How To Create A Wifi Hotspot Using The Command Prompt 12 Steps

On Windows 8, place your mouse in the upper-right corner of the screen, then click the magnifying glass icon.

If you’re using a laptop with a trackpad and no mouse buttons, tap the trackpad with two fingers instead of right-clicking.

If you don’t have the Run as administrator option, you can’t create a Wi-Fi hotspot.

If you don’t see “Yes” here, your computer can’t create a wireless hotspot through Command Prompt.

netsh wlan ‘‘set hostednetwork mode=allow ssid=NETWORKNAME key=PASSWORD Then press ↵ Enter. Make sure you replace the “NETWORKNAME” and “PASSWORD” text with what you want your hotspot’s name and password to be.