Create an AdHoc or WiFi hotspot network

How to create an AdHoc or WiFi hotspot network in Microsoft Windows 8 or 10?

In Ad Hoc or peer-to-peer multiple computers are connected wirelessly using wireless network interface (NIC). This network allows wireless devices to directly communicate with each other. You can set up Ad Hoc wireless network to share Internet connection at home without using router and switch you can also use it to share file or printer between two or more computers wirelessly

In this blog iIn the previous Windows 7 or Windows XP, we can create graphically AdHoc Network by going to control panel and then network and sharing.
But when we talk about Microsoft Windows 10 Windows 8, it is difficult to create an AdHoc network because Microsoft has removed this graphical method from Windows 10 or Windows 8.
So Friends please don’t worry you can create an AdHoc network by command prompt…..

STEP 1
Go to the start menu and then type CMD on search bar and press enter key. Open Command Prompt on your  computer as administrator. A command prompt window will appear like that

STEP 2
In the following command line “SSID” refer to your Ad Hoc network  name and the “key” is refer to your password for your Ad Hoc Network.
Enter the following command in the command prompt window by pressing enter key.

Syntax > netsh wlan set hostednetworkmode=allow ssid=adhocname key=password

Example > nesh wlan set hostednetworkmode=allow ssid=Multitech key=12345678

Note:- The Ad Hoc network will be created after run the above command but the Ad Hoc network will Steel inactive mode, as you can see in above command prompt window.

STEP 3
Run the following last command to active Ad Hoc Network, sure your Ad Hoc network will be active.
Syntax > netsh wlan start hostednetwork

STEP 4
Now go to the network and sharing center and see for your network which you have created.

You can connect your device with this Ad-Hoc Network by putting the password on that device which you want to connect to this Ad-Hoc Network.

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