Play Wifi directly on Windows 7 without using software

Instructions to play WiFi with Windows 10, Win 7, Win 8 laptops

Step 1: With Win 8 you right-click in the lower left corner of the screen and select Command Prompt (Admin).

For Win 7, you press the Start button and then search for the word “cmd”. Run the file “cmd.exe” by right-clicking and selecting Run as Administrator.

Instructions for playing WiFi with a laptop: Run Command Prompt with Admin rights.

Step 2: Next, in the Command Prompt, enter the command below to create a Hosted Network and then press Enter:

netsh wlan set hostednetwork mode=allow ssid=wifi-win8 key=12345678

Note: wifi-win8 is the hosted name which can be replaced with another name of your liking, 12345678 is the password of your choice, minimum 8 characters.

Instructions to play WiFi with laptop: In Command Prompt, enter the command “netsh wlan set hostednetwork mode=allow ssid=wifi-win8 key=12345678”.

Step 3: 1 hosted successfully. You continue to enter the command line below to broadcast WiFi and then press Enter:

netsh wlan start hostednetwork

Step 4: Next is to share the Internet connection for the newly created WiFi network. You right-click on the network icon at the bottom of the taskbar, in the right corner, next to the speaker image => select Open Network and Sharing Center => select Change adapter settings. You will see an additional virtual wireless network in Network Connections.

Instructions for playing WiFi with a laptop: Right click on the network icon at the bottom of the taskbar => select Open Network and Sharing Center => “Change adapter settings”, you will see an additional virtual wireless network appear in Network Connections (in image is Local Area Connection* 12).

Step 5: Right click on the network being used to access the Internet (here using Mobifone’s 3G) => select Properties.

Instructions for playing WiFi with a laptop: Right-click on the network being used to access the Internet (here using 3G of Mobifone) => select Properties.

Step 6: In the Sharing tab, check the box Allow other network users to connect through this computer’s Internet connection and below Home networking connectionselect the newly created network name (here is Local Area Connection* 12) and then click OK (this is only installed once for the first time)

Instructions to play WiFi with laptop: In the Sharing tab, check the box “Allow other network users to connect through this computer’s Internet connection” and under “Home networking connection”, select the newly created network name. Finally click OK.

Step 7: It is done. You have successfully broadcast a Hosted Network. To check the newly created network information, enter the command below into the Command Prompt and then press Enter:

netsh wlan show hostednetwork

Instructions for playing WiFi with a laptop: To check the network information, enter the command line “netsh wlan show hostednetwork” into the Command Prompt and then press Enter.

Step 8: To turn off WiFi, enter the command line: netsh wlan stop hostednetwork.

Note when you want to turn it back on, you just need to re-enter the command: netsh wlan start hostednetwork.

Step 9: To cancel a created WiFi network, enter Command Prompt:

netsh wlan set hostednetwork mode=disallow ssid=wifi-win8 key=12345678

Once the network has been canceled, to re-establish the WiFi connection, you need to repeat from step 1 to step 7.

Advanced step: Pre-made command files

Open the Notepad editor, copy each command line and save it with each “.cmd” file separately such as: Create.cmd (create), Start.cmd (Play), Stop.cmd (Off) and Delete.cmd (Cancel). cancel). Note that when copying the command into Notepad, you must also press Enter and then Save, when Save As remember to select All Files in the dialog box below the file name.

After this, every time you need to perform any action, you just need to run the equivalent file under Admin.

Instructions for playing WiFi with a laptop: Using the WEP algorithm network

Step 1: Go to Start => Control Panel, then go to Network and Sharing Center.

Instructions for playing WiFi with a laptop: Go to Start => Control Panel, then go to Network and Sharing Center (red frame).

Step 2: Select Set up a new connection or network.

Instructions for playing WiFi with a laptop: Select “Set up a new connection or network” (red frame).

Step 3: Select Set up a wireless ad hoc (computer-to-computer) network => Click Next 2 times.

Instructions for playing WiFi with a laptop: Select “Set up a wireless ad hoc (computer-to-computer) network” (red frame) => click Next 2 times.

Step 4: Set network name, select network type as WEP, set password, check Save this network => click Next.

Instructions for playing WiFi with a laptop: Set the network name, select the network type as WEP, set the password, check “Save this network” => click Next.

Step 5: Initial network setup is done. Press Close.

Instructions for playing WiFi with a laptop: Click Close to finish the initial installation process.

Step 6: Next, you create an Internet connection for the newly created wireless network. Go to Control Panel, select Change adapter settings.

Instructions for playing WiFi with a laptop: Go to Control Panel, select “Change adapter settings” (red frame).

Last step: Hold Ctrl and select both Local Area Network and Wireless Network Center => right click and press Add to Bridge.

Instructions for playing WiFi with a laptop: Hold Ctrl and select both Local Area Network and Wireless Network Center => right-click and press Add to Bridge.

That’s it, your laptop has become a WiFi hotspot.