Turns Windows 7 into a Wi-Fi hotspot, allowing mobile phones and laptops to share the Internet with Windows 7 to build a wireless LAN

Turns Windows 7 into a Wi-Fi hotspot, allowing mobile phones and laptops to share the Internet with Windows 7 to build a wireless LAN
Turn Windows 7 into a Wi-Fi hotspot, so that mobile phones and laptops can share the Internet and use Windows 7 To establish a wireless LAN. Enable the hidden function of windows 7: Virtual WiFi and SoftAP (Virtual Wireless AP), you can turn your computer into a wireless router to achieve Internet sharing, Saving network fees and router purchase fees. Acer, HP laptop, and Nokia N97mini passed the test. Use a laptop with Windows 7 OS or a desktop with a wireless network card as the host.
The host settings are as follows: 1. Run Command Prompt as Administrator: shortcut key win + R → Enter cmd → press enter 2. Enable and set virtual WiFi NIC: run command: netsh wlan set hostednetwork mode = allow ssid = wuminPC key = wuminWiFi this command has three parameters: mode: whether to enable the virtual WiFi Nic, change to disallow to disable. Ssid: the name of the wireless network. It is best to use English (take wuminPC as an example ). Key: wireless network password, which consists of more than eight characters (wuminWiFi is used as an example ). The preceding three parameters can be used independently. For example, you can disable a virtual Wi-Fi network card by using mode = disallow only.




After it is enabled, a wireless connection 2 with the network Adapter "Microsoft Virtual WiFi Miniport Adapter" will be displayed in the network connection. For convenience, rename it Virtual WiFi. If no, you only need to update the wireless NIC Driver. 3. Set Internet Connection Sharing: In the "Network Connection" window, right-click a network connection that has been connected to the Internet and choose "properties"> "share ", check "allow others... connection (N)" and select "virtual WiFi ".



After confirmation, "shared" will appear next to the shared Nic icon, indicating that "Broadband connection" has been shared to "virtual WiFi ".


4. enable wireless network: Run netsh wlan start hostednetwork in the command prompt (change start to stop to disable the wireless network, to enable the wireless network after it is turned on, you only need to run this command again)



Now, the Red Cross of virtual WiFi disappears, the Wi-Fi base station has been set up, and the host has been set up. Laptops, mobile phones with WiFi modules, and other sub-computers can find the wireless network wuminPC. Enter the password wuminWiFi to share the internet!

Note: run the "netsh wlan show hostednetwork" command to display wireless network information. The WLAN sent by the virtual Wireless AP is of the 802.11g standard and the bandwidth is 54 Mbps.