In our age of digital and modern technologies For the average city resident it is impossible to imagine life without the Internet. One of her sons can be called WiFi. And the question naturally arises: how is it still necessary to distribute WiFi from a laptop if there is no possibility (or desire) to connect a router. Let's look at this in more detail.
Before distributing WiFi from a laptop
Before you start setting up WiFi distribution via a laptop, you need to make sure that your device is equipped with a built-in device for Internet distribution: a WiFi adapter or USB or PCL type. Their availability can be viewed in the Control Panel in the Network and Internet tab. If you find the Wireless Network item in Network Connections, then you can safely start organizing WiFi distribution.
WiFi is a trademark of the Wi-Fi Alliance. Provides connectivity via the standard IEEE 802.11 protocol. In general, it is a wireless network that can be used by all devices that support a similar transmission standard.
Programs for creating a virtual WiFi distribution point
The first step is to create a virtual access point. It will be your laptop. To make a WiFi point from it, you can download free programs from official websites.
mHotspot
One such program is called mHotspot. This software does not require installation. After it is downloaded, you need to launch mHotspot. The necessary program settings will be indicated there. For example, a field called Mhotspot name enters the name of the future network. This is what will be visible in the list of points available for connection.
You can download the program from the official mHotspot website.
Window for working with the mHotspot program
The next field is called Password. This is the password. It must be at least eight characters. It is important to enter it in order to secure the network from access to it by unauthorized people.
A field called Max Clients controls the number of gadgets that can be connected to the network at the same time. Their maximum number is ten. If one is indicated in this field, then no one except your computer will be able to connect to it. Click Start Mhotspot and proceed to creating an access point.
Video: how to use mHotspot
MyPublicWiFi
This is another program that can be downloaded on the Internet - MyPublicWiFi. By following the link to the downloader’s official website, you can download the software to your laptop. The program does not require installation and works immediately after downloading.
MyPublicWifi working window
The MyPublicWifi program allows you to make a Wifi access point from your computer. Operating instructions:
- Download MyPublicWifi (preferably version 5.1).
- Install the program.
- Reboot your laptop.
- Launch MyPublicWifi (or run the MyPublicWifi program as an administrator, if it gives an error during normal startup).
- Specify the Automatic HotSpot configuration item.
- select the name of the network to be created in the Network Name (SSID) field.
- Specify the password in Network Key.
- Select (check) Enable Internet Sharing.
- In the list, select connecting your laptop to the Internet.
- Click the Set up and Start Hotspot button.
MyPublicWifi works great and doesn't require special effort in connection
Creating an access point: three best ways
Distribution via existing Internet connection
Windows 7 and 8 operating systems can distribute Wi-Fi via an existing Internet connection.
In order to make an Internet distribution, you must follow these points:
- Start.
- Control Panel.
- Network and Internet.
- Network and Sharing Center.
- Change adapter settings.
- Wireless Network Connection 2. Rename it as desired. As you wish.
- We find our own active connection. Basically it is called connection by local network. May also be called Virtual WiFi.
- In the properties of the active connection, find the “access” tab and click on it. In this tab, check the boxes, that is, we agree with all the points. Namely:
- allow other users to use this network;
- Allow other users to manage connections to the selected network.
- Select your active connection from the list. That is: local network connection (or whatever name you renamed the connection to).
- Click the "OK" button and restart the computer.
If you want your smartphone, tablet or laptop to be able to use this access point, you only need to run the Wi-Fi distribution program. And on the devices that will be connected, you must enter network access passwords.
A way to set up WiFi distribution using the command line
The above methods do not work well if you need to distribute WiFi from a computer on which Windows 10 is installed.
What does the command line look like on a laptop screen?
Steps to distribute wireless networks using the command line:
- Check the possibility of distribution. You need to run a command prompt as an administrator and enter the command netsh wlan show drivers.
- Read the “Hosted Network Support” item (if the settings are on English language, it will say Hosted Network). The word “yes” should be indicated there.
- Write the following item on the command line: netsh wlan set hostednetwork mode=allow ssid=remontka key=secretpassword. At the same time, the command contains such instructions as “remontka” - this is the name of the wireless network (you can write your own, spaces are not used). Secretpassword is the secret password for WiFi. You choose it yourself.
