how to setup a wifi hotspot ad-hoc network in windows 8 pc :[creating ad-hoc network]

Create your own ad-hoc network on windows 8 pc or laptop:


Here is step by step guide to set up your own  ad-hoc network,  you can use it to play multiplayer games, send files, access remote files etc.


  • Open CMD in administrator mode by pressing 
           windows key + X + A
  •  type these command to check your drivers details 

           netsh wlan show drivers   

by this we can know that hosted network is available on local machine or not
  • If you find  hosted network supported : yes   then only you can create Wi-Fi hotspot
  • type the following command
netsh wlan set hostednetwork mode=allow ssid=connection _name key=password

ssid is the network id or name you can provide any name as you wish and key is the password (8character_key), make sure you key is of at least 8 character.

  • press Enter key
  • you will get a success note 
  • last command to enter
netsh wlan start hostednetwork
  • if connection gets started successfully you will get notification 'hosted network started'






enjoy !




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