How to Create Wi-Fi Hotspot on Windows 8/10 using Command Prompt and Notepad





There is no windows official tool to turn Laptop's Wifi into a Wi-Fi hotspot.

Actually there was official support for older windows (windows 7) 

Microsoft removed the tool to create wifi hotspot on your laptop. 

But it doesnot mean that you can not do the same. every device that has wifi can be turned into a Wi-fi hotspot.



There are several software that can do this work like connectify.me and mhotspot.com or even you can read this tutorial that teach you doing this on various version of windows.

Creating Wi-Fi Hotspot on Windows 8 / 8.1 /10 using Notepad

There is a simple step by step procedure that will demonstrate you how to turn your pc/laptop into a wifi hotspot. 

So you can connect more wifi enabled devices with it. 

Understanding the terms. 

Command prompt - a built-in tool that is used to give computer commends and accordingly your machine will do their action. 

.bat -  it's a file extension used for commend promote, just like if you open the file it will be opened into command prompt.

Well now we will be creating simple .bat commands that you can use to start and stop your Wi-Fi Hotspot. You can change the SSID and even secure it using the KEY. So now lets get started on how its actually done.



Step 1.  Open Notepad and type paste below code into it.


[netsh wlan set hostednetwork mode=allow ssid=Quickfever key=12345 netsh wlan start hostednetwork]

ow make sure to save this file as WiFiOn.bat and its done.

Tip- 12345 is your password ans Quickfever is SSID, you can name it.


Step 2. Now create another new Notepad file and paste below code into it.

[netsh wlan stop hostednetwork]

Save this file as WiFiOff.bat and your Wi-Fi Hotspot stopping process is up.


Step 3. When you want to start Hotspot open the WifiOn.bat file. And to close it run the WifiOff.bat file.

TIP - Right click and run them as administrator.


As soon as you are done you can double click the Stop.bat file and your broadcast will be stopped.


Now you can change the SSID by changing code in blue color and you can change the security code in red color.



Title image remixed from Angela Lippitt (Shutterstock).

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