- After all the data has been entered, enter the command: netsh wlan start hostednetwork.
- Right-click on the Start menu on the desktop and select “Network Connections”.
- In this list, select the Internet connection that is currently in use. Right-click to open the “Access” tab. Allow access to other users.
Configuring network capabilities via the command line
Eventually, a notification will appear on the screen that the wireless network is running. If no errors or failures occur, then you can connect phones, tablets and laptops to this network. They will now have access to the Internet.
Access point with Windows 7: computer-to-computer network
Video on how to set up WiFi distribution from a computer via Windows 7
In order to organize a wireless connection on Windows 7, you need to create a computer-to-computer network. In the lower right corner of the screen (where the clock, date, quick launch icons are located. This is called the tray) find “Internet connection”. Click on it, and then select “Network and Sharing Center”.
A window will appear. In it you need to select the “Set up a new connection” item. And click “Set up a wireless network “Computer-Computer” and “next”.
In the new window, fill in three fields:
- network name (come up with it yourself);
- security type (WPA2-ptersonal is best);
- security key.
Going to the “Network and Sharing Center” in the “Change advanced sharing settings” section, check the “Enable” box on all items. Don’t forget to check the box: “remember network settings”. Click the “next” button.
After the system configures Internet distribution via WiFi, in the window that appears, you will need to click “Enable Internet connection sharing.”
The setup was successful if after this the computer can easily distribute the Internet via WiFi
Security issues when distributing Wi-Fi without a router
Since as a result of organizing a virtual access point, an account is created with standard parameters, the name admin, any person who is at least somewhat familiar with the network can easily connect to it.
To prevent this from happening, it is important to know some points. Actions that are necessary to protect yourself and the network from intrusion by interviewed guests.
Window 192.168.0.1.
In the address bar of your browser (any) enter 192.168.0.1. A window will load on the screen in which you will need to enter the admin name and password. Go to the Maintenance tab in the section called Administrator. In the New Password field, enter a new, complex password. It must be remembered. You will need it when connecting other devices to the network. By clicking on Confirm Password we confirm that we are saving the written password. Using the same principle, we change the Login Name. At the end of each action taken, click Save Settings. This means: save the settings.
So we protected account. With this help you can change all network settings. Including connecting and disconnecting devices, as well as blocking gadgets so that they cannot connect to this network.
Let's move on to directly protecting the access point. In an already open tab in the browser, we find an item called Setup, that is, Settings. In it, select the Wireless Settings section. Will open a new window. It requires you to select a function called Manual Wireless Connection Setup. In the settings section, which is located in Wireless Network Settings, set a new network name (SSID). It should be quite complex.
If you want to prevent users of other gadgets from seeing the network you are setting up, then check the Enable Hidden Wireless box.
We connect the tablet, smartphone and laptop to distribution
After Wi-Fi distribution is organized, you will need to connect smartphones, planets and other gadgets with wireless connection support to the newly-minted “router” in the form of a laptop.
Devices running on the Android operating system have connection features. Of course, first of all, it is better to check whether other devices are allowed to access the network.
If this is the case, then you need to download the adb program. It is designed for the Internet from Windows to Android devices. The next step is to enable a mode called “USB Debugging” in the settings of your Android tablet or smartphone. And after that, connect the gadget via a USB cable to the laptop.
Unpack the folder with the adb program and run AndroidTool.exe. A window will open in which you will need to click the Refresh Devices button. On the right there will be a list called Select Domain Name Server (Dns)... There you select your DNS server. After clicking the Show Android Interface button, the application will be installed on your tablet.
Give the USB Tunnel program superuser rights on the tablet. And feel free to press the Connect button.
Nowadays, many people think that life does not exist without the Internet. Therefore in modern conditions V in public places install Wi-Fi routers that provide visitors to this place with free distribution. But what to do if you need to do urgent work and there is no one nearby free internet? How to solve this problem? Many computer users have phones that have provider packages installed that provide not only voice communications, but also the Internet. But
Methods for transferring Internet from phone to computer
There are actually only three options for Internet transmission. However, their number may be reduced depending on the technical equipment of the computer and the accessories available to enable such transfer. So,
The first method is using a cable connecting your phone and computer. In this case, there is no need for additional devices or special requirements for the computer, except for the presence of a connection cable.
