Did you know that your laptop can function as a wireless hot spot? As long as your laptop runs both Ethernet and Wi-Fi at the same time, it can work as a wireless hot spot.
But why would you want to convert your laptop into a hot spot? Imagine a situation where there are several people, probably attending a conference, but there is just one ethernet connection. How could everybody connect to the internet? Simple, convert one of the laptops into a hot spot and share the single ethernet connection with everyone else.
Let’s see how to do that. It is actually much easier than you would imagine.
In Windows Vista:
- Connect the laptop to the internet using the ethernet cable.
- Open the control panel and go into the Network and Sharing Center.
- Set up a new connection called a wireless ad hoc network.
- Give it a name and setup the desired security options.
- Deselect Save this Network.
- Finally, click on Turn on Internet Connection Sharing.
- Now anyone can connect to your laptop’s Wi-Fi.
In Windows XP:
- Make sure your laptop is connected to the Internet using the ethernet cable.
- Go to Control Panel and open up Network Connections.
- Right-click on your wireless connection and select Properties.
- On the Wireless Networks tab, check Use Windows to configure my wireless network setting.
- Under Preferred networks, click Add, and name your network.
- Select shared, and provide a password.
- Click the Advanced button and select Computer-to-Computer (ad hoc) networks only.
- Go back to the Network Connections control panel and open the Properties dialog for your wired internet connection.
- Go to the Advanced menu and check the box next to Allow other network users to connect through this computer’s internet connection.
It looks like a lot of steps for XP, but when you actually do it, you would be up and running in a couple of minutes.
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Is it possible to do the same with odinary PC’s
@kumar: Unlike Laptops, desktop PCs are not usually Wireless enabled out of the box. But technically, as long as they are wi-fi enabled, it would be possible to turn them too into a hot spot.
hello suresh
, nice article that will be advantangeous to normal persons
I will post the link to this article in my site so that my users also get advatage of it
shyam
can you do a hotspot wireless 2 wireless thanks. colin.
hehe nice ideas but its not approved yet, doesn’t think it may be so easy to make a laptop to a wireless hotpot!!!! if there is much things would found easily yet i had never found any thing like that for Windows Vista Ultimate pack. but i had knew few things would make it possible but for old windows.
Hi everybody,
there is another very easy way to do this with a very simple software. check the under given post at itoperationz.com.
http://www.itoperationz.com/2009/11/convert-your-windows7-laptop-into-a-wireless-hot-spot/
That make sense but the thing is the above method is not working at all. Here is a small free software that can do this very easily. check the new post on itoperationz.com to convert your laptop into a wireless hot spot