How to Setup an Ad Hoc on Windows 10 and 8

Windows 8 and 10 misses the ability to setup an Ad Hoc network feature, but they have the Internet Connection Sharing or ICS feature that permits your PCs internet connection to connect with the devices, though you cannot share the internet as it does not set up a wireless network connection -otherwise known as WiFi. The ad hoc wireless connection switches your PC to a virtual WiFi router permitting internet connection to other devices, although each with a different IP address.
I'm going to show you how to Create Wireless Ad Hoc Internet Connection, but make sure your network adapter is updated to the latest version.

I'm not planning to make things difficult or even bore you out, so just follow these steps and their corresponding images -don't forget to share your experience in the comment section- and you should be ready to go.

Step 1: Press the Windows + X Keys to open the power user settings panel, and launch Command Prompt (Admin) to get started.

Step 2: Enter the following command, hitting the Enter /Return key at the end. To name your Ad hoc connection, simply replace "your adhocname" with a name of your choice, and to change/ set the password, replace "passwordkey" with a password of your choice:

netsh wlan set hostednetwork mode=allow ssid=your adhocname key=passwordkey

e.g: netsh wlan set hostednetwork mode=allow ssid=wavetechs key=12345678

Note: Password key must have a minimum of 8 characters.

Step 3: Enter this one last command and hit the Enter / Return key:

netsh wlan start hostednetwork

Step 4: On the search wizard of your windows 8 /10, search for "View Network Connection".

Step 5: Look out for the connected network "Ethernet", right-click and select Properties and switch to the sharing tab.

Step 6: Check the "Allow other network users to connect through this computer's internet connection" option, and choose the newly created WiFi connection from the drop down list located under "Home networking connection".

You can now connect to your newly created WiFi access point using whatever smartphone, tablet or computer you had in mind. You will also be able to see the new connection as active in Network and Sharing Center. I bet that wasn’t too difficult now, was it?

If you wish to disable the hotspot at any given time, simply enter the following command in Command Prompt with Administrator privileges and hit Enter:

netsh wlan stop hostednetwork

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