Mar 01 '23 at 20:37
This would appear to be a supplement to one of the other answers that show how to increase the number of devices. In itself, it doesn't actually answer the question. Maybe preface your answer with "To.supplement the other answers" and/or link to the particular answer that you are addressing. – Greenonline Mar 01 '23 at 21:46

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