creating a wifi hotspot in windows 7

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Creating a WiFi hotspot in Windows 7 + SharingInternet connection for use, in Android

Posted August 3, 2012 by Sanju in Tips n Tricks. 194 Comments

Nowadays, almost all cell phones have an inbuilt WiFi adapter. And also, Android OS is much popularthese days. Thus most of us have an Android phone with latest WiFi technology, may be 802.11 b/g/n.

As almost all PC’s today are equipped with a WiFi adapter and almost every computer OS provides thefeature of creating a Wireless Connection, one may think of creating one and share the internet

connection for use in Android. But it is of no use, as Android is unable to detect “ad-hoc” wireless

networks and it needs an “infrastructure network”. Its well enough if you have a wireless router asits somewhat not possible to create an “infrastructure network” using PC’s WiFi.

But, here comes the twist. The line you read just 2 seconds ago is wrong. Yeah, one can create aWireless Network using PC’s WiFi for use in Android (Under some conditions!). This guide features a

complete tutorial on creating a Wireless Connection in Windows (detectable by Android) and sharingyour Internet Connection over WiFi.

Before continuing with this tutorial, I recommend you to download mHotspot(http://www.mhotspot.com). Its required for creating an infrastructure network (A Hotspot!). Also, letme assure, that this software works only in Windows 7 and above. Thus, XP users have to find some

other solution as we cannot continue without this application. Sorry for that !! So, lets begin.

First of all, we need to share our working Internet Connection with the WiFi adapter. For doing so,proceed as follows.

Open “Network and Sharing Center”. From the left pane, click on “Change adapter settings”.

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This will list all your network adapters and connections. Now right-click on your current, workingInternet Connection and select “Properties”.


A dialog box will be opened as shown in the image. Go to the sharing tab. Check the option “Allowother network users to connect through this computer’s Internet connection“. If it is already

checked, uncheck and check it again. Now, from the dropdown under the label “Home networkingconnection”, select “Wireless Network Connection 2″ from the list.




In most PC’s its name is “Wireless Network Connection 2″ by default, unless changed. If you can

not find it in the list, just search for your “Microsoft Virtual WiFi Miniport Adapter” and select itsname from the list. Then, click on “OK”. If prompted about some IP Address settings, just click “OK”and proceed further.



(http://sanjutalks.files.wordpress.com/2012/08/4.png)Now, open Properties of that “Wireless

Network Connection 2″ (Microsoft Virtual WiFi Miniport Adapter). Double-click on “InternetProtocol Version 4 (TCP/IPv4)”.




It will open up another Properties window. Here, select the option “Use the following IP adress”. Setthe “IP address” to 192.168.0.1, the “Subnet mask” to 255.255.255.0 and leave the “Default

gateway” blank. Also, set 8.8.8.8 as the “Preferred DNS server”. Leave “Alternate DNS server”,blank. Click “OK” and also close other Properties window. Thus, we have shared our Internet

connection. Then, connect to the Internet connection.


Now, we proceed towards creating a WiFi hotspot. For that double-click on “mHotspot.exe” that we

downloaded a the beginning of this tutorial. Then, click on “SETUP HOTSPOT”.




Give the desired name and a password (minimum 8 characters). Make sure you provide a strongpassword (I recommend that the password should contain alphanumeric characters with atleast oneuppercase letter and one special character like for example: “Ggsr@143″). After that, click on “OK”.




Now click on the “START” button.




Now, click on the network icon in the taskbar and check whether the name of the newly created WiFi

hotspot appears or not. If the name is listed, means we have successfully configured our hotspot.




It will show “Internet access” under the name of your current Internet connection and also under the

name of our recently created WiFi hotspot. If “No internet access” is mentioned under the name ofyour current Internet connection, means you are not yet connected to the internet. While, if “Internetaccess” is mentioned under your current connection but “No internet access” is mentioned under the

name of the hotspot, means the Internet connection is not properly shared. Just repeat the previoussteps for sharing the Internet connection properly. If all set, then its time to configure the Androiddevice.

