I wanted to configure my laptop (windows7) in such a way that I can connect many android mobile phones I have to wifi network via my laptop's wifi connection.
So I came across some softwares like Virtual router plus,connectify .All of them have given me errors.
Screenshots for Connectify starting errors
The mentioned update could not be started.
In Virtual router plus also same problems
[3]
[4]
So googling and searching I came across this thread
https://superuser.com/questions/743913/virtual-router-plus-could-not-be-started
the answer given on this thread I want to try.But these commands are for wifi which is onboard i.e. integrated with motherboard of your laptop.
netsh wlan set hostednetwork mode=allow ssid=yournetworkname key=secret
netsh wlan start hostednetwork
netsh wlan stop hostednetwork
.There is a SSID to which I am already connected let us say network1 then new ssid which I want to create ssid2 to which I want my android mobile phones to connect to ssid2 via my laptop in above commands what does hostednetwork refer to?
I want my android mobile phones to connect to internet using my laptop as a virtual router.
I have multiple USB wifi devices I want to use them to solve my problem.
I read this page https://www.techperiod.com/enable-microsoft-virtual-wifi-miniport-adapter/ and it mentions that to be able to create a virtual router Wifi will be able to create a virtual network or router only if the device has capacity
which can be checked by command
if the output has a line
then only you can create a virtual router.
My onboard wifi does not have capability
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in above screenshot hostednetwork=no output is there for command
I have a USB wifi device which has this capability
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Now I want to use the USB wifi adapter to create a hotspot or virtual router.
So how do I use above netsh commands to work on Wi-Fi2 adapter?
My problem is all the tutorials and docs I read have mentioned netsh command assuming the user wants to create hotspot or virtual router on Wifi1 which is onboard chipset of laptop. I want to do it on USB wifi.So I am not able to understand how to proceed?
I switched off the onboard Wifi via power button and then tried commands
C:\Windows\system32>netsh wlan set hostednetwork mode=allow ssid=myandroid key=121212
The hosted network started.
C:\Windows\system32>netsh wlan start hostednetwork
The hosted network started.
But it started on interface wifi which does not have the capability to run virtualrouter
I could confirm this because the power on my onboard wifi indicator came and android could not connect to the hotspot. It showed me a hotspot with the name I made on command line but could not connect.
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Following screen shot
on my android phone shows that android could see the newly created ssid myandroid (which due to commands happened on WiFi which does not have capability to host network) but later android could not get IP from virtual router which was created on command line .I am not clear as how to use command to create virtual router for USB wifi (which is wifi2) or have I missed something?
[1]: View: https://i.stack.imgur.com/llUvl.jpg
[2]: View: https://i.stack.imgur.com/N5o5C.jpg
[3]: View: https://i.stack.imgur.com/G9cQz.jpg
[4]: View: https://i.stack.imgur.com/sAMoW.jpg
[5]: View: https://i.stack.imgur.com/IeWyG.jpg
[6]: View: https://i.stack.imgur.com/Ryyxd.jpg
[7]: View: https://i.stack.imgur.com/BnLlF.jpg
[8]: View: https://i.stack.imgur.com/aymTU.jpg
So I came across some softwares like Virtual router plus,connectify .All of them have given me errors.
Screenshots for Connectify starting errors
The mentioned update could not be started.
In Virtual router plus also same problems
So googling and searching I came across this thread
https://superuser.com/questions/743913/virtual-router-plus-could-not-be-started
the answer given on this thread I want to try.But these commands are for wifi which is onboard i.e. integrated with motherboard of your laptop.
netsh wlan set hostednetwork mode=allow ssid=yournetworkname key=secret
netsh wlan start hostednetwork
netsh wlan stop hostednetwork
.There is a SSID to which I am already connected let us say network1 then new ssid which I want to create ssid2 to which I want my android mobile phones to connect to ssid2 via my laptop in above commands what does hostednetwork refer to?
I want my android mobile phones to connect to internet using my laptop as a virtual router.
I have multiple USB wifi devices I want to use them to solve my problem.
I read this page https://www.techperiod.com/enable-microsoft-virtual-wifi-miniport-adapter/ and it mentions that to be able to create a virtual router Wifi will be able to create a virtual network or router only if the device has capacity
HostedNetwork=Yeswhich can be checked by command
netsh wlan show driversif the output has a line
HostedNetworkSuport=Yesthen only you can create a virtual router.
My onboard wifi does not have capability
in above screenshot hostednetwork=no output is there for command
>netsh wlan show drivers so that means my onboard wifi chipset can not create a virtual router. I have a USB wifi device which has this capability
Now I want to use the USB wifi adapter to create a hotspot or virtual router.
So how do I use above netsh commands to work on Wi-Fi2 adapter?
My problem is all the tutorials and docs I read have mentioned netsh command assuming the user wants to create hotspot or virtual router on Wifi1 which is onboard chipset of laptop. I want to do it on USB wifi.So I am not able to understand how to proceed?
I switched off the onboard Wifi via power button and then tried commands
C:\Windows\system32>netsh wlan set hostednetwork mode=allow ssid=myandroid key=121212
The hosted network started.
C:\Windows\system32>netsh wlan start hostednetwork
The hosted network started.
But it started on interface wifi which does not have the capability to run virtualrouter
I could confirm this because the power on my onboard wifi indicator came and android could not connect to the hotspot. It showed me a hotspot with the name I made on command line but could not connect.
Following screen shot
on my android phone shows that android could see the newly created ssid myandroid (which due to commands happened on WiFi which does not have capability to host network) but later android could not get IP from virtual router which was created on command line .I am not clear as how to use command to create virtual router for USB wifi (which is wifi2) or have I missed something?
[1]: View: https://i.stack.imgur.com/llUvl.jpg
[2]: View: https://i.stack.imgur.com/N5o5C.jpg
[3]: View: https://i.stack.imgur.com/G9cQz.jpg
[4]: View: https://i.stack.imgur.com/sAMoW.jpg
[5]: View: https://i.stack.imgur.com/IeWyG.jpg
[6]: View: https://i.stack.imgur.com/Ryyxd.jpg
[7]: View: https://i.stack.imgur.com/BnLlF.jpg
[8]: View: https://i.stack.imgur.com/aymTU.jpg
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