This concept of Wireless Hosted network was introduced in Windows 7. By using this feature we can easily create a virtual wireless adapter.To do this we only require a CMD (Command Prompt!) with Administrator privileges. And best of all you can connect to another WiFi when Hosted Network is running. This process describes some of the commands that are available only in Windows 7 or Windows 8 Ready PC.


  • Open Command Prompt as Administrator.


  • First Check whether your hotspot supported or not, to check type “netsh wlan show drivers“ In the output, Hosted network supported :Yes means that your computer supports hosted networks. Verify this.


  • To create hotspot type ”netsh wlan set hostednetwork mode=allow ssid=feroz-pc key=1234567890” without quota.
    • Here Hotspot name: feroz-pc
    • password: 1234567890
  • To start hotspot type”netsh wlan start hostednetwork“. 
  • To stop hotspot type”netsh wlan stop hostednetwork“.
NOTE: To Start and Stop hotspot, you can create a .bat file and keep it on desktop for quick access and run it as administrator. For example to

Start hotspot: open Notepad -> copy start hotspot command and paste in notepad -> and save the file as “.bat” extension. for example start.bat.

Stop hotspot: Similarly open Notepad -> copy stop hotspot command and paste in notepad -> and save the file as “.bat” extension. for example stop.bat.