How to set up a WiFi hotspot on a Windows8 system (graphics tutorial)

October 26, 2012, Microsoft officially launched the Windows 8 operating system, many users have been upgraded to the latest WIN8. As you know, it's convenient for us to set up a WiFi hotspot at the command prompt at the Win7 system, so is Win8 on the same? I tell you by actual experience, it's OK, but there's a slight difference in the steps. I'll tell you how to do it in detail below.

Action method:

1, first move the mouse to the lower left corner of the desktop, right-click, in the pop-up shortcut menu found "command prompt (Admin)", click, as shown in the following image:

2. After clicking, the system opens the command prompt with administrator privileges and enters the following command at the command prompt "netsh wlan set hostednetwork mode=allow ssid=test key=0123456789" (excluding double quotes, below) Carriage return, as shown in the following illustration:

3, in the bottom right corner of the desktop to find the network icon, right-click, "Open Network and Sharing Center", as shown in the following figure:

4, open, on the left of the window, "Change adapter Settings" was found, and in the Open Network Connection window, we did not find the virtual wireless network connection that appears under Win7, as shown in the following illustration, because under WIN8, even if the network hosting mode is allowed to start first, it can be found. This is why a lot of users can not find the virtual out of the network reasons;

5, back to the Command Prompt window, enter the command "Netsh wlan start hostednetwork", carriage return, start the hosting network, as shown in the following figure:

6, at this time, we can in the Network connected window to find the virtual out of the network connection, as shown in the following figure:

7, in the Ethernet network connection Right-click-attribute, find "sharing", select virtual out of the network, as shown in the following image, this time our WiFi hotspot is officially established.

8, in the last step after the operation, we suggest that the command prompt, the first shutdown of the hosting network, and then start the hosting network, equivalent to restart once, as shown in the following figure:

By doing this, your WIN8 system (xitongtiandi.com) computer becomes a WiFi-sharing hotspot, equivalent to a large wireless router where you can connect to the Internet via your phone, ipad, touch, etc. So easy to save the flow of skills, you don't have to try!