Below here, I have mentioned steps for the Android device running Android v2.3.6 (Gingerbread).Though, the steps are somewhat similar for other versions. So, just go to Settings -> Wireless andnetworks -> Wi-Fi settings. Now open menu and select “Advanced” option.




Here, check the option “Use static IP”. Set the “IP address” to 192.168.0.2, “Gateway” to192.168.0.1, “Netmask” to 255.255.255.0 and “DNS1″ to 8.8.8.8 and leave “DNS2″ blank. Now savethe settings and turn the Wi-Fi on.

(http://sanjutalks.files.wordpress.com/2012/08/12.png)It will detect and display the name of our hotspot in the available networks list. Select the network,enter the password and tap on Connect. If you are authenticated correctly, your cell phone will be

connected to the hotspot.





That’s it. You can now use the Internet on your device.


I have basically shown the steps for Android but, these can be done the same way in other devices. One

just needs to know how to configure the IP settings in that device. This hotspot is detectable in almostevery WiFi enabled device. Thus it can be used to share an Internet connection between PC’s too.

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194 responses to this post.

Posted by Kartik on August 3, 2012 at 4:42 PM

Really Helpful !! Thank you Verymuch !

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Posted by Sanju on August 3, 2012 at 8:47 PM

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Posted by chetan on August 30, 2012 at 9:04 PM

thanxx a lot

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Posted by Sanju on September 7, 2012 at 2:13 AM

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Posted by Gaurav on September 14, 2012 at 9:43 AM

I have windows 7 home ..i have tried but its not working..pls help

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Posted by Sanju on January 18, 2013 at 12:50 AM

What problems are you exactly facing while connecting? if you go according to this tutorialthen it should work.

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Posted by Sathish Kumar on October 6, 2012 at 12:18 PM

hey buddy I followed whatever you said. created hotspot using mhotspot, changed the ip addressboth in connection and device, connected successfully my android to the network. the notificationshows it is connected. but i am unable to access internet. the browser page keeps on loading.Facebook app says connection lost(retry). Please help me. I am using android 2.3.5 in micromaca57. FYI: I am using the wifi of my college to access internet behind a proxy with individualusername and password.

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Posted by Zahoor on October 24, 2012 at 11:05 PM

I too face similar kind of problem

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If everything is according to the tutorial then you might need to set the proxy information in the

android device.

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Posted by vinnakota on May 31, 2013 at 1:59 AM

my os is jellybean,i couldnt set the proxy information,

Posted by layal on October 16, 2012 at 2:33 AM

finally it worked !! thanks for the helpful info

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Posted by kinza on November 5, 2012 at 12:29 AM

it works realy u rocks em soooooooooooooooooo much happy with so nice sharing coz i hav wasted

lots of my time n finaly u slove my problem thank u so much

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My pleasure. It took much efforts to connect the Android using PC’s wifi. Thus I posted this sothat others like us can connect easily.

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Posted by shahriar on December 15, 2012 at 1:46 AM

every thing shows ok but cannot connect to web page.it is loading.,using android gingerbread.

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Recheck the ip address in the pc. Sometimes enabling the sharing changes the ip withoutacknowledging the user. Also make sure the DNS addresses on both the devices are same.

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Posted by Pix Leigh on December 26, 2012 at 11:00 PM

Thank you very much for your clear & concise help on this subject!

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Posted by Sanju on January 17, 2013 at 8:35 PM

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Posted by tejas on January 14, 2013 at 11:26 PM

i am not able to connect to ad hoc not even find the network. i followed your procedure but……….I am using acer liquid mini 2.3.5 and i have rooted the device. please help. u can contact me [email protected]

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Android cannot detect ‘Adhoc” networks. You need to create “Infrastructure” network.

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Posted by rakeshng95 on June 2, 2013 at 2:28 PM

but how to create INFRASTRUCTURE network ? pls help me fast !!

Posted by Sanju on June 4, 2013 at 12:43 PM

This article is all about that…..

