How to create a Wi-Fi access point on your PC and share your Internet

Are you using the Internet on your PC and want to create a Wi-Fi hotspot on a Windows 7 or 8 computer so that you can also use the Internet on your mobile phone or on a nearby computer? Here is the easy step guide to do it. No, rocket science is required, just follow the steps below.

First of all, copy these two lines below and paste them into any notepad.

How to create a Wi-Fi access point on a Windows 7/8/10 PC

netsh wlan set hostednetwork mode=allow ssid=wifiname key=wifipassword netsh wlan start hostednetwork

Important - You can change the name of wifiname and wifipassword to red as you like.

The SSD will be the Wi-Fi name under which it will be visible to nearby phones or computers. The wifi password will be the password required to connect the device to the PC.

Now save it as wifi.bat on your desktop or any folder. This will act as a quick start button to start the Wi-Fi access point.

Now click on the wifi bat icon on the tour computer.

Last step: - Now go to the Network and Sharing Center and change the ethernet adapter settings.

Health! As you just did created a Wi-Fi access point on your computer.

If you want to stop it by yourself Go to Network and Sharing Center and disable it.

Alternatively, you can create a batch file called. Stop-wifi.bat with the content shown below.

netsh wlan stop hostednetwork

When you click on this bat file, the Wi-Fi hotspot will stop.

Now go to your phone and find the available wifi network and connect it. So here is everything that should be done to easily create a wifi hotspot on your Windows PC.