Since, most of the desktops only use ethernet connectivity, they won’t have WiFi adapter. So, if you don’t have WiFi connectivity on your machine, you cannot share WiFi with other devices. Make sure you’ve a WiFi adapter on your device, especially desktop users. Either wired, USB or wireless connection can be used.

Just a little tweak on command prompt will make your Windows machine work as a WiFi Hotspot.Īll you need is a working internet connection on your Windows machine. This was the procedure till Windows 7, but Windows 8 and 8.1 has a default feature to share a WiFi connection without using any third party apps. If you want to connect other devices, you have to install a third party app to use your Windows machine as a modem. You cannot connect your Smartphone or any other device using that. The only limitation on the Ad-hoc network is, you can share the connection only to Windows computers. Ad-hoc network in Windows is an option to share your internet connection with other devices.

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