How to make Wi-Fi distribute the Internet. How to make the computer distribute Wi-Fi instead of a router: Full instructions

Despite the fact that now is the simplest wireless router you can buy it for only about 1000 rubles, anyway, not everyone can afford it yet. And someone simply does not want to spend money on it. But there are emergency cases when you urgently need to organize a Wi-Fi network, but there is no router or access point for this. For example, you bought a modern Smart TV TV and want to watch videos on YouTube with it. How to be? The solution is simple - we will use the available means to distribute WiFi without a router. I will give several working examples, and you will already decide which one will be more convenient for you.

How to share the Internet from a laptop on Windows 10

In modern operating systems from Microsoft, which are installed on most computers in Russia, it is possible to organize a virtual access point and make a router out of a laptop. The only limitation is that this computer must be connected to the Internet either through a wired Ethernet adapter or through a 3G / 4G modem. The fact is that using one adapter, a laptop will not be able to distribute the Internet via Wi-Fi and receive it. The second limitation has now practically disappeared. The fact is that wireless adapter or its driver must also support such a function. On modern computers support issues are very rare.

So, in order to use your laptop as a router and distribute the Internet in Windows 10, you need to turn on the Wi-Fi adapter on it, as well as make sure that it works and there are no problems with installed driver... After that, there are two ways - to activate the function manually or use the program. Consider both options.

Method 1: netsh wlan hostednetwork commands and ICS sharing

In order to independently configure the Windows virtual router and enable public access to it using the built-in ICS mechanism, we do the following.
Push right click mouse on the "Start" button in the lower left corner of the screen. This menu will appear:

We select in it the item "Command line" or, if you are not working with Administrator rights, then the item "Command line (administrator)". A black window will appear in which you need to enter commands - the so-called "Windows console". The first command is to configure the wireless settings, which we will run. Here's an example:

netsh wlan set hostednetwork mode = "allow" ssid = "moi-wifi" key = "wifipassword" keyUsage = persistent

This is how it looks on the command line:

Let's take a closer look. Parameter SSID- this is the name of the Wi-Fi network that you create and will distribute. Parameter Key is the security key or, in other words, the password to connect to this WiFi. The parameters entered with this command are saved in the registry and will keep the entered values ​​until you change them to others.

The second command is like this:

netsh wlan start hostednetwork

It launches the above configured wireless network.

In fact, this is how you force the computer's wireless adapter to distribute WiFi without a router, that is, on your own. Unfortunately, so far you have only been able to make an access point from a laptop that cannot distribute the Internet.

In order to now distribute the Internet on Windows 10, you need to make one more setting. Press the key combination Win + R and enter the open command in the line ncpa.cpl... Press the Enter button on the keyboard and you will see a window for network connections that are in the operating system.

Please note that you must have two wireless connections while network adapter one. This is fine! The second - in my example, this is "Local Area Connection * 2" and there is the Wi-Fi that the computer distributes. But now we do not need it, but the connection through which your PC gets access to the Internet. For me, this is a Local Area Network. Click on this icon with the right mouse button:

Note: If you have a PPPoE connection to your ISP, then you need to choose a High-speed connection. If you are connected via L2TP or PPTP tunnel, then you need to choose a VPN connection.

In the window that appears, open the "Access" tab:

We put a checkmark "Allow other network users to use the Internet connection this computer". After that, the list" Connect to home network". Here in it you need to select the created wireless network, about which I already said above. That's it, click OK to apply the settings.

Well, in principle, that's all, now the laptop distributes the Internet via WiFi and without a router, independently performing their functions.

Advice:
Each time you turn on the computer to start a virtual access point, you will have to enter this command:

To automate this process a little, you can create on your desktop text file with the following content:

After that, save the file and rename it to change the extension from * .txt to * .bat. This will make the file executable. Now it needs to be placed in Startup. This will force the laptop to share WiFi automatically as soon as Windows 10 boots up.

On previous versions OS - Windows 7 and Windows 8, everything is done exactly the same as on Windows 10. Here is a video instruction:

Possible problems: If, when you try to start a virtual access point in the command line, the error "Failed to start the hosted network. The group or resources are not in the required state to perform the required operation" - then first check if the Wi-Fi adapter is enabled on the laptop. If it is definitely on, then run the following command:

netsh wlan set hostednetwork mode = disallow

Then try starting the virtual router again. Everything should work!

Method 2. Programs for distributing the Internet from a laptop via WiFi

This is an easier way to distribute Wi-Fi, which does not require any "extra actions" at all. As a rule, it is enough just to launch the application. In some cases, he needs to manually specify which network adapter the laptop connects to the Internet. The most popular software for WiFi distribution- this is of course a utility Connectify Hotspot:

In my opinion, despite its popularity, this is not the best option. There are analogs that are simpler, more convenient and, most importantly, absolutely free of charge providing the same functions as Connectify Pro.

