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HowToCreateWirelessAdHocInternetConnectionInWindows8

HowToCreateWirelessAdHocInternetConnectionIn
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byUsmanJavaidonApril06,2012

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ApartfromStartOrbandclassicStartMenu,whatmostWindows7users,whodecidedtotakeWindows8
foraspin,missinWindows8isabilitytocreateadhocnetwork.Ifyoureapowerusers,youmightve
noticedthatWindows8doesntincludeanoptiontocreateandsetupadhocnetworkconnectiontoshare

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filesandinternetwithWiFienabledcomputersanddevices.Windows7adhocconnectionfeaturedoes

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nothingexceptcreatingasharedconnectionwithseparateIPaddresstoregisterthedeviceonthevirtual
network.ThisallowsuserstouseroutersdefaultorspecifiedDNSserveraddresstoeasilyconnectto
internet.EventhoughWindows8comeswithICS(InternetConnectionSharing)featuretoallowdevices

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toconnecttoyoursPCinternetconnection,itdoesntallowcreatingawirelessnetworkconnectionto

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sharetheinternet.Inthispost,wewilllookatsometoolsthatletyoueasilycreateandmanageadhoc

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UsingWindowsNetshUtility
TheNetworkShell(netsh)utilityisbasicallydevelopedtoletusersconfigurenetworkdevicesinbothclient

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andservereditionsofWindows.ThesupportforconfiguringWLANusingnetshwasfirstintroducedin
WindowsVista,anditsnowavailableinWindowsServer2008,Windows7andWindows8.Usingnetsh

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wlancommand,onecaneasilyusehostednetwork(virtualization)featuretocreateavirtualwireless

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connection.TheHostedNetworkisWLANfeature,whichisdesignedtoimplementvirtualizationof
physicalnetworkadapter.Sinceitplaysavitalroleincreatingavirtualwirelessadapter,itsusedbya

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majorityofvirtualWiFihotspotapplications,suchasVirtualWiFiRouter,MyPublicWiFi,Marfietc.So,if

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yourNICsupportswirelesshostednetwork/virtualizationfeature,thenyoucancreateanadhocwireless

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Asstatedearlier,bothWindows7andWindows8nativelysupportconfiguringadhocwirelessconnection
usingthenetshcommands.InordertocreateanadhocconnectioninWindows8usingnetshutility,run
CMDwithadministrativeprivileges'justtypecmdonStartScreen,rightclickitandselectRunas
administrator.

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Now,firstyouneedtocheckweatheryournetworkinterfacesupportsvirtualizationornot.Simply,runthe
followingcommandtoviewHostednetworksupportedstatus.

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netshwlanshowdrivers

Incase,itsaysNo,youwillneedtoupdateyournetworkadaptersdriver.IfyourNICsupports
virtualization,youregoodtogo.Now,enterthefollowingcommandstoconfigureanadhocwireless
connection.

netshwlansethostednetworkmode=allowssid=<networkname>key=<passkey>

Oncethehostednetworkhasbeensettoallow,youneedtostartthemodetocreateanadhoc
connection.Justenterthecommandbelow.

netshwlanstarthostednetwork

Ifitsayshostednetworkcouldntstarted,youneedtodisablecurrentwirelessnetworkdeviceandthen
enableit.YoumayalsoneedtorefreshnetworkadapterlistfromDeviceMangertoinstallavirtualnetwork
devicedriver.
Whenthehostednetworkisstarted,enableICSfornewlycreatedWiFiconnection,sothatyoucanshare
yourinternetconnectionwithothers.InordertoenableICSfeature,headovertoNetworkandInternet>
NetworkConnections,andopenPropertiesdialogofnetworkdevice(whichisconnectedtointernet).Now,
openSharingtab,enableAllowothernetworkuserstoconnectthroughthiscomputersInternet
connection,andthenchoosethenewlycreatedadhocconnectionfromthelist.Inourcase,itsWiFi2,as
showninthescreenshotbelow.