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Usually I do not comment any blogs which are unknown to me. But seriously, you helped me so

much with this. Awesome explanation, good screenshots, and… a working solution! THANKS!

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Posted by fox on January 16, 2013 at 8:50 AM

Thanks a lot for excellent explanation !!!! Working well!!!

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Posted by tahir on January 16, 2013 at 4:15 PM

thank a lot yaar,,,

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Posted by Karan on January 22, 2013 at 5:28 PM

it just showing ” Obtaining IP address”

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Means the ip on one of the device is not set properly

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Posted by Prince on January 22, 2013 at 8:25 PM

when i try to start hotspot using mHotspot it says “Driver problem found.” again n again.













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Posted by Prince on January 22, 2013 at 8:36 PM

i’m using micromax data card

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Reinstall the drivers of your wifi device. Make sure its working properly. It may also be that thecurrent version of mHotspot isn’t supporting your device. Use Windows 7 or higher version of

the OS. mHotspot won’t work with XP.

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Posted by rookie on January 24, 2013 at 6:44 PM

i cant open my mhotspot and it just run as administrator but nothing come out~

pls help me~~

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Posted by Sanju on February 2, 2013 at 9:21 AM

Which os are u using ?

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Posted by Ratul Rizvan on January 27, 2013 at 11:28 AM

in my case it is showing connected with the hotspot but still no internet sharing..i have followedevery step that u mentioned earlier but no luck bro..plz help me…

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Crosscheck the ip addresses…

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Posted by Laveen Lalwani on January 27, 2013 at 9:44 PM

Hi…please can u help me…I am using Samsung Galaxy Note 2…I followed your tutorial and getconnected to the infrastructure network created but yet when i open google chrome and search forany website it just keeps on loading and no result..please advise.Thanks

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Posted by UM on January 28, 2013 at 7:26 PM

Thank you so much! Took hours for me to find the right one! Thanks Sanjay!

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Posted by Akshay Mahurkar on February 2, 2013 at 4:02 PM

Fantastic….

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Posted by akash on February 7, 2013 at 8:15 PM

thanks a lot this helped a lotmy mobile internet is slow and costs a lotbut your tutorial has really helped me a lot:-)

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Posted by Sanju on February 7, 2013 at 8:19 PM

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Posted by Nafsi on February 8, 2013 at 5:05 PM

thanksss a MILLION…!!! seriously I have been searching for this type of connection for a longtime!!! thank you so so sooo much!!!

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Posted by Sadfi on February 12, 2013 at 7:19 PM

m using micromax a110… android 4.0 …. dnt see the option ‘use static ip’ …plz help!

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When the WiFi of your device is on and it lists the Wireless Access Point, just press and hold thename of that Access Point and check show advanced options. Then click IP Settings and changefrom DHCP to Static. Here you go. Now you can set the static IP and DNS information. Its

because in earlier Android, the IP information is managed per Wireless Adapter but later on itsmanaged per Network

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Posted by Sadfi on March 3, 2013 at 1:02 PM

I did that already bt once i choose static, the ‘save’ button deactivates and the new settings

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Posted by Sanju on March 8, 2013 at 4:14 PM

You should provide the accurate ip settings for the save button to get enabled..

Posted by Rajat Gupta on February 13, 2013 at 1:38 PM

Sir I am not connect wireless network connection 2. By default only wireless network connection isavailable which is wireless PCI Express Card LAN Adapter and cannot be changed.

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Yeah give it a try.

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Posted by manish on February 14, 2013 at 12:25 AM

sir can you tell me how to configure proxy information in my android device

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Head over to Settings > Wireless and network settings > WiFi SettingsThen, press the menu key and select AdvancedHere you will find the fields for entering the Proxy and Port.

This way you can configure the proxy in your Android device.

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Posted by sandeep pawar on February 14, 2013 at 7:15 PM

hiwhen stalling mhotspot exe….

mgs showing that “better Installer Host has stopped working”pl help me

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There’s some problem with your system. Try updating using Windows update.

