Enable Internet Connection Sharing in Windows 8.

Enable Internet Connection Sharing in Windows 8

To begin, you will have to first open command prompt as an administrator. Open the WinX menu and select Command Prompt (Admin). The CMD window will open. Type the following and hit Enter:
netsh wlan set hostednetwork mode=allow ssid=Dell key=asdfg12345
Here Dell is the name I have chosen and asdfg12345 is the password I have chosen. This has to be at least 8 characters long. You can give your own name and select you own password.
Next, type the following in the CMD window and hit Enter:
netsh wlan start hostednetwork
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What we have done is started the wireless Hosted Network.
The wireless Hosted Network is a WLAN feature supported on Windows 7, Windows Server 2008 R2 and later with the Wireless LAN Service installed. This feature implements two major functions:
  • The virtualization of a physical wireless adapter into more than one virtual wireless adapter sometimes referred to as Virtual Wi-Fi.
  • A software-based wireless access point (AP) sometimes referred to as a SoftAP that uses a designated virtual wireless adapter.
You can get more details about the Wireless Hosted Network and the netsh commands here on MSDN.

Create a WiFi hotspot in Windows 8


Next open Control Panel\All Control Panel Items\Network and Sharing Center. Windows 7 offers the Manage wireless networks link in the left side above Change adapter settings. Windows 8 does not.
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Click on Change adapter settings.  You will see all your Network Connections.
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You can see the newly created DellNet (Local Area Connections 12)  here. Right-click on the connection you are currently using (in my case Ethernet) to connect to the Internet and select Properties.
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Click on the Sharing tab in the Ethernet Properties box and select Allow other network users to connect through this computers Internet connection. Under Home networking connection, from the drop down menu, I selected Local Area Connections 12 and clicked on OK.
That’s it!
You will have allowed Internet sharing and created a Wi-Fi hotspot of your Windows 8 laptop.
To confirm, I opened Settings on my Samsung Core, selected Wi-Fi, and was able to connect the phone to my laptop, using the set password.

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