Create A WiFi Hotspot To Connect To Internet In Android: Step By Step

Hi Friends,

All of us must have played Counter Strike over wireless network. So why can't we share our internet connection with our android device and use the data cards' internet. This led one of my college friends to call me ask me how it can be accomplished.

This blog is an answer to that question.

Before we get going, we require a 3rd party software to utilize Microsoft Virtual WiFi Miniport Adapter and create a WiFi connection to. So, please download this from here.

So let's get started:

#1: Click on the Network icon in your systems' toolbar. Then click on Open Network and Sharing Center

#2: Find Change adapter settings on the top-left side of the screen and click on it:

#3: Right click on the connection which you want to share. So, the steps are Right click -> Properties

                                                      

#4: Navigate to Sharing tab and follow the screen shot:

                             

The Home networking connection will be a drop down, from this, select Wireless Connection Network 2 (if you remember, at the beginning of this blog, I mentioned that we are going to use Microsoft Virtual WiFi Miniport Adapter, this, Wireless Connection Network 2, is the title/label of this connection)

#5: Now, its time to set the properties of Wireless Connection Network 2. So right click on it - > Properties and follow the screen shots:

                  [Same settings which were used to set up CS server! :) ]

#6: Now, we are ready to use the mHotspot tool which we have just downloaded and installed. Configure it as per your wish:

           

Click on Start Hotspot

#7: You could now see the hotspot name created by you once you click the Network icon :)

                             

So far so good, what's Next??

#8: Now, we use our android phone to connect to this newly created WiFi network. [I am using version 4.2.2 Jellybean for this blog, it is same for other android versions as well]

                                           

#9: Connect to your WiFi network -> provide password -> and start using internet!!

So there in all 9 steps from creating a WiFi network to browsing internet in your Android phone.

Feel free to ask your doubts or any errors received.

Rest Is Next...