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Posted by varun on February 15, 2013 at 2:11 PM

hi thanx for giving such a nice article. But i am facing issues in finding Microsoft Virtual WIFi


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hi thanx for giving such a nice article. But i am facing issues in finding Microsoft Virtual WIFiminiport adapter. I searched also but its not coming i serched on internet also but no use.

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You can try with the default wireless adapter. If you are unable to get a working WiFiconnection, then I think your device doesn’t has the Microsoft Virtual WiFi drivers. You maydiagnose this problem from Microsoft’s website.

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Posted by Damo on February 17, 2013 at 2:36 PM

I CANT DOWNLOAD M HOTSPOT

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Google it. The link may be down. Will confirm and update.

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Posted by Lakshay on February 18, 2013 at 1:45 AM

Thanxxxx A Lot Man. You’re great !!!!!

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Posted by gaurav on February 20, 2013 at 9:00 AM

sir, i m facing a prob. i follow same steps that u mention above. net is working on my androidphone bt wht app or play store etc type applications are not working. they show no connection..plztry to solve my prob.

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What problems are you facing exactly ?

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Posted by Ninad on February 21, 2013 at 4:42 PM

Hi i followed ur all instructions , but no work , my android can connect hotspot but cannot access

internet , webpage doesn’t load up

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Just check the IP and the DNS address on both the devices..

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Posted by Saif on February 22, 2013 at 2:29 PM

If I want to do this in my desktop PC, then do I need extra WiFi Router or Wifi Lan Card for this?(My Desktop has WiMax net connection)..pls Help

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You need a WiFi adapter in your PC nothing else..

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Posted by ronak joshi on February 23, 2013 at 11:47 PM

Dude,i use tata photon + it is not showing select a private network connection help what should i do

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Which OS ?

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Posted by hitesh gyanchandani on March 5, 2013 at 10:34 PM

Dude,I tried all these steps,my smartphone Samsung galaxy s2 is also connected to wi-fi network

created by me,but still it doesn’t works!!!!Plz help….my broadband connection is Tikonabroadband in pune..!!

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make sure you have properly shared the network and also cross-check the ip as well as dns

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Posted by zaibis on March 12, 2013 at 4:47 PM

i followed everything mentioned in the wat mentioned…shows connected on my android phone butunabe to access internet ,its happening in all apps n browsers…using win 7 n 2.3.5 android…please

help

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IP address may not be allotted properly… recheck the ip address and also make sure that theDNS addresses on both the PC and Android are same…

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Posted by Khency on March 15, 2013 at 1:27 AM

Hi Sanju. I followed all your instructions, precisly. Am using a Galaxy s3 and it connects to my wifiadaptor shared from my 3G usb modem. But the problem is my phone wont connect to the

internet, facebook, play store, anything internet related it gives a “try again” error message. evenwhatsapp texts dont go through. I’ve been reading all the comments and I cant seem to see anyhelp there. PLEASE Help….. What must I do to get this right???

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First of all make sure you have properly assigned a static ip address in your PC. Then as per thistutorial assign a static ip in your Android.Secondly, ensure that the DNS address on both the devices are same. If your ISP don’t have aparticular DNS address then assign 8.8.8.8 manually.Lastly, check that your Internet connection is properly shared. Also select the connection(through which you are sharing the internet) in the list of connections in mHotspot (if newversion)

Contact me if problem persists thereafter.

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Posted by Ankit Grover on March 16, 2013 at 12:52 AM

what should we write in proxy n port fields?

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Posted by Danniel on March 19, 2013 at 5:38 PM

I dunno what to download. may you share the direct link

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Posted by Danniel on March 19, 2013 at 6:42 PM

Thank you very much it’s now working.

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Posted by hardik on March 31, 2013 at 2:14 PM

what is procedure for android 4.0.

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Posted by Sanju on May 4, 2013 at 12:23 PM

Same procedure man..

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Posted by karthik athreya on April 5, 2013 at 8:15 AM

dear sir i followed every steps ,got connected to wifi on my phone (htc explorer) but i could notaccess the internet on my phone . pls help.