The second method is to distribute the Internet from your phone using Wi-Fi. But there are some peculiarities. The phone must have a Wi-Fi distribution option, the computer must have a built-in Wi-Fi adapter, or such an adapter must exist as a separate device.
The third way is to use BlueTooth connections. The restrictions that are imposed on this method are similar to those in the previous case. The choice of how to transfer the Internet from your phone to your computer will largely depend on your preferences, as well as technical features computer and phone. In the future, let's look at each of these methods separately.
Internet transmission via cable
The first thing you need to do is connect your phone to your computer using a cable. It is worth noting that some phones use the same connector for charging the battery. Therefore it is important to have USB cable for connecting your phone to a computer, which is not always included. In the future, it is necessary for the PC to identify your phone. Depending on the operating system installed on your computer and the type of phone, this operation may differ on different systems.
But the essence of this action is the same - the computer needs to provide drivers for a given phone model, thanks to which it will be able to transfer data from the phone to the computer and back. Some systems provide automatic detection of drivers in the operating system, and some cables have a disk with the appropriate software. But most often you have to look for drivers on the Internet.
After the phone has been identified, you need to perform the operations shown in the photo on it.
You need to go to your phone settings and select the “Other networks” tab. In it select "USB modem". And after that, the Internet appears on the computer almost immediately.
How to transfer Internet from phone to computer via Wi-Fi
This method of Internet distribution is the most popular and is most often used by computer users. The advantage of this method is that there are no cable connections, and there is no need to search for drivers. In addition, most modern smartphones can distribute the Internet from the phone, with the phone acting as an access point. And any modern laptop has a Wi-Fi adapter. Therefore, first the access point is turned on on the phone, and if a secure connection is planned, a password is set for it.
After this, Wi-Fi is turned on on the computer and the phone’s Wi-Fi network is detected. The computer asks for a password, after entering it the Internet is already on your computer.
Internet sharing using BlueTooth connection
Usage BlueTooth connections are not so popular among computer owners. This is due to the short range of reliable BlueTooth connections, on the one hand, and on the other hand, this type of connection is less commonly used than Wi-Fi. With this type of connection, the phone's settings are very similar to those of a modem connected via a USB cable. Only in this case, the BlueTooth modem is selected in the phone settings.
Do you need high-speed Internet for your smartphone or tablet, but don’t have Wi-Fi at home? No problem, use your computer as a router. You can distribute the Internet from a laptop or PC with a wireless adapter in several ways: using special programs Virtual Router Plus and Switch Virtual Router, creating a virtual network via the command line, or using the “Mobile Hotspot” function in Windows 10.
Other ways to distribute the Internet:
How to distribute Wi-Fi from a laptop on Windows
By running two commands in the command line and sharing the Internet connection, you can create an access point and share the network. This method is suitable for any version of Windows. The only thing is that Wi-Fi must work on the laptop. To enable it, click the Internet Access icon in the notification area and activate Wi-Fi.
Run command prompt as administrator:
- In Windows 7, click Start and search for cmd. The result “Command Prompt” will appear. Right-click on it and select “Run as administrator.”
- In Windows 8 and 8.1, right-click on the Windows icon and select “Command Prompt (Admin).”
- In the latest builds of Windows 10, right-click on the Windows icon and select “Windows PowerShell (Admin).”
Copy and paste the command:
website"key=" password" keyUsage=persistent
Instead of website can you come up with a different name for the network? password replace with your password. It is better not to use Russian letters in the network name and password - only numbers, symbols and English letters.
Then press "Enter". A message will appear indicating that the operation was successful.
Copy and paste the following command:
Press "Enter" again. You will see a message that the created network is running.
The access point has been created, but does not distribute Wi-Fi yet. First you will have to set up Internet sharing in the “Network Connections” section. To get there, press “Win” + “R”, type ncpa.cpl and click “Enter”. The Win key is the key with the Windows icon.