One such example is the program mHotspot:

This is great free program to distribute the Internet wirelessly. There are only a few fields in the main application window. "Hotspot Name" is the name WiFi networks or so called SSID... The "Password" field is the password for Wi-Fi. In the "Share From" list, you must manually specify the network connection through which the PC access the Internet. Do not touch anything else and press the "Start" button. Well, let's enjoy the delights of wireless Internet!

In general, as I noted above, there is a sea of ​​similar software, but personally I liked the Chinese utility the most of all of them. Ostoto Hotspot... It is distributed freely, there is no built-in advertising yet, it works and does not buggy! What else is needed for happiness ?!

This free program for distributing Wi-Fi from a laptop has the minimum of settings and works right away, out of the box. Even a schoolboy can figure it out. To change the SSID or password for connection - just click on the "Edit" icon and enter your parameters in the fields that appear. Don't forget to save your changes by clicking the "Save" button.

How to share the Internet from your phone or tablet

Many users, for various reasons, prefer mobile access on the cable Internet, because it is always at hand - not only at home, but wherever you are. The main thing is to have a confident reception cellular... But again, if you need to connect another device, difficulties immediately arise. Fortunately, the developers of the Android and iOS operating systems for mobile devices have built in the ability to organize a Wi-Fi router through a phone or tablet. Let's take a closer look at how this is done.

How to set up a hotspot on Android

Click on the gear icon and open the Smartphone Settings in this way:

In the "Wireless networks" section, find the "More" button and press it. In the next menu we find the item "Modem mode":

And then you need to select the "Wi-FI access point" item. This menu will appear:

Here you need to move the slider to the "On" position.
By this you have already launched a virtual router that allows you to distribute Wi-Fi on Android.
To see what is the password for connecting to this wireless network or to change it, click on the "Access point settings" line:

Here you can change the SSID, the type of encryption standard used, and the security key, if necessary.
To turn off the virtual router - just move the switch to the "Off" position.

How to share Internet from iPhone

Fortunately, not only Android has this feature, Apple's iOS also allows you to turn on the hotspot on your iPhone and iPad with a few swipes of your finger. This is done as follows. Open the settings of your iPhone and find the item "Cellular":

Scroll it down to the "Modem Mode" item and select it:

This menu will appear:

Here you need to turn on the modem mode with the slider, after which your iPhone will start distributing the connected 3G / 4G Internet via Wi-Fi. The password for connecting to this wireless network can be viewed and even changed in the "WiFi Password" field.
To turn off the wireless hotspot on iPhone and iPad - just turn off the tethering mode.

In order to distribute a wireless Wi-Fi network from a computer, the user will need special utility- mHotspot. It is distributed absolutely free of charge, so you can easily find it on the Internet and download it. it software contains everything you need to create your own access point on a computer with a Wi-Fi adapter installed, while it has a fairly simple interface, which means that no one should have any problems with operation. After the program is installed, you should go to Setup Hotspot and specify the connection name (SSID), password and login there. It should be noted that the password must be at least 8 characters long and contain both numbers and letters.

Change network settings and connect

After that, you will need to go to the "Network and Sharing Center". This can be done in two ways. For example, open the Start menu, go to Control Panel, and then select Network and Internet. In the window that appears, the "Network and Sharing Center" will be available. Alternatively, you can right-click on the network connection icon located in the lower right corner of the taskbar and, accordingly, click on "Network and Sharing Center". A new window will open with a whole list of your connections. Next, you need to return to the program and click on the Start button, after which one of the wireless connections will start and the identification process will begin. Remember this connection and click on the Stop button in the program. Next, go back to the list of connections and select "Local Area Connection", then go to "Properties" (if you are using VPN connection, then you need to select it).

When a new window opens, you need to 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 "Home network connection" field, specify the name that was identified. After that, you can save the changes and start the connection via mHotspot program using the Start button. The connection you created should appear in all connections. Choose it, enter your password and connect. In order for other devices to connect to the created network, you need to start a search for available Wi-Fi networks, select the same connection and enter a password.

Laptops are mainly used for distributing Wi-Fi, since they have a wireless network adapter. The main device is connected to the Internet using an Ethernet cable, and all other devices are connected via Wi-Fi. This does not require a router.

Connection activation using standard Windows tools

Open the panel Windows management and go to the "Network and Sharing Center" section. Select the first item in the list of available options. In the window that appears, select the penultimate link and click "Next". Specify the required parameters: connection name, encryption type and password used for the connection.

Check the box at the bottom of the window to save the settings on your computer. Continue to the next step and enable file sharing on your hard drive and your current Internet connection. The rest of the properties can be specified using the link to change the sharing settings on the left side of the network settings menu.

Important! For organizing a local network, do not forget to activate the discovery of connected devices.

