Turn your Windows 7 into a Wi-Fi hotspot
If you wanted to turn your laptop into a Wi-Fi hotspot, a secret feature has been revealed in Windows 7 code that could allow you to tether your cell phone and other wireless device to your laptop. This unfinished feature was hidden by default because of its incompatibility with many of the devices and drivers. The feature can be enabled through a feature clicks of the mouse and some simple command line scripts.
Just Open up the Run command with Administrative permissions and run:netsh wlan set hostednetwork mode=allow ssid=Hotspot key=passwordhere
And
Set the network adapter with:netsh wlan start hostednetwork
After running the command, you will notice “Microsoft Virtual WiFi Miniport Adapter” appear in your network and sharing settings. Under your Sharing tab, under properties, Enable “Allow other network users to connect through this computer’s Internet connection”
After configuring everything, you should be allowed to connect to your laptop wirelessly with your mobile devices. However, this isn’t very useful to the everyday user, but its has future possibilities.
Users have reported that the following chipsets work:
Atheros AR5005GS (as in the TP-Link TL-WN651G)
Atheros AR5007EG with 8.0.0.238 firmware
Broadcom 4310-series (in many Dell laptops)
Realtek RTL8192u with 1370(Beta)
Ralink RT2870 (in many 802.11n USB dongles)
Realtek RTL8187SE (with the drivers that came with Windows 7)
D-link AirPlus G DWL-G510 Wireless PCI Adapter (driver version 3.0.1.0)
Intel 5100/5300 (with latest drivers from Intel’s site, version 13.0.0.107, 64bit systems only)
In Windows 7 Connectify is also available to takes advantage of this feature.
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