The Network Connections window will open. After completing the commands, a new connection has already appeared there, which is called “Wireless Network Connection” on Windows 7 or “Local Area Connection*” on Windows 8, 8.1 and 10. The name has a number (for example, in my case on Windows 10 – 17, you may have another number or digit), and below it is the name of the network.
Now right-click on the connection through which you connect to the Internet. For example, I have a wired Ethernet connection. A list of options will appear, from which select Properties.
Go to the “Access” tab and check the box next to “Allow other network users to use this computer’s Internet connection”, and in the drop-down list “Connection home network» select the created network connection – “Local Area Connection*” or “Wireless Network Connection”. After that, click "OK".
The launched access point will begin to function, and the computer will distribute Wi-Fi. To stop the network, enter the following at the Windows command prompt and click Enter:
netsh wlan stop hostednetwork
This method is good, but after rebooting the PC you will have to start the network again. Let me tell you how to make sure that a Wi-Fi access point is created automatically every time you start your computer.
Creating an access point: starting Wi-Fi when the PC starts
In order for the Internet to be available immediately after turning on the computer and not have to start a wireless connection every time, you need to add a BAT or CMD file with network parameters to startup. To do this, open Notepad. Copy and paste 2 lines into a text file:
netsh wlan set hostednetwork mode=allow ssid=" website"key=" password" keyUsage=persistent
Network name website and password password you can change it to your own.
Save the text file to any location on your hard drive, naming it anything, for example, “start-wifi-hotspot”, but when saving in the “File name” line, add .bat or .cmd at the end so that the extension changes (in in this case there is no difference between the BAT and CMD extensions, so either one will do).
- In Windows 7: Start → All Programs → Startup.
- On Windows 8, 8.1 and 10: Press Win + R, type shell:Startup and click Enter.
Move the created CMD or BAT file to Startup.
Now, every time you start the PC, an access point will be created.
The file does not need to be added to Startup. You can simply double-click on it and the network will start. To stop it just as quickly, create a second file with the extension .cmd or .bat, paste the following command into it, save and click on it at the right time.
netsh wlan stop hostednetwork
How to distribute the Internet via Wi-Fi from a computer using the Virtual Router Plus program
If the option using the command line seems difficult, use special programs. The first is Virtual Router Plus. The developers’ website no longer works, so google “download Virtual Router Plus” and download the utility installation file from your favorite portal with free software. After installation, configure the virtual router:
- In the Network Name (SSID) field, give the network a name.
- In the Password field, enter a password that must consist of at least 8 characters.
- In Shared Connection, select a connection whose Internet connection will be distributed from a laptop or PC (through which the computer is connected to the network).
Then click the “Launch Virtual Router Plus” button, which will create a new access point.
The wireless network has been created, all that remains is to provide it with access to the Internet. Go to “Network and Sharing Center” → “Change adapter settings” or press “Win” + “R”, in the “Open:” field paste ncpa.cpl and click “Enter”.
The “Network Connections” section will open. Right-click on the connection through which the Internet operates and select “Properties” from the list of options that opens.
Open the “Access” tab, check the “Allow other network users to use the connection...” checkbox and select the created “Local Area Connection*” from the list. Finally click "OK".
How to create an access point on a PC using the Switch Virtual Router program
The second utility that will help you create a Wi-Fi access point is called Switch Virtual Router. Compared to Virtual Router Plus, the program has more advanced settings. The utility installation file can be found freely available on the Internet or downloaded from the official website.
The program has been translated into Russian and is easy to use. In the settings window, fill out three fields: in the first, set the name of the future Wi-Fi point, in the second, enter the password, and in the third, repeat it. Switch Virtual Router can automatically start when you turn on the computer, remain operational during sleep mode, and you can also enable the display of devices connected to the Network.
After setting up Switch Virtual Router, click “OK” and in the main program window click “Start”. All that remains is to set up shared Internet access according to the instructions above.
Connectify is the best program for launching a virtual network
Connectify Hotspot 2018 is the most advanced program presented in this article, but most of the features are only available in the paid version. The functionality of the free Connectify is limited to creating a Wi-Fi access point, and the network cannot be completely renamed - “Connectify” will remain in the name. But once again you won’t have to provide shared access to the Internet in “Network Connections”; just select a connection from the list in the program settings.
