Monday 11 February 2013

How to convert your laptop as a WiFi hotspot

Many times you find yourself in a situation where you need a wifi connection but you have only your modem running via your laptop. Sometimes you may want to share your internet with few other guys around you but you cant. In this post we will be discussing about the method to turn your Laptop into a WiFi hotspot.
First of all go to the link here and download mHotspot

mHotspot is a freeware that can convert your Window 7 laptop into a virtual Wifi router. It allows you to create a secure WiFi hotspot without any installation.
It allows you to share your single internet connection like LAN, Ethernet, Data-Card, 3G/4G to multiple devices like laptops, Android smartphones, PDAs, iPads, tablets etc. It is so simple and doesn't require any kind of extra hardware beside the one already hired in your lap top. 

Features:

  • 1. Doesn't requires any installation
  • 2. App is only about 400kb
  • 3. You can customize Hotspot name
  • 4. Share any internet connection you have with your laptop
  • 5. other devices like androids, PDA, tablets, laptops etc can access the internet
  • 6. It also shows the details of all the connected devices, including device name, MAC address, IP address
  • 7. You can also keep track of the network usage data, i.e. Upload, Download and total data
  • 8. Keep your hotspot secure with the WPA2 PSK password security
  • 9. You can also decide maximum number of device that can be connected through your hotspot
  • 10. You can also extend your WiFi range by using it as repeater
  • 11. You can also select internet connection you want to use with this app
  • 12. Works with Windows 7,8

Working with mHotSpot




As shown in the above image:
  • Put the name for your WiFi
  • Set the password
  • now for the share from, select the internet connection you want to share
  • Set the max clients that can connect through your WiFi.
  • Just click on the Start Hotspot and you are ON.

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