[SOLVED] can i use D-Link Dwa-140 as a hot-spot?

[maenabughazaleh]

hello i have a USB stick receiver it works perfectly on my pc but i have changed into ethernet cable, can i use it to transmit internet for other devices like ps4?

 

[bill001g]

Do your really want to convert your expensive PC into a cheap dumb router. You can with a function called ICS. Microsoft has excellent instructions on their site. You have to be careful what you run on your PC when you have this active. If you were to spike the cpu usage on your pc it will affect traffic passing through.

That wifi stick is piece of crap even when it was new. It is not even 802.11n it was one of those pre-standard things that they rushed out and then found out it was not 100% compatible with the final standard. This is extremely old there are 2 full generations of newer wifi devices.

I would buy a very cheap router and use it as a AP. You would connect your PC to ethernet on the new router/ap and connect the AP to your router. You could then connect any other wifi or ethernet devices to the AP

 

[helpstar]

Your WI-FI adapter is not supporting AD-HOC mode, therfore can´t communicate with other adapters like your PS4 wifi.
https://images10.newegg.com/UploadF...DKT_410_DWA_140_manual_EN_UK1404012893001.pdf

 

[maenabughazaleh]

Do your really want to convert your expensive PC into a cheap dumb router. You can with a function called ICS. Microsoft has excellent instructions on their site. You have to be careful what you run on your PC when you have this active. If you were to spike the cpu usage on your pc it will affect traffic passing through.

That wifi stick is piece of crap even when it was new. It is not even 802.11n it was one of those pre-standard things that they rushed out and then found out it was not 100% compatible with the final standard. This is extremely old there are 2 full generations of newer wifi devices.

I would buy a very cheap router and use it as a AP. You would connect your PC to ethernet on the new router/ap and connect the AP to your router. You could then connect any other wifi or ethernet devices to the AP

oh i see .
the thing is i have QoS set on the main router, so if i connect another router/AP the settings won't be active and i can't manage the network form my PC because of the new subnet.
what is ICS and how to do it? and will it work in my condition?
thanks

 

[bill001g]

You run the second router as a AP not as a router. It is all the same subnet. A AP is basically what you are calling a hotspot.

Best I can suggest on ICS is go to microsoft site they have screenshots that show you how to do it. ICS actually is a very dump router. It will create a second subnet for all the wifi device you connect and then share he IP off the ethernet. I would not recommend using ICS, it works but it makes you pc not real usable. Even large web pages can cause small spikes in the latency.

 

[maenabughazaleh]

You run the second router as a AP not as a router. It is all the same subnet. A AP is basically what you are calling a hotspot.

how do i cennect it as AP?
u see i use "selfish net"{ a lot to limit the usage of other users and i cant do that unless my pc is connected to the main router, if i connect the second one as AP will it still work?
thanks

 

[bill001g]

Many routers have a option to run as a AP. Otherwise just search how to use a router as a AP. There are massive numbers of examples and videos.