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Cross-check the ip address on the pc as well as on the phone..

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Posted by Reza on April 5, 2013 at 8:50 PM

Thanks for your kind note. However I cannot connect so far. It says:Driver Problem Found. Please Wait Whle mHotspot fixes it..Then it says that I need to restart for changes to be applied. After restart, same errors are given…












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Its the problem with your PC and no the phone…! Try updating your WLAN drivers.

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Posted by Hildo on April 8, 2013 at 4:17 PM

I have tried your guide but I have a problem getting mHotspot running, whenever is press “StartHotspot” i get the following error: “Hotspot couldn’t be started because: The group or sourcedoesn’t have the correct status to execute the asked process”Do you know of a solution to this problem?Greetings

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Use older version of mHotspot and mHotspot will only work for Windows 7 or higher OS

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Posted by kaustav on April 9, 2013 at 4:25 PM

awesome boss

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Thank you

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Posted by Asif on April 13, 2013 at 7:10 PM

Very Very Helpful…….Thanks Yaaar……:)

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Posted by Viktor on April 14, 2013 at 3:26 AM













hey,I followed all your instructions and i connected to the hotspot. But it disconnected again andagain…what do you advice?

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Reinstall the software, restart your PC and try again !

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Posted by Saurabh on April 16, 2013 at 11:54 PM

Hi Sanjay, I’m using Micromax A110(Canvas) and am trying to connect to my wi-fi connection butcontinously get the message “Obtaining the IP address”. I have tried to change the Wi-Fi settings assuggested by you above. Firstly, I go to advanced options and change the IP settings to Static fromDHCP, change the IP address to 192.168.0.2, Gateway to 192.168.0.1, Leave network prefix length

to 24, DNS1 is 8.8.8.8, don’t have Netmask and DNS2 is left to 4.4.4.4 (cannot leave it blank, sowhat do I fill in?).My problem is that the “Connect” button after doing all this is not activated and I can’t seem tosave these settings.Can you help please?Thanks,

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Some settings might be missing or you might have enter something wrong…

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Posted by Shubham on June 25, 2013 at 6:25 PM

same problem!! Help.. I have android 4.0

Posted by Dhanesh on April 23, 2013 at 1:02 AM

ultimate detailed instructions… allowed smooth operations…. Thanks alot friend….Dhanesh

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Posted by Mohit on April 25, 2013 at 3:04 PM

Great post Sanju….got a query for you though mate…I use a proxy to access LAN on my laptop….I followed your steps and got my Galaxy Grandconnected to the hotspot i created on my lappy…but after that I have tried with or without proxy inmy Galaxy Grand but it doesn’t connect to internet…..although the wifi on Grand is connected andshowing sent received in mHotspot on laptop….

is there a special way to add proxy in Android devices ?….çoz in Apple when I used to connect tothe ad-hoc windows network that I used to create, it used to ask for proxy automatically whenconnecting to any app that required internet….

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After connecting to your hotspot… in the Wi-Fi settings, long press on the connected hotspot, amenu will appear. Select “modify network config”. Mark “Show advanced options” checkbox.Scroll to proxy settings and select manual. Proxy options will now appear where you can inputyour desired proxy settings. Hope this solves your query

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Posted by Mohit on May 4, 2013 at 8:39 PM

Thanks for ur reply Sanju but Android doesn’t support proxy authentication (at least if itdoes I couldn’t find it)….and since I have to enter username and password to authenticatethe proxy to connect to internet I don’t think it’s possible with the current Android

version…..

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thanksssssssss alot !!!its working on my sony xperia sola,,,,,,,,,

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thank you sooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo much you have solved universalproblem of mine

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Posted by Karandeep on May 1, 2013 at 4:40 AM

Awesome Dude. It surely was a pain otherwise. The new hotspot software needs some tweaks to

work

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Yeah softwares keep on updating… thus some thing might change…

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Posted by kirtan on May 1, 2013 at 9:38 AM

thankyou very much air it was urgent project in collage and u showed me the path thankyouthankyou thankyou really helpful……:)

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Posted by rohan on May 3, 2013 at 11:43 AM

I can’t edit the netmask ip because its not there in the advanced option in static ip on my android4.0? what to do?

