How to Enable WiFi Access point in windows 8 from Command Prompt

Steps to Enable WiFi Access point in windows 8 from Command Prompt – Computer and Internet are complimentary for each other. Nowadays an individual who owns a computer wants to have an Internet connection. If he has not an Internet connection, he is not in the rest till the Internet is not accessed.

The Connection between Internet and Windows 8 computer is a great issue. In order to Internet accessing activation, many new ways are being discovered day by day. Today we will talk about how to enable WiFi Access point in Windows 8 from the Command Prompt. Related Post:- How to Enable WiFi Internet Sharing in Windows 8.

Enable WiFi Access point in windows 8 from Command Prompt

Step 1 – Click shortcut key combination Win+X and choose “Command prompt (Admin)” from the list showing options.

Netsh wlan show drivers 

to view details of wireless device and driver and click Enter.

Step 3 – Once after running the command ensure that – “Hosted network supported – Yes” is available in the result.

Step 4 – Now type another command to build wireless restrictions like insert SSID name, correct Passkey and set up the wireless connection.

Netsh wlan set hostednetwork mode=allow ssid=myssid key=password

For example-  

Replace the  mywifi key with your WiFi Key and myssid key with your SSID Key (In the screenshot mine is written).

Noteworthy tips:

SSID –  It denotes your network name,

Password  – It defines wireless network key or Passkey. 

Step 5 – When you write the following command and click Enter, it starts displaying wireless hosted connection message.

Netsh wlan start hostednetwork

Step 6 – Your next work is typing the underneath command and pressing Enter.

netsh wlan show hostednetwork

This command is used to find out complete details of the active wireless connection such as the total number of the connected computer and a lot more.

Thus, you become successful to Enable WiFi Access point in windows 8 from Command Prompt on your laptop. Now you are ready to start transferring files or Internet over a wireless network.