This guide will show your how to enable the Virtual Wifi within Windows, step by step, and troubleshooting.
Some wifi adapter does come with software utility to enable Soft AP mode with ease, but my Asus AC Wifi adapter does not, but it does not mean it does not support Soft AP mode, all you need to do is just follow the steps below to enable Soft AP mode.
It basically works with most connection i've tried, like Dlink usb HSDPA modem, USB wifi adapter, and Gigabit Ethernet connection.
First, save the following batch commands to "SoftAP.bat" with notepad.
1. double click the batch file to enable and activate the Windows' Virtual Wifi adapter, a command prompt window will appear, if everything went good, you will see the phrase "The hosted network started."
2. Now click the Virtual Wifi adapter status, click properties, > Internet Protocol Version 4 (TCP/IPv4), and enter the IP address/DNS like the screen show below
The DNS can be your ISP's DNS, or OpenDNS, the one i'm using is Google's DNS IP, click apply to exit. The reason i use Static IP because DHCP will not working properly with SoftAP and you cannot assign DNS.
3. Go the Control Panel, click the connection you wan to share the internet connection, for example Realtek PCIe GBE Family Controller
The status window will appear, click "Properties", and go to Sharing tab, tick "Allow other network users to connect through this computer's internet connection, and select the Virtual Wifi Adapter, for example the "Local Area Connection* 18"
4. click the Setting button, and enable everything you got there if you know what are you doing![sweat.gif]()
And your Virtual Wifi/Soft AP will be usable by now.
5. To disable the Virtual Wifi/SoftAP, just go to the command prompt windows, press any key and the service will stop.
* type this command "netsh wlan show hostednetwork" into command prompt to view your SoftAP status, for example how many clients supported, or how many clients connection to the Soft AP.
and "netsh wlan show driver" to see whether if your wifi adapter supprt Soft AP mode, and it's capability.
# For some reason it still does not working correctly with windows 7, you might have to manually enter the DNS(see the step 3) again on the Wifi connection that is connected to the Soft AP. While Android Phone are able to connect to internet without having to enter DNS IP Address manually.
Some wifi adapter does come with software utility to enable Soft AP mode with ease, but my Asus AC Wifi adapter does not, but it does not mean it does not support Soft AP mode, all you need to do is just follow the steps below to enable Soft AP mode.
It basically works with most connection i've tried, like Dlink usb HSDPA modem, USB wifi adapter, and Gigabit Ethernet connection.
First, save the following batch commands to "SoftAP.bat" with notepad.
QUOTE
@echo off
title Microsoft Hosted Network Virtual Adapter
netsh wlan set hostednetwork ssid=<Enter the SSID here> key=<Enter Security Key here> keyUsage=persistent mode=allow
netsh wlan start hostednetwork
@echo Press anykey to turn off Virtual WiFi
pause>nul
netsh wlan stop hostednetwork
pause>nul
title Microsoft Hosted Network Virtual Adapter
netsh wlan set hostednetwork ssid=<Enter the SSID here> key=<Enter Security Key here> keyUsage=persistent mode=allow
netsh wlan start hostednetwork
@echo Press anykey to turn off Virtual WiFi
pause>nul
netsh wlan stop hostednetwork
pause>nul
1. double click the batch file to enable and activate the Windows' Virtual Wifi adapter, a command prompt window will appear, if everything went good, you will see the phrase "The hosted network started."
2. Now click the Virtual Wifi adapter status, click properties, > Internet Protocol Version 4 (TCP/IPv4), and enter the IP address/DNS like the screen show below
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The DNS can be your ISP's DNS, or OpenDNS, the one i'm using is Google's DNS IP, click apply to exit. The reason i use Static IP because DHCP will not working properly with SoftAP and you cannot assign DNS.
3. Go the Control Panel, click the connection you wan to share the internet connection, for example Realtek PCIe GBE Family Controller
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The status window will appear, click "Properties", and go to Sharing tab, tick "Allow other network users to connect through this computer's internet connection, and select the Virtual Wifi Adapter, for example the "Local Area Connection* 18"
4. click the Setting button, and enable everything you got there if you know what are you doing
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And your Virtual Wifi/Soft AP will be usable by now.
5. To disable the Virtual Wifi/SoftAP, just go to the command prompt windows, press any key and the service will stop.
* type this command "netsh wlan show hostednetwork" into command prompt to view your SoftAP status, for example how many clients supported, or how many clients connection to the Soft AP.
and "netsh wlan show driver" to see whether if your wifi adapter supprt Soft AP mode, and it's capability.
# For some reason it still does not working correctly with windows 7, you might have to manually enter the DNS(see the step 3) again on the Wifi connection that is connected to the Soft AP. While Android Phone are able to connect to internet without having to enter DNS IP Address manually.