If you pay for the Pro version you can even use your PC as a Wi-Fi repeater or a wired router, or share a tethered connection off your phone.
If you experience problems with this feature, here are some potential troubleshooting steps. An ad-hoc network is really just a simple, direct network connection between devices. You just need to make sure that your wired connection is set up and that the PC does have Wi-Fi available. Select it and your laptop will disconnect from its current Wi-Fi network and start hosting an ad-hoc network your other devices can connect to. The underlying feature is still present, though.
You just have to resort to a little command line trickery. You can do pretty much everything in PowerShell that you can do in Command Prompt, plus a lot of other useful things. With the command prompt open, your next step is to set up the wireless network using the netsh like so:.
And at any time, you can use this last command to show information about the connection. It lists things like the channel your connection uses, ssid name, authentication type, radio type, and the number of clients connected to your network. You can also use it to share a wired connection if you just want an easier way to do it than creating an ad-hoc network. Start by downloading Virtual Router and starting it up. Provide a name for your network, enter a passphrase, and choose the connection you want to share with devices that connect to that Wi-Fi network.
You can even see a list of connected devices in this window. Setting up a mobile hotspot on your Windows PC can be a bit of a hassle, or it can be pretty easy. Use Google Fonts in Word. Customize the Taskbar in Windows Click Continue to Download.
Install Connectify. Once the Connectify setup file finishes downloading, you can install it by double-clicking it and then doing the following: Click Yes when prompted. Click I Agree. Click Agree Check the "Reboot now" box. Click Finish. Wait for your computer to finish restarting.
Once your computer boots back up, you can proceed. Open Connectify if necessary. Double-click the "Connectify Hotspot " icon on your computer's desktop. Skip this step if the Connectify window opens automatically. Click Try it Out. It's a purple button at the bottom of the Connectify app window. Click the Wi-Fi Hotspot tab. This is at the top of the Connectify window. Change your password if necessary.
In the "Password" text box, delete the existing text and type in the password you want to use for your network. You cannot change the network name in the free version of Connectify.
Click Start Hotspot. It's at the bottom of the window. Wait for your computer's hotspot to start. Once Connectify alerts you that the hotspot is enabled, you can proceed. Spike Baron. Yes, this is called tethering. You can do it either wirelessly with Bluetooth or with a USB connection, depending on the types of phone and computer you have. Not Helpful 0 Helpful Open the WiFi hotspot setting on your phone and connect through there. Turn on Mobile hotspot.
Turn on Share my Internet connection with other devices. Need more help? Expand your skills. Get new features first. Was this information helpful? Yes No. Thank you! From here, you simply select the media file you want to stream.
Your content should now start playing on your TV via the Chromecast. Things are much simpler with a Roku. Mentioned in this article.
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