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So which options are available ?

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IP address, Gateway, Network prefix length, DNS 1 & DNS 2. These are the options in theadvanced menu when i tried to modify a wifi network!

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Instead of subnet mask, setting the network prefix length to 24 will do… give it a try

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Posted by Vivek R Vivek on May 12, 2013 at 5:53 PM

Thank you….thank you…. I don’t know how I could thank you….bt you are the best~!!!.Thanks…!

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i will give it a try!

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Posted by BZAV on May 24, 2013 at 5:22 PM

pleas can u give me LINK of >>>> mHotspot , but pleas not new version !!!!

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Posted by BZAV on May 24, 2013 at 5:25 PM

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Posted by sp on May 30, 2013 at 6:10 PM

Hello Sanju,I have encountered the following issue: the in the Sharing Tab of the LAN connection that Icurrently use I can check the box “Allow other users to connect through this computers internetconnection”. But I have no drop down list to select the wireless connection (the Home NetworkingConnection). Do you have any ideas? Thank you…s.

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Do your PC has a working Wireless Adapter..? If yes, make sure it is enabled.. also try updating

its drivers….

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Posted by jvarman on June 1, 2013 at 4:03 PM

Sanju,I’m using Window 7 professional and HTC Sensation Xe with the android version 4.0.3. I’vefollowed all your steps but i still cant’t access the internet.I’m connected to the network but there isno internet connection.Just to let u know in my phone setting there isn’t the Netmask option to be set to 255.255.255.0.

It only had IP address,default gateway,Network Prefix length and DNS 1.Is it because of this i couldn’t have access to the internet.

If so,how to solve this problem?

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Instead of Netmask, setting the network prefix length to 24 will also work….. try…

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Posted by akash on June 3, 2013 at 1:33 AM

i have android version ice cream sandwich it automatically detects ip address which is correct butthan also net connections fails

pls help ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

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Don’t let it detect automatically. Use manual settings..

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Posted by nora on June 4, 2013 at 2:35 AM

Really thank you it actually worked

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Posted by nora on June 4, 2013 at 4:44 PM

but i have a problem now though,the first time i tried to connect my ipad to internet it worked butthe second time it failed it kept trying to connect

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Delete the created accesspoint and start over….

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Posted by Rakesh Ng on June 5, 2013 at 1:40 PM

sir, in my system., only LOCAL AREA CONNECTION is there in ADAPTER SETTING., and rightclicking on local connection to PROPERTIES,.there is No sharing tab., and NO Home networkingconnection under that tab PLzzzzzzzzzzz help me :’(












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Thus your system doesn’t have a WiFi Adapter dude. So you can’t use this technique of sharing

internet.

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Posted by Dewdrop on June 8, 2013 at 6:51 PM

Omfg… Dude.. You are the freaking best person ever ! It still works

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Thank you

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Posted by shafeel on June 9, 2013 at 7:06 PM

brother ,i have samsung y,and i want to use internet in my lap(windows 7) through wifi portablehotsport,,now i conected with it ,,but i cannot acess internet in lap..(there is come no internet aceess)pls help………

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First of all make sure the Packet data is enabled in your SGY. Then in your lappy, go toNetwork Settings and ensure that the WiFi adapter is set to take IP automatically. If both thesesteps are executed well, I think there shouldn’t be any problem in accessing the internet.

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Posted by saeed on June 10, 2013 at 5:00 PM

i am connected wireless with galaxy note but phone no internet , not open site example google.com

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Please recheck the ip addresses on both the devices.

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hi bro is this work also nokia E searies… ? please confirm to me

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Posted by Sanju on June 22, 2013 at 12:47 AM

Yes! It works for all the gadgets equipped with WiFi!