How to share Wi-Fi through the console

If the laptop or computer adapter supports operation in virtual router mode, you can distribute the Internet through console commands. To open it, right-click on the start menu icon. Select the line "Run" and find the menu responsible for opening command line in administrator mode.

When working through an administrative account, you will need to grant the system the necessary authority. To do this, click "Yes" in the User Account Control (UAC) window. If the current account does not have administrative rights, you will need to enter the password for the main account systems.

Enter the command shown in the following screenshot, changing the parameters to your liking. Available options:

• SSID - the name of the wireless network, under which it will be displayed in the general list of connections.
• Key - Wi-Fi password used for authentication.

Note! This method also allows you to configure your computer as a repeater (wireless repeater).

After that, a new virtual adapter will appear in the list of devices, which will distribute Wi-Fi. Open the properties and then allow other computers to connect to the Internet through it. Then type in windows consoles netsh wlan start hostednetwork command. The new network will be activated and you can connect to it from another computer, tablet or smartphone.

Useful video: Distributing Wi-Fi by a computer instead of a router

Sharing Wi-Fi via Switch Virtual Router

The computer can distribute Wi-Fi through third-party utilities. One such program is Switch Virtual Router. The main fields of the interface include SSID, password, and wireless settings. Application can run on every boot operating system, and when you activate the "Minimize to tray" setting, further work becomes invisible to the user.

I can’t help myself! I read an explanatory article and I want to share with you, friends.

1. Install the program. (overloading the computer)
2.Launch MyPublicWiFi as administrator (right-click on the program icon, then select ... Run as administrator).
3. In the next window, select Automatic Hotspot configuration and do the following:

Network name (SSID)… you need to write the name of the new network.
Network key… you need to write a password. Minimum 8 characters.
You need to select a network connection ... through which you connect to the Internet. This is usually a LAN connection.

Then you can start the distribution of Wi-fi.

This is done by pressing the Set up and Start Hotspot button. The process of checking the configuration of your settings will go.
If the settings turned out to be correct, then a connection will appear, which will give access to the Internet. In chapter " Network connections»It appears as wireless. However, you succeeded and you can offer a friend behind the wall the Internet for a reasonable price.;)

I think we need to talk about security as well. You installed in your apartment Wi-Fi router?

I think that most people do not think about the security of their wireless Wi-Fi network (default settings).

What's wrong with admin / admin?

But what ... a cunning neighbor may well stick to your router, downloading large amounts of information from the network around the clock and taking up a significant percentage of the data transmission channel.

This will make surfing the Internet very uncomfortable for you.

What to do?

Here's what:

1. change the name / password of our administrator account.
2.In address bar your browser, enter (192.168.0.1.) For each type of router, this address may be different.
3. Before us there is a window for entering the login and password of the administrator (by default - admin / admin).
4. Find ... Maintenance, section ... Administrator.
5. Create a password that must be remembered or written down (New Password), then in ... Confirm Password, we confirm the password.
6.In Login Name also change the name of the administrator entry. After making the changes, do not forget to press the… Save Settings button each time.

Now an attacker will not be able to get to our router so easily, even having connected to the network.

1.Find the tab ... Setup.
2. in it, select the section ... Wireless Settings.
3. In the opened window, select the option ... Manual Wireless Connection Setup.
4. Find the settings section ... Wireless Network Settings.
5.In this section ... Wireless Network Name, you need to set a rather complex name for our Wi-Fi networks(SSID).

Of course, you need to remember.

6. In order for this network name to be hidden, check the box ... Enable Hidden Wireless.
7. Then we go down lower - to the section ... Wireless Security Mode.
8.There you need to select ... WPA / WPA2, and in the appeared section ... Network Key, we enter our password.

This will be the connection password. Do not forget to press the ... Save Settings button.

Now, to connect to our network, an attacker will need to guess the point name and password, which is not so easy at all.

These simple steps provide double security.

Good luck girls and boys .... Maya.

Install Hotspot Connectify (http://www.connectify.me/almost-there/) an unusual program that can create " hot spot access »Wi-Fi and start getting WiFi to all devices

With Virtual Router Connectify, you will have a fully functional router inside your PC for Windows 7, 8, XP OS.

This easy-to-use virtual router lets you share the internet from your laptop, smartphone, tablet, media player, e-books, other laptops, and even with friends.

This utility is completely free, which is great!

With Hotspot Connectify, you can turn your laptop into WiFi hotspot access and then get WiFi, your smartphones and others mobile devices and you only need a few clicks to do this.

Just like your home router, the Hotspot Connectify Virtual Router is secured with strong WPA2 encryption.

Setting up takes only a few seconds, and a beginner can handle it without much preparation. I think it couldn't be easier to install.

Of course you need to add something from yourself ... but then, as it is inconvenient.

Much is said on the Internet about the importance of a password.

