Windows 8: Enable WiFi Access point
Operating system
Windows 8
Scenario
The different steps for enabling the Wi-Fi access point in Windows 8.
Solution
Method 1
Press Window key + X and choose Command Prompt (Admin) from the drop-down as shown in the below image.
To check the active wireless device and its supported drivers information, execute the below command:
Netsh WLAN show drivers
It shows the option - Hosted network supported – yes in output result.
Now type the command to build wireless restrictions like insert SSID name, Passkey and set up a wireless connection.
Netsh wlan set hostednetwork mode=allow ssid=<ssid> key=<password>
For example, an SSID is Jinish and password is jinish123. The command is as follows:
Netsh wlan set hostednetwork mode=allow ssid=jinish key=jinish123
Finally, start the hostednetwork service by the following command:
Netsh wlan start hostednetwork
To check the complete details of active wireless connection, execute the following command:
