Wireless ad hoc internet connection on windows 10

1. netsh wlan set hostednetwork mode=allow ssid= key=
netsh wlan start hostednetwork
Create Wireless Ad Hoc Internet Connection
on Windows 10
October 11, 2015 sunita
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Windows 10 misses the ability to set ad hoc network feature, in contrast to Windows 7.
Anyways Windows 10 has the Internet Connection Sharing or ICS feature that permits your PCs
internet connection to connect with the devices, though you cannot share the internet as it does
not permit to set up a wireless network connection. The ad hoc wireless connection switches
your PC to a virtual Wi-Fi router, permitting internet connection to other devices, although each
with a different IP address. Today in the article of Windows 10 we will show you Create
Wireless Ad Hoc Internet Connection on Windows 10 but make sure that your network adapter
is updated to the latest version. Let us begin the process.
How to Create Wireless Ad Hoc Internet Connection on
Windows 10
 Right click on the start button.
 Choose the Command Prompt (Admin).

2.  If prompted by User Account Control, click
 An elevated Command Prompt window appears on your screen.
 Type the following command which will scan the virtualization support of your network
interface.
netsh wlan show drivers
 Now, here, if you get a No message then you have to update your network adapter.
 And if the Hosted Network gives you a Yes message then it means that you can go
ahead as the network interface assisted virtualization.

3.  Type the below-mentioned command to set up an ad hoc wireless internet connection.
netsh wlan set hostednetwork mode=allow ssid= key=
 Now substitute the markup tags with your desired entries.
 In the place of “network name” provide your desired network name and instead of “pass
key” provide your key which should not be less than 8 characters.

4.  After setting up the hosted network, you need to start it.
 And to do so, type the following command.
netsh wlan start hostednetwork
 Now open open Windows 10 Control Panel.
 Choose Network and Sharing Center.

5.  On the left pane of Network and Sharing Center window, click the link Change
Adapter Settings.
 This will open up Network Connections.
 Here, for the recently created Wi-Fi connection you need to turn on the Internet
Connection Sharing.
 And to do so right click on the internet connection device which is currently connected to
the internet.

6.  Navigate to the Sharing
 Select the checkbox which asks you to
Allow other network users to connect through this computer’s Internet connection.

7.  And then use the drop down menu and select the recently created ad hoc
 You can get the IP address of the recently created ad hoc connection by double clicking
the TCP/IPv4 Properties under the Networking Tab.

8.  Now you can connect any of your Wi-Fi able devices with your Windows 10
Fix: The Hosted Network Couldn’t Be
Started while setting up Windows as HotSpot
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We all know that Windows 7 added the Wireless Hosted Network feature for the first time to
the Windows OS, so that you can turn your Windows system into a hotspot for sharing data
connection to various devices. We’ve already posted about how to set up Windows as
hotspot manually. Today, we came around an issue due to which we were unable to host the
hotspot from a Windows 8 system.

9. The Hosted Network Couldn’t Be Started
Whenever we tried to start the hosted network, Windows ended itself with this error:
The hosted network couldn’t be started.
The group or resource is not in the correct state to perform the requested operation.
Well, this issue can be due to misconfiguration in network adapter settings. We already tried to
update even reinstalling the wireless driver, but no luck. Following fixes you can try to solve it:
FIX 1
1. Press Windows Key + R, type ncpa.cpl in the Run dialog box and hit Enter, this should open
Network Connections.

10. 2. In the Network Connections window, select the network you’re going to share. Right click on
it and select Properties.
3. In the network connection Properties window, switch to Sharing tab. Now enable first two
options there as indicated in the screenshot below.

11. Click OK, close the Network Connections window and reboot. Your problem should be fixed by
now and if it doesn’t, try the second fix mentioned below.
FIX 2
1. Press Windows Key + R, type devmgmt.msc in the Run dialog box and hit Enter, this should
open Device Manager.

12. 2. In the Device Manager window, expand Network adapters, from the list pick the wireless
adapter and do a right click on it and select Properties or simply double click on it.
3. In the Properties window, switch to Power Management tab, here make sure that option
Allow the computer to turn off this device to save power is checked/enabled.

13. Click OK, close Device Manager and reboot the system, issue should be fixed significantly.
Hope this helps you resolve The Hosted Network Couldn’t Be Startederror while setting up
Windows as a HotSpot.