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Mobile hotspot not giving internet access to other devices?

Anonymous
2021-03-04T00:13:42+00:00

Hey all; this is a problem I just recently had today, that being whenever I use the mobile hotspot feature on my Windows 10 desktop, the devices that are connected to said hotspot don't actually receive any internet connection whatsoever. My laptop says "No internet, secured", and I've also got two mobile devices that say that internet may not be available.

I don't understand what's going on since it was working just fine this morning, and I also tried to reset the TCP/IP but I don't think that worked either. Could anybody please help me with fixing this issue? It's pretty obnoxious since my desktop has an ethernet connection that I would like to utilize as a hotspot, but can't.

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  1. Anonymous
    2021-03-04T01:02:51+00:00

    Hello ElijahSymanowicz, welcome to the Microsoft community, my name is Bruno Leonel, an independent consultant and I would be happy to help you.

    I understand that this is having problems accessing the internet on another device through the Hotspot and I am sorry for that.

    To be more accurate, was there an update?

    Any driver installation?

    However, below is a step by step to try to activate the Hotspot and share your computer's internet connection with other devices, maybe I can help you.

    Please try restarting your computer and reconfiguring your hotspot. Below a link from Microsoft that can help you.

    https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/usa...

    If it doesn't work try to create a Hotspot through the command prompt.

    1. Press from Windows + X and choose the

    command prompt (Admin) or press Windows + R and type cmd, right click and run as administrator;

    1. Now in the command prompt window, type

    netsh wlan set hostednetwork ssid=nameofnetwork key=networkpassword

    1. Instead of typing nameofnetwork in the previous step, type any name you want to give your network. Instead of

    typing networkpassword in the step above, choose a password that you want for your network;

    1. Now type netsh wlan start hostednetwork and press enter.

    Windows 10 laptop / tablet / computer will now be configured as Wi-Fi Hotspot. Any other device could now connect to your computer's Wi-Fi using the password you set in the step above. So, turn on the

    Wi-Fi on other devices, such as your smartphone or other laptop running any version of Windows, be it Windows 7, Vista or Windows XP. On the second device, the name of the Wi-Fi network will be shown, if you connect to it. He will ask for the password.

    Enter the same password that you created in the second step. Done. Your second device will be connected to your computer's Wi-Fi.

    If you want to remove or interrupt the newly created ad-hoc connection:

    netsh wlan stop hostednetwork in command prompt (admin).

    If the answer helped in any way, please mark it as an answer, if your question has not been solved, please post again.

    I hope I helped, see you later!

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  2. Anonymous
    2021-03-04T11:28:05+00:00

    Dear ElijahSymanowicz, I understand, in this case I will be waiting for the result.

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  3. franco d'esaro 24,991 Reputation points Volunteer Moderator
    2021-03-04T10:28:43+00:00

    Hi ElijahSymanowicz ,

    first of all it is not possible to configure Hosted Network or ad hoc network in Windows 10, they gave you wrong answer. Type ncpa.cpl in the search box and hit enter. In network connections, right click on your internet connection> Properties> Sharing tab, post a screenshot. You can also try to restore your PC to an earlier date before the problem appeared:

    https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/recovery-options-in-windows-10-31ce2444-7de3-818c-d626-e3b5a3024da5

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  4. Anonymous
    2021-03-04T06:16:31+00:00

    Thanks for the swift response and welcome; I tried restarting my computer multiple times and it hasn't really changed much, unfortunately.

    I've yet to try manually making a hotspot through the command prompt, although I suppose it'll be my last resort if things don't go as expected.

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