Tethering on Windows 7?

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Is there an option in Windows 7 (or 3rd party) to offer Tethering (that is, act as a WiFi hotspot while being connected to a WiFi network?)

Paktas · Answer 1 · 2013-06-24T15:50:15.147

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A detailed step-by-step to setup wifi tethering/hotspot in Windows 7, Windows 8 WITHOUT any 3rd party software:

From admin Command Prompt type:

netsh wlan set hostednetwork mode=allow ssid=mywifinetwork key=mysecretkey

Enable new virtual Wi-Fi adapter (it might be disabled upon creation)
From admin command prompt type:
```
netsh wlan start hostednetwork
```
From current internet conection adapter share (ICS) internet to the new virtual adapter
Connect from wireless client to virtual SSID. Wi-Fi client gets an auto IP and you're good to go.

After host computer restart you only need to repeat steps 3 & 5 to be up and running.

edited Jun 24 '13 at 15:50

answered Jun 24 '12 at 03:32

Paktas

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How do I stop it? does netsh wlan stop hostednetwork work? – tumchaaditya Jul 23 '13 at 07:38
I got an error telling me that I need administrator privileges (which I had). Turns out that creating ad-hoc networks is disabled in our company (the error message is a bit misleading). You can check that via `netsh wlan show filters`. – Florian Brucker Aug 13 '13 at 07:52

score 6 · Accepted Answer · answered Feb 28 '11 at 20:31

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Take a look at Connectify: http://connectify.me

answered Feb 28 '11 at 20:31

Mark Sowul

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there's really no need for this since it's supported natively by win7 as shown in the answer by paktas. – Zoltán Dec 01 '12 at 08:00

score 2 · Answer 3 · answered Feb 28 '11 at 20:29

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Create an ad-hoc network. Here is the guide for Windows 7 from the Microsoft site. http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows-vista/Set-up-a-computer-to-computer-ad-hoc-network

answered Feb 28 '11 at 20:29

paradd0x

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score 2 · Answer 4 · edited Jul 05 '12 at 11:46

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You could use the ad-supported Connectify app, as someone else mentioned, or use http://virtualrouter.codeplex.com/, or do it my hand with the netsh command and ICS with a little bit of effort:

netsh wlan set hostednetwork mode=allow ssid=YOURFRIENDLYSSID key=SOMEPASSWORD     
netsh wlan start hostednetwork

... then share the real connection through the virtual WiFi NIC.

edited Jul 05 '12 at 11:46

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answered Feb 28 '11 at 20:59

MikeBaz - MSFT

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FWIW, I equate "ad-supported" with adware, whereas, unless it's changed since last I used it (unfortunately it causes my laptop to bluescreen when putting it to sleep - Broadcom, surprise surprise), it's "ad-supported" in the same sense that Adobe Reader and Java are, in that the installer asks you if you want to install the unwanted e.g. Google Toolbar with it. – Mark Sowul Feb 28 '11 at 22:01
" then share the real connection through the virtual WiFi NIC." - how should one do that? – pihentagy Aug 24 '15 at 12:25
@pihentagy I'm not going to repeat everything here but you can find this online quite easily e. g. http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/using-internet-connection-sharing#1TC=windows-7 – MikeBaz - MSFT Aug 25 '15 at 14:07
http://virtualrouter.codeplex.com/ is a great alternative to the command prompt solution. I think it's just a GUI for the CMD option. Oh it's open source too! So that's always cool :) – Bram Nov 18 '15 at 08:37

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