Mobile hotspot not showing in the network connection

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Mobile hotspot not showing in the network connection

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I was trying to connect my mobile hotspot to my laptop, it stated connected but no internet (There was no issue with the internet in my mobile). Then I thought i would just forget the network and windows would find it again .Since then my mobile hotspot is not showing up in the available networks list. I also tried changing the mobile hotspot name and password it didn't work as well.

Any ideas on what to do?

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Answer 1

Open Mobile hotspot settings (Settings > Network & Internet > Mobile hotspot)

Turn on mobile hotspot

Under "Related Settings", click Change adapter options

Take note of which adapter is connected to the internet and which adapter is your mobile hotspot (typically named "Local Area Connection\* [#]")

Right click the adapter that is connected to the internet and click Properties

Go to the Sharing tab

Uncheck "Allow other network users to connect through this computer's Internet connection". If it is already unchecked, skip this step.

Click OK

Again, open Properties &gt; Sharing for the same adapter.

Check "Allow other network users to connect through this computer's Internet connection"

(If you get a popup that says "Internet Connection Sharing is currently enabled...", click OK.)

Under "Home networking connection:", select the mobile hotspot adapter

Click OK

Press Windows key + X

Click Device Manager

Expand Network adapters

Right click then uninstall all virtual adapters

Open Start then type: regedit

Right click Regedit then click Run as administrator

Navigate to the following registry key:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\WlanSvc\Parameters\HostedNetworkSettings\

Delete the following key:

HostedNetworkSettings

Restart then try again.

Run the Network adapter troubleshooter

Open Start > Settings > Update & security > Troubleshoot

Scroll down, select Network adapters

Click Run the troubleshooter

When complete, restart to see if it works.

If not, you can try updating both your Network adapter drivers or uninstall them.

Press Windows key + X

Click Device Manager

Expand network adapters

Right click your adapter, click uninstall

Exit Device Manager then restart

Windows 10 will re-detect them and reinstall them.

or

Open Start, type: CMD

Right click CMD

Click Run as administrator

Type in at the prompt OR Copy and Paste these one at a time : (Hit enter after each)

netsh wlan set hostednetwork mode=allow ssid=name key=YOURPASSWORD

netsh wlan start hostednetwork

Exit Command Prompt

Open Start > Settings > Network & Internet > Wi-Fi > 'Change adapter options'

Select the new "Local Area Connection #..."

Right click this and select "Properties",

Choose the "Sharing Tab then check 'Allow other network Users to connect through this computer's Internet connection'

Click Apply then OK

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