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Posted by sriram on June 22, 2013 at 9:10 PM

thanks buddy that does the trick!!!!

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Posted by mitesh on June 24, 2013 at 6:21 PM

thank you so much

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Posted by Booyahhh on June 27, 2013 at 3:55 PM

Totally work. Thanks !

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Posted by Dreamzone on June 28, 2013 at 12:12 AM

Hi Sanju! Its written above that IP Address for PC should be 192.168.0.1 & for













Hi Sanju! Its written above that IP Address for PC should be 192.168.0.1 & forandroid(gingerbread) IP address should be 192.168.0.2 . As both given IPs must be same as umentioned so pls. correct it.I faced one issue with mhotspot (latest version-400kb) on clicking start hotspot, it says “driverproblem found, wait while mhotspot restore it to default” but in vain. I have Windows 7 Ultimatex64 & also have Microsoft virtual wifi mini port adapter.

Also, please tell can I use that hotspot(if created successfully) for file transfers between android &laptop(for example: by using Wifi file transfer pro apk on phone). Coz I mainly want to use it forfile transfer…& not usually have internet on laptop.Pls. help meeee pleeaase.

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Hello. I never told that both IPs must be same!! In fact, the IP Address of your PC’s “MicrosoftVirtual WiFi Miniport Adapter” and the Gateway Address on your Android should be same.Secondly, if you are facing problems with the software, try its previous versions. Also tryrunning it in the compatibility mode. If the problem persists, you can use “Connectify”. Andafter connecting to the hotspot, you can obviously use it for file transfer. Good luck!

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O.K. Sanju! Sorry for being misunderstood…, Will try it for sure…To other windows 7 users:- If you don’t see Microsoft virtual mini port adapter in the list, then itmight have disappeared from the list but still there in your system. So, b4 downloading anotherdriver, just try the following method:-1. Open cmd.exe & run it as administrator.2. Now, type the following in single line “netsh wlan set hostednetwork mode=allow” (withoutquotes).3. Hit & you’ll see ur missed adapter in the list.

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That was a good one..! Hope users solve their problem of the missing adapter.. Thanks forsharing..

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Posted by Fuzail on June 28, 2013 at 2:49 PM

dude u r a genius.. it worked for android ICS also..!!!

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Thanks a lot!!

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Posted by Dreamzone on June 28, 2013 at 10:28 PM

Bro! My galaxy fit successfully connected to laptop hotspot(created by mhotspot) as per ur givenguide. Thank you very much.But when I used “Wifi file transfer pro.apk”, the URL it generated isn’t opening my /sdcard onlaptop browser(tried with IE9 & Chrome). It’s been a month now since I haven’t connected myphone to laptop…T_T

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After reading your comment, I installed the same app on my phone and its working flawlessly. Ihave connected my phone to my lappy the same way I described above..! The url would behttp://192.168.0.2:1234/mnt/sdcard !

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That’s exactly my address too. But it says “cannot reach the server”(can’t access my phone).Btw do I need to disable firewall(I don’t think so…) Please help me. Only u seems to behelping me so far.

Posted by Dreamzone on July 1, 2013 at 8:30 PM

Aahh… Finally!!! I got it working. & dude I can now even connect to my ad-hoc hotspot. Thanksfor ur precious step-by-step guide(didn’t know that at all). God bless u & ur site…Keep up the good work bro. Thanks again…:):)

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Posted by Sanju on July 1, 2013 at 8:35 PM

Its my pleasure and thanks a lot for the compliments Sorry.. due to some busy schedule I wasunable to reply to some of the previous comments.. but happy to know its solved finally..!Happy Networking

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Posted by Laalitha on July 2, 2013 at 9:58 PM





http://192.168.0.2:1234/mnt/sdcard





HI,

I want to know if this will work for the following situation.

Laptop connects to 802.11 a protocol wifi network. Now create a wifi hot-spot in either b/gprotocols.

The reason is my android device does not support ‘a’ protocol. And I donot have ethernetconnection since this is public wifi network for my apatment complex.Any ideas on how this could be done.