You can download the Connectify Hotspot 2018 installation file from the official website https://www.connectify.me/ru/hotspot/. After the first launch, you will be asked to enter an activation key, purchase a license, or use the free version.
Select the connection that will “share” the Internet (if there are several of them, for example: Ethernet and USB modem), change the name Wi-Fi networks and password, or leave the default settings. Then click “Start Hotspot”.
From additional functions V free version The ad blocker works, and in the “Clients” tab you can see which devices are connected to the access point, find out the speed of their Internet connection and how much traffic they used.
Mobile hotspot in Windows 10
The anniversary version of Windows 10 introduced a system tool that allows you to quickly launch an access point. The new feature is called Mobile Hotspot: to manage it, right-click on the Start menu, go to Settings → Network and Internet and open Mobile Hotspot.
Select the Internet connection whose connection will be used to distribute Wi-Fi, set the network name, password and switch the toggle switch to the “On” position. Done – the mobile hotspot is launched.
I can’t distribute the Internet from a laptop: errors and problems
If after running the netsh wlan start hostednetwork command in the command line or Windows PowerShell, the errors “The hosted network could not be started. The group or resource is not in the correct state to perform the required operation" or "The hosted network could not start. The wireless LAN interface is turned off”, check whether Wi-Fi is turned on on the laptop.
To do this, click on the “Internet Access” icon in the tray and make sure that Wi-Fi is activated (the button is lit blue). Or go to “Settings” → “Network and Internet” → “Wi-Fi” and check whether the toggle switch is turned on in the “Wireless network” item.
The second reason for these errors is that the computer does not have a Wi-Fi adapter. Laptops have it built-in, but most PCs don't. Therefore, you will have to install a PCI or USB adapter.
Also, the “Hosted network could not start” error appears when Windows PowerShell or Command Prompt is not run as an administrator.
It is also worth checking the operation of network adapters in Device Manager. To get there, open the “Start” menu and select the item of the same name, or use the “Win” + “R” key combination to open the “Run” window, paste mmc devmgmt.msc into the “Open:” field and click “OK”.
In Device Manager, click View, select Show hidden devices" and expand the item "Network adapters". If there is an arrow in the icons of “Microsoft Hosted Network Virtual Adapter”, “Microsoft Wi-Fi Direct Virtual Adapter” and other adapters whose names contain “WAN”, “WLAN”, “Wireless” and “Wi-Fi”, it means these adapters are disabled. Right-click on them and select “Enable Device”.
In addition, there may be a yellow exclamation mark next to the adapter, or it may not be detected at all and appear in the “Other devices” tab as “Unknown device”. Then try the following: first remove the adapter (right-click on it, select “Remove device” and confirm by clicking “Delete” in the new window), and then click “Update hardware configuration”.
If the previous methods did not help fix the error “The hosted network could not be started,” all that remains is to update the Wi-Fi adapter driver. First, try to do this in automatic mode: right-click on the adapter, click "Update driver" and select "Automatically search for updated drivers." The drivers will be installed, after which the message “Updating” will appear at the end. software For of this device completed successfully" or "Windows successfully updated its drivers."
If the required driver is not found automatically, download it from the laptop manufacturer's website, or enter the name of the Wi-Fi adapter in a search engine and download the driver from your favorite software site. If the driver does not have an installer, select “Search for drivers on this computer”, specify the path to the folder with the driver and click “Next”.
Another common problem is when the access point is up and running, other devices connect to it, but the Internet is not distributed, sites do not open, and the message “Without Internet access” appears in the connection status status.
Most often this happens because the running network connection is not connected to the Internet. How to configure shared Internet access for the created virtual network is described in detail at the beginning of the article.
Also, the antivirus and its built-in firewall can block the Internet connection. In this case, in the antivirus software settings, disable the firewall and the antivirus itself for the duration of Wi-Fi distribution.
Another Wi-Fi access point may not start due to the WLAN auto-configuration service being disabled. To check if it's working, press the Win + R key combination, type services.msc and click OK.
