Windows 8.1 sets up WiFi sharing and cannot start a hosted link solution.

1. Set the WiFi sharing method2. Unable to start the hosted link solution

1. Set WiFi sharing method Windows8 windows8.1 laptop WiFi hotspot wifi. Quickly share your laptop or desktop network to your phone, tablet, and more.

The steps are as follows:

Win+x key in the menu bar that appears, select Run as Administrator command, one;

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First check your laptop or PC support does not support WiFi hotspot, output netsh wlan show drivers at the command prompt. Find: Supported hosting network: Yes/No, if it is congratulations on your network card support WiFi hotspot, two shown;

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Then enter: netsh wlan set hostednetwork mode=allow ssid=name Key=password (typically more than 8 bits, where name is the name of the WiFi, key is the password to connect to this hotspot) click Enter. (Allow to start the wireless Hotspot feature, disallow disable the wireless hotspot feature) is shown in three;

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The wireless hotspot has been set up and then entered the command: netsh wlan start hostednetwork will prompt "undertake network initiated". Four

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Move the mouse to the lower right corner of the desktop, right mouse button, enter the "Open Network and Sharing Center", five;

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and click "Change adapter Settings" in the top left corner of the page, six;

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At this point, you will have a wireless network connection in your network connection and a Microsoft Managed network virtual adapter, which means you have successfully turned on the WiFi hotspot feature.

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Then you must choose your computer has been successfully internet side, right-click "Properties"---> "share"---> "First tick---> and select the configured WiFi as a shared source"---> OK. Eight

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The local network is set up to display shared:

The next step is to find the device that we want to connect to Wi-Fi. Success.

If you want to turn it off, simply open a command prompt as an administrator (refer to the first step) and enter the Netsh wlan stop hostednetwork.

Tip Every time you need to power on, simply open a command prompt as an administrator (refer to the first step) and enter the Netsh wlan start hostednetwork. The simplest way to do this is to set up an auto-start WiFi hotspot script on boot. To do this: Create a new Notepad file, copy: netsh wlan start hostednetwork then save as: Start WiFi hotspot. Bat (note that the suffix. txt of the Notepad file must be changed to. bat) so that running this file as an administrator after boot is enabled.

If you want to delete it, simply open a command prompt as an administrator (refer to the first step) and enter:

Netsh wlan set hostednetwork mode=disallow

2. Unable to start the hosted link solution

Occasionally when you disable the WiFi Hotspot wireless network link, you will be prompted to fail after starting the hosting configuration, as shown in nine:

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In this case, you need to disable the computer's wireless network on, 10, as shown:

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Then right-click on My Computer-properties-Device Manager to view the network adapter, you can see that there is a configuration is not open, 11, as shown;

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After you start the hosted virtual network virtual adapter, re-execute the turn on WiFi hotspot statement netsh wlan start hostednetwork, which appears "hosted network Started" and the problem is resolved!!

Windows 8.1 sets up WiFi sharing and cannot start a hosted link solution.