It is even emphasized in bold that for all important accounts it is necessary to select different passwords and change them periodically.

Password must include letters, numbers and symbols !

Like this one: Password: [email protected]@tupra!

But in real life it turns out that using only a password to protect data has long been extremely insufficient ...

For a long time and for a long time they have been talking about the fact that using high GPU speeds will significantly speed up the selection of passwords. But there are technologies that allow the search to be done even faster.

Well, very bistro ... so bistro that only one password almost loses its meaning.

The Swiss security company Objectif Sécurité has used rainbow-table SSDs for its SSD technology.

Apparently the speed of the disk today, and not the speed of the processor, is the factor that hinders this work. SSD drives can significantly speed up the password cracking process, but how much?

In March of this year, it was already stated that using SSD disks will allow reaching a brute-force rate of 300 million passwords per second, and a complex complex password can be cracked in 5.3 seconds.

What are the realities ...

For check real speed cracking was taken hashes of 14 character passwords WindowsXP. Let's go ...:

Answer: Password: Empty password ...

Hacking ... Time: 2 seconds

Let's take even more than 14 characters. How is this:

Hash ::

Answer: Password: [email protected]@mura!

Hacking ... Time: 5 seconds

We try again:

Hash ::
Password: (689 !!!<>"QTHp
Time: 8 seconds

Hash ::
Password: * mZ? 9% ^ jS743 :!
Time: 5 seconds

Finally:

Hash ::
Password: T & p / E $ v-O6, [email protected]}
Time: 11 seconds! I had to wait a bit.

Just awful!

Of course, with some effort, it was possible to create a password that brought the system to a standstill, it contained characters from the extended ASCII set. But WindowsXP will not allow such a password. This program(ophcrack) is commercially available and free.

You can get acquainted with this program. Here you can also check how quickly your password is found. Ophcrack Open Source - livecd version.

This demonstration quite convincingly shows that for reliable data safety, an integrated approach should be used. Once you've come up with a strong password, additionally secure your Google account by using.

In this case, to log in, you will not only need to know your username and password, but also have access to your phone. Even if an attacker steals or guesses your password, he will not be able to log into your account without your phone.

Additional account protection is provided by entering two types of data:
Password and code obtained using the phone.

Good luck Friends!

Windows 10 allows you to distribute Wi-Fi Internet from your computer or laptop. This is especially true when using a mobile USB router or conventional fiber optic (ADSL, FTTB, etc.). This feature comes in handy for people who connect to world wide web through a cable, but do not have access to the network through a tablet, phone, TV, or on a second home PC. If, then this instruction can help.

Using the function of distributing a Wi-Fi network, you can organize a home wireless network with an Internet connection without a router. This will allow you to connect any device, including a smartphone or game console (PS4 for example) to the Internet wirelessly.

For the most convenient and advanced support for all the capabilities of modern networks, it is still recommended to purchase a full-fledged Wi-Fi router. But temporarily, you can quite use this way to share the Internet and use Wi-Fi to transfer files between home computers (wireless home the local network). In addition, for some users, the built-in Windows capabilities 10 for distributing the network through a virtual access point (router).

To perform such a task as to distribute Wi-Fi from a laptop or computer without a router and make an access point out of it, any user can do it. At the same time, there is absolutely no need to memorize any complex commands or experiment with system files... All you need is a well-known standard text editor"Notepad" (Notepad, or any other) and open access to the command line (cmd) of the system to check the built-in Wi-Fi module.

Checking your system for the ability to share Wi-Fi.

Not all versions and editions of the operating room Windows systems Support Wi-Fi wireless hotspot functions. Some hardware configurations are not capable of distributing the Internet via Wi-Fi. To understand if your PC can perform this function, it will take a few minutes to test the capabilities of the device.

Make one click with the left button on the "Start" menu, then "All applications" - "Service". In the last subsection, you will see a small black shortcut to launch the command line. Run the app as administrator and type:

Netsh wlan show drivers

The app will display information about Wi-Fi adapter built into your PC or laptop, and the ability to support a hosted network. When the device can work as a distributing access point, “Yes” is indicated in front of the network support point. If you see No, you will need to update the adapter drivers.

Distribution of Wi-Fi from a laptop, computer without a router.

To start your PC as a router, follow these steps:

• Open the Notepad app and copy to Text Document these are the commands (the numbers must match the password): netsh wlan set hostednetwork mode = allow ssid = okeygeek key = 11111111 netsh wlan start hostednetwork
• Next, save the document under any convenient name, but with the system extension *. bat as a DOS batch file.
• After rebooting the operating system, run this file by double clicking the left button. To distribute Wi-Fi, these steps are repeated after restarting the system.

As you can see, distributing Wi-Fi from Windows 10 is very simple - even a beginner who is not versed in IT technologies can easily cope with setting up the system for a router.