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Oncetheinternetconnectionisshared,checktheIPaddressassignedtonewlycreatedadhoc
connectionfromTCP/IPv4Properties.IfitdoesntassignIPaddress,thenrunnetshwlanstart
hostednetworkcommandinCMD.

Afterfollowingtheabovesteps,youwillbeabletoconnectWiFienableddeviceswithyourWindows8
PC.Asshowninthescreenshotbelow,thecurrentinternetconnectionissuccessfullysharedwithadhoc
connection.

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UsingThirdPartyWiFiHotSpotCreator
Ifyoudontwantthefussofhavingtomanuallyconfigureawirelessadhocconnection,thenpreviously
featuredWiFiHotSpotCreatorprovidesthebestsolution.Itsazeroconfigurationsoftware,designedto
quicklycreateanadhocconnection.ItbasicallyturnsyourPCintoavirtualrouter,enablingallnearbyWi
FienableddevicestouseyourPCsinternetconnection.AllyouneedistoenterSSIDname,passkey,and
specifynetworkinterfacetosharetheinternet.ClickingStartwillturnyourPCintoaWiFihotspot.

Ifyourelookingforatooltoconfiguretheadhocconnectionandmanagetheconnecteddevicesfroma
unifiedinterface,Connectifyprovidesyouwithwhatyouvebeenlookingfor.Itsanapplicationthat
transformsyourPCintoaWiFihotspot,allowingyoutosharetheinternetconnectionwithothers.Apart
fromtransformingyourPCintoaWiFihotspot,itallowsyoutoviewandmanageallconnecteddevices,
andsetinternetaccesspermissionsforeachconnecteddevice.

ItsworthmentioningherethatvirtualWiFicreatorsrequirevirtualizationenabledNetworkAdapterfor
creatingWiFiHotspot.So,ifnoneofabovemethodsworkoutforyou,thenyoumayneedtoinstallaNIC
thatsupportsvirtualizationfeature.

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Jointhediscussion
Vittorio 3yearsago

OnWindows7workedlikeacharm,onWindows8Itdoesn'tprovideIPaddresstoclient.
Maybeabug:http://social.technet.microsof...
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AkmaFuad>Vittorio 3yearsago

whatwrongmywindows8donthaveadhoc.itsonlycmd.itryitbutfailed
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Vikrant>AkmaFuad ayearago

RunCommandPromptasAdministrativeUser.
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Eureka>AkmaFuad 3monthsago

youneedtocreateadhocfirstinnetworksharingcenter.afterthatrunthe
commandpromptasadministratortoenablethemicrosoftwifivirtualminiport
adapter

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lezion 3yearsago

itisnotadhocconnection,itscalledsoftAP,youcantcreateadhocconnectionbecausethis
featureismissing.
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terry 3yearsago

AWESOME.Averywellwrittenguidethatworkedperfectlyforme.
HPdm4,late2010.Windows8CP.
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StijnDevooght 3yearsago

Ihavenoideawhattheothersarecomplainingabout,IdidthisonWindows8andIcan
easilysharemyconnectionwithadhoc.Worksperfectforme,nowIcanusethewifionmy
phoneandlaptop!Thanksalot!
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Jack 3yearsago

IcannotshareenablesharingfromvirtualdrivetoLANconnection
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ArashRian 3yearsago

Ifollowedu'rinstructionsandeverythingwentfine,butIdon'tknowwhymycomputeruses
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Ifollowedu'rinstructionsandeverythingwentfine,butIdon'tknowwhymycomputeruses
the"Localareaconnection"astheadhocnetwork!Thereforeican'tconnectthe"wifi"
connection.IshouldmentionthatIuseaDNSconnectiononmycomputerandIwantthatto
beshared!
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ShadAzmi 2yearsago

Icannotconnecttomorethanoneclientatonce.
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DarrylKraemer 2yearsago

Lifesaver.Thanksforthis.Veryhelpful
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IlhamRabbani 2yearsago

ThankYouVerymuch
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Crdq 2yearsago

Isthereawayofdoingthisautomaticallyonstartup?Itisworkingperfectlyotherwise.
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Tom>Crdq ayearago

Youcanmakeabatchfileafterstartup.