Thanks

Laali

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Give it a try! And please do reply whether it worked or not?

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Posted by kshitij on July 7, 2013 at 10:12 AM

Every thing is working fine but my android device wifi cant detect the network which we created inmhotspot

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Does it appear in the network list? ( “Currently connected to:” ) ?

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Posted by rezwan on July 24, 2013 at 11:55 PM

i hv same problem…. no appearing in my samsung glxy grand…android version 4.1.2


Start over and configure mHotspot again… also check it the newly created network appearsin some other device except your Android phone..

Posted by Siddhartha Mahajan on July 10, 2013 at 8:34 PM

my mhotspot is not working in windows 7 when i am clicking start hotspot it shows that devices arenot working properly please tell me what to do if it works i will rate u 5 stars otherwise…………








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Try to update the WLAN drivers.. and if your system has a WLAN Switch sort of thing thenmake sure that the Wireless adapter is turned on before starting mHotspot..! Good Luck!!

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Posted by Mukul on July 10, 2013 at 9:00 PM

what do i do if instructions shown in 3rd img. in which you have selected the home network opt.

does`nt appears instead of that ESTABLISH A DIAL-UP CONNECTION WHENEVER ACOMPUTER ON MY NETWORK ATTEMPTS TO ACCESS THE INTERNET ……… is appearing????

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How do you connect your computer to the internet? Which all network adapters are present onyour computer?

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Posted by Ufuoma on July 13, 2013 at 8:22 AM

Working great, no problem. Best app, made sharing my internet a lot easier. Thaks a lot.

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My Pleasure

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Posted by himanshu gupta on July 14, 2013 at 12:21 AM

please do me a favor can you please do setting in my PC through teamveiwer.contact me on facebook [email protected] @simlpy_obesess

please help me

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Sure.. I will do the appropriate settings in your PC. Please post a comment or ping me on twitter










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Sure.. I will do the appropriate settings in your PC. Please post a comment or ping me on twitterthis Sunday whenever you get free..

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Posted by maan on July 21, 2013 at 7:22 PM

sir I’m in a college and I created hot spot but when i connect my android(jelly bean) app center isn’tdownloading the apps…..sir I don’t want to root my phone & my college use authenticatedproxy….is there any solution to download apps..?

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You can store your proxy details in the settings..

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Posted by John on July 24, 2013 at 9:58 AM

Thank you so much for this guide! I searched all over the internet and yours appears to be the mostconcise and detailed! I read another similar guide as yours but they didn’t mention what IP I shouldset for the Static IP on the mobile. God bless you!

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Posted by Sanju on July 26, 2013 at 1:57 AM

My pleasure

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Posted by X Y Z on July 24, 2013 at 11:27 AM

there is no ‘Wireless network connection 2′ in drop boxhow do i search for Microsoft virtual wifi mini adaptor?

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Try these:1. Open cmd (run it as administrator)2. Now, type the following (without quotes!) “netsh wlan set hostednetwork mode=allow”3. Hit enter and you will see your missing adapter in the list

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sir im using samsung galxy grand android version 4.1.2. there i didnot find any option to put staticip in wifi advance. im trying fix this problem last one week and its seems i have come very near tosolve this by your above explanation. but just can not putting this static ip onmy device

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Try “Wifi Static” app from Google Play!

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also inform how i can solved the problem of installing mhotspot , its shows driver problem

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Update your WLAN drivers.. make sure WiFi is working flawlessly!

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Posted by Rajiev Ranasinghe on July 29, 2013 at 9:40 PM

At last, a working tutorial.Thanks a ton m8.keep up the good work.

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My Pleasure mate

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Posted by sanu on August 12, 2013 at 11:06 AM

really so so so so so so much tankz dear frnd..i was waiting fr a help fr thiz…caz am using mblaze,nd i tried many tings to gain a wifi acces to my galaxy….bt nw with ur help finally i got it…am so much tankful to u dear..hats of

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Its my pleasure

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