Find “WLAN AutoConfig Service” in the list, right-click on it and select “Properties”.
In Startup Type, select Automatic, click Apply and OK. After completing the steps, restart your PC.
Also press "Win" + "R", paste msconfig and click "OK".
Go to the Services tab, find "WLAN AutoConfig Service" and make sure there is a checkmark to the left of it. If not, check the box, click Apply, and then OK.
For the changes to take effect, in the “System Settings” window that appears, select “Restart”, after which the computer will restart.
Vladislav
12/22/2018 at 09:06 (2 months ago)
Sergey, hello again. Vladislav. Your advice about turning off and on both access “worked”: it was possible to select a virtual adapter in the list. We managed to connect two smartphones to the Internet at the same time, and both smartphones and both network adapters have four different IP addresses, although if you go to myip.com from the browsers of both smartphones and a computer, the site shows the same address - the same as the “Connection” adapter over a local network”, where the three IP addresses came from, which, by the way, differ only in the fourth digit, I cannot understand.
However, connecting smartphones to the Internet was possible with one caveat - by disabling the firewall. If turning it off for one or two minutes for experimental purposes is still acceptable, then exchanging Wi-Fi for a permanently disabled firewall is unacceptable. For a potential malicious program, it only takes one second of exchange of information with its site; Every time I turn off the firewall (public networks), I immediately see splashes of both yellow (receiving data) and red (sending data) colors in the Task Manager. I know about the Resource Monitor, but it has four tables on top of each other, and I don’t know how to use them to understand which program or browser tab just caused a spike in the graph. It’s also annoying that the “Wireless Network Connection 2” graph is always empty, meaning it’s impossible to separately see the traffic distributed via Wi-Fi. It also works when the firewall is turned off, the location is changed to “Home” and successful Wi-Fi distribution View the network map (picture) to see how Windows names devices.
Regarding the creation of new rules for outgoing and incoming connections. There is a lot written and described on the Internet about this. But nowhere is it written how to create rules for network locations, network adapters, hardware devices (smartphones) by their name or physical (MAC) address. And in the interface for creating new rules (future rule properties), the corresponding fields are not provided, but a field is provided for the IP address. I created both outgoing and incoming rules for the addresses 192.168.137.1 (virtual adapter), 192.168.137.26 (one of the smartphones), which were later replaced by the range 192.168.137.(0-255). I note that the myip.com website does not show any of them.
The interface was first listed as “Wireless”, then was changed to “All interface types”. The following rules were also transferred from prohibiting (red) to allowing (green):
rules for outgoing connection:
Wireless portable devices (SSDP - outgoing) all,
Wireless Handheld Devices (TCP - Outbound) Private, Public,
Wireless portable devices (TCP - outgoing) domain,
Wireless portable devices (UPnP - upstream) all,
Internet Connection Sharing (SharedAccess outgoing traffic) all,
Internet Connection Sharing (SSDP outgoing traffic) all,
Internet connection sharing (UPnP outgoing traffic) all,
Internet connection sharing (UPnPHost outgoing traffic) all,
rules for incoming connections: the same as for outgoing ones, as well as
Wireless portable devices (SSDP - inbound) domain,
Wireless Handheld Devices (SSDP - Inbound) Private, Public,
Wireless portable devices (UPnP - incoming) private, public,
Wireless portable devices (UPnP - incoming) domain,
Internet connection sharing (incoming DHCPv4 traffic) all,
Internet connection sharing (DHCPv6 incoming traffic) all,
Internet connection sharing (DHCP server incoming traffic) all,
Internet connection sharing (incoming DNS server traffic) all,
Internet connection sharing (incoming SSDP traffic) all,
Internet connection sharing (UPnP incoming traffic) all,
Internet connection sharing (incoming routers request traffic) everything.
Of course, I don’t know what all these Latin abbreviations mean, but the words “Wireless...”, “Sharing...” prompted me to switch these rules to permissive ones. Perhaps this is the rub. But, nevertheless, it was not possible to start distribution with the firewall turned on. Maybe there are more rules that need to be made permissive?, now almost all of them are prohibitive, except for a few created specifically for three browsers, two players, two converters, VPN, and several more programs. When you disable a rule in the list of outgoing connections, the corresponding program loses access to the Internet, checked now! Disabling rules in the list of incoming connections does not affect the access of the corresponding programs to the Internet.