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dhen 2yearsago

thankyou:)icannowconnectmygalaxyytomylaptop:)
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Shady 2yearsago

theproblemisthateverythingislostwhenthecomputerisrestarted
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VB>Shady 2yearsago

Inordertoavoidthehassleofconfiguringagainnagain,putallthecomandsinbatfile
andrunitasadmin!!:D
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qpaul>VB 2yearsago

Help....ItoohavethesameproblemthatwhenIpowerdownandrestartthe
networkandallthesettingsaregone.Iseeyousuggestputallthecommands
inbatfile,howdoIdothat??
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BroghanFields>qpaul 2yearsago

CreateaNotepad/Wordpadfileonyourdesktop.Fromthere,typeall
thecommandsyouwouldtypeintothecommandprompt.Example:
line1innotepadfile:netshwlansethostednetworkmode=allowssid=
<networkname="">key=<passkey>
line2:netshwlanstarthostednetwork
Afteryouaredone,yousavethefileas"Whateveryouwantitnamed"
with".bat"afterthenameyouenteredwithnospacesinbetween
them.Throwthatbadboyonyourdesktopanddoubleclickitwhen
youturnonyourcomputer,andBAM,there'syournetworkalready
made.
Ifyouwanttochangethenameorthepasswordatanytime,justright
clickthefile,OpenWitheithernotepadorWordpad,andedityour
preferences.Thenjustsaveitagain,andthereyago.
Hopethishelps.
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NateJ 2yearsago

TheabovearticledidnotworkusingWindows8.Iwanttocreateawifihotspotsharedwith
anEthernetconnectionasyouwouldfindinahotelsetup.Wifihotspotcreatorfailedtowork
withWindows8!However!!Coneectifydoeswork!!Itappearsthatsome.NETframework
filesweremissingthatConnectifyidentifiedandinstalled.Itworksatreat!!Youcannowdo
whatWindows7did!ConnectifyLiteisfreeandisagreatadhoctool.Easytosetupanduse.

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whatWindows7did!ConnectifyLiteisfreeandisagreatadhoctool.Easytosetupanduse.
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PinOy 2yearsago

thankalot:)
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AkramKashef 2yearsago

othercomputercanseemyadhocbutwhenevericonnectitrequirespasswordwhichi
don'tknow,replyplease
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ShahnawazNekware>AkramKashef 2yearsago

useyourkeywhichisprovidedincommandpromptwhilesettingyourhotspot.
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craziyass 2yearsago

verryusefulltutorial.Workslikeacharm!Thankyouverymuch
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TaYoChan 2yearsago

doyouhavetobeconnectedviawirelesstodothis?mylaptopisonawiredconectionand
tryingtocreateawoirelessaccesspointforphone
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KirteshAgrawal 2yearsago

WhenIDisabledIt,itdisappearsfromadaptersettingsandnowitsnotevenshowingin
devicemanager
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auie>KirteshAgrawal 2yearsago

JustgotodevicemanagerdisableyourNetworkAdapterwaitfor5secthenenable
it.ItshouldshowHostedNetworkthenrightclickonitandenable.Hopethishelps.
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Quidnunc 2yearsago

Veryuseful...worksatreatonW7andW8.
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jaysonragasa 2yearsago

Thankyou!!

