How To Set Up A Mobile Wi-Fi Hotspot In Windows 7 Or Above Without Any Software

I came across a router that had an issue with the Wi-Fi; the LAN connection was working fine but the wireless functionality appeared to be busted. My friend wanted a temporary fix, as he waited for the replacement router to arrive.

Windows 10 has an option for setting up a mobile hotspot without a software. Thinking this would be a good fix, I fired up the Settings app, navigated to the Mobile Hotspot screen and in a matter of seconds I was able to set up the connection to use the PC’s Ethernet network. It’s never that easy, is it? Apparently not.

The Hotspot was created, our phones could see and connect to it, but there was a notification that said “This Wi-Fi network has no internet”. The computer’s browser also threw up errors which said the connection failed. What happened is, the Hotspot was active, but the internet wasn’t working. Disabling it fixed the issue on the system.

Time for the manual fix, command prompt to the rescue. This method works on Windows 7 and above.

How to set up a mobile Wi-Fi hotspot in Windows 7 or above without any software

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