Regarding the reaction of the smartphone. It has been noticed that if you disable the firewall on your laptop, then start listening to an Internet radio station on your smartphone (with a player, via an m3u file, or in a browser by going to the radio station’s website), then turn on the firewall, then listening will continue until it is stopped ( not pause) or the page will not be refreshed. An update or access to another site will fail with the wording “DNS_PROBE_FINISHED_NO_INTERNET”; if you contact via IP, the wording will be “ERR_ADDRESS_UNREACHABLE”. I am writing in detail because for me this information is practically “empty”, but you will most likely be able to glean something useful from it.
Regarding the operating system. Its name was taken not from anywhere, but from System Properties, in the same place - Windows Experience Index. Assuming that I had the wrong version of Windows 7, I looked at the corresponding Wikipedia article. It turned out that there are 6 versions of Windows 7, and among them there is “Home Basic”. But your mistake was not in vain, because after reading the article almost to the end, I came across KB3080149 and Diagtrack, after “googling” it, I put my fingers to my open mouth in horror. I hope Android smartphones don’t have their own Diagtrack. Habrahabr writes that it has renamed itself to “Connected User Experiences and Telemetry”.
Regarding the command line. Searching on the Internet for a way to add a device name or its physical (MAC) address to a firewall rule did not lead to the desired result, but it did lead to something - a command was found that displays a list of connected devices: “netsh wlan show hostednetwork”. The result of the command is shown in one of the images. You can add this command to this article.
Regarding the picture in my previous comment. It's my mistake, I didn't notice that white background and didn't crop it, causing the image to be 2752x1504 pixels even though the color portion of the image is 1600x900, the same size as my computer display. The detailed image opens if you open it in a new window, a new tab, or by clicking on it, after temporarily disabling the execution of Jawa scripts for this site. Please correct the image if possible.
Regarding the VPN program. It turned out that it only works with traffic from laptop programs, but does not affect traffic from smartphones. How to fix it?
I came up with an idea on how to transfer all the firewall parameters to you at once. They are collected into one image 3496x1592 pixels, which should open normally in a new window. Thank you.
You can distribute the Internet from an Android smartphone in three ways: via Wi-Fi, via USB and via Bluetooth. For this purpose, the Android OS provides standard functions. But it’s not enough to distribute the Internet - you also need to connect third-party devices to the network, and for this you have to carry out a number of simple manipulations. Let's see how to distribute the Internet from an Android phone to each of three ways.
We distribute the Internet using Wi-Fi:
To use your smartphone as an Internet access point via Wi-Fi, do the following actions:
2. Open the item “ Modem mode»;
3. Check the box " Wi-Fi hotspot"- the smartphone starts distributing the Internet via Wi-Fi.
You can make changes to the “Wi-Fi access point settings” by selecting the appropriate menu item - change the password or network name, or select a different protection method. Connecting to the Internet distributed in this way is very simple, and you probably know how to do it. You can use the hotspot from both Android and Windows devices.
Internet distribution using Bluetooth:
To use your smartphone as an Internet access point via Bluetooth, do the following actions:
2. We return to the main menu “Settings”, open the item “ Bluetooth", turn on visibility mode on the Android device;
3. We distribute the Internet via Bluetooth.
To connect to the Internet, which is distributed via Bluetooth, download and install the application on your Android smartphone or tablet. Open the application and see a list of Bluetooth devices, select the one you need - the one from which the Internet is distributed. Internet connection is complete.
Internet distribution from an Android device via USB:
To use a smartphone or tablet computer as an Internet access point for your home computer via USB, do the following actions:1. Go to “Settings”, then to “Wireless Networks”, where by checking the box select the item “ USB modem" - this item is usually hidden and becomes visible only when the Android device is connected to the PC via a USB cable;
2. On your home computer, go to the list of connections, select the connection that you just created. Your home PC is now connected to the Internet using a USB connection.
That's probably all - as you can see, distributing the Internet from an Android smartphone or tablet is very simple.