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sajad 2yearsago

Thanksverymuch
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KevinL 2yearsago

Thankyousomuch!IhavetheAT&TCommunicationMangerinstalled.Ilosttheabilityto
sharemyconnectionwhenIupgradedtoWindows8.Notonlydidthiswork,butitkicked
somethingintheAT&TSoftwareaswell.NowIcansharemyconnectionusingwindowsor
theAT&Tsoftware.
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steve 2yearsago

OMG!FINALLY!!Ihavebeentryingfor2daystosetupmywindows8laptopasawireless
accesspointtosavedatausageonmy(andmywifehasonetoo)SamsungGalaxyNote2,
triedseveralprograms,callsforhelp,etc.etc.THANKYOU!!!youguysareawesome!!had
aproblemwithgettingtheNote2toconnect,soIwrotedowntheinfofromtheC:\prompt
windowthatwasrelatedtoWirelessLANadapterconnectionthatIhadjustsetupfollowing
yoursteps,choseadvancedsettingsonmyphone,enteredthenumbersshownandalso
selectedstaticforIPaddressanditconnected.WHEW!hopefullythedesktopshrotcutI
chosetocreatewillmakethiseasiertorepeat.Thanksagainyouareamazing!!
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ExistentialSquid>steve ayearago

AndIhavetothankyouforpointingouttryingmanuallyenteringstaticIPaddress,
nowitworksformetoo.AndwhileI'matitIjoinyouinthankingtheseguyswho
wrotetheguide.

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TickL 2yearsago

Thanx,Thanx,Thanxazillion,Usman!JustwhenIthoughtofdowngradingtoWindows7,I
cameacrossyourpost.
Thanxagain.
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topanengineer 2yearsago

.howcanifixit??cmdsaysthehostednetworkcouldn'tbestarted
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topanengineer>topanengineer 2yearsago

onthe4thpicturetipsaboveimean.pleasereply.thanks
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SleymanVardar 2yearsago

thankyousosomuch.iwashasselingwithwindows7networkbridgeandadhocnetwork
tips.
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Vicky 2yearsago

awesomearticleandveryhelpfull.......thankssomuchforgreathelp...!!!!!!!
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hossamkhalefa 2yearsago

icraetanetworkbutwhenirestartthebcitbecamedosnotwork....whatistheprop....
please
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tushar 2yearsago

Iamsuccessfultosetupawifihotspotandmycellphoneisconnectedaswel,but
unfortunatelymyandroidphoneisunabletoexchangebytes.cananyonehelpmeto
resolvethisissue?
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pradnya 2yearsago

wifiisconnectedonmymobilebutitisnotabletoopenanywebpage
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MichaelRickman 2yearsago

WillthisworkwithaWindowsRTdeviceaswell?IhaveaSurfaceandwouldliketotetherto
aniPhoneappwhichspecifiesaSOCKSProxyaswellasthestaticIPAddressandsubnet
mask.Thanks!
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AbelReyesB 2yearsago

GREATPOST!!!!!!!!!!thanksalot!!!!!
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Saha 2yearsago

hi.ihaveaproblemwiththisstep:"netshwlanstarthostednetwork"
whenienterthatiseethiserrorthat"errormessagethegrouporresourceisnotinthe
correctstatetoperformtherequestedoperation"andidisablecurrentwirelessnetwork
deviceandthenenableitbutihaveproblem.
pleasehelpme

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isharadissanayake>Saha 2yearsago

Ialsofaceaboveproblemplzhelp
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pritu>Saha 2yearsago

justreinstallthewirelesswifidriveranddoscanforhardwarechangesindevice
manageruwilltheirthatvirtualadapterdisabled,,,enableit...

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Alex>pritu 2yearsago

Howdoyoudothat?

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ShahnawazNekware 2yearsago

Itsworkingproperly...wellexplained.(Y)

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NikhilUK 2yearsago

Ihavesharedmynetworkandtheothersystemconnectedhowevercannotaccess
internet...:(anyhelpmuchappreciated..
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saikhna 2yearsago

idontknowmypassword...iwroteit3640...butitcantjoin...help!

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