netsh hostednetwork issue

I try to get the Virtual Wifi Adepter working on Win 7 Professional. I want to share the wifi connection (I think it does work with cable connection) and I'm pretty sure that the network card should be able to do this, since its a Dell notebook from last year (Dell XPS 15 with Intel wifi adapter). So far I did the following:

1) Starting cmd.exe as admin

2) netsh wlan set hostednetwork mode=allow ssid=test key=testkey1 returns positive feedback (mode for the hosted network is allowed, SSID has been changed etc.)

3) netsh wlan show hostednetwork returns what I previously entered

4) netsh wlan start hostednetwork returns positive feedback (hosted network has been started)

5) In Control Panel\Network and Internet\Network and Sharing Center you can see that the PC is connected with a wifi network using the wifi adapter and with the test network using one of the two the virtual adapters

6) netsh wlan show hostednetwork returns an error (group or resource not in correct state for this action) and my mobile device does not find the proposed connection

I tried deleting/deactivating the two virtual network connections and deinstalling the two virtual wifi adapters in the device manager and rebooting. So far, I only read about the encountered error during the start command.

Any ideas how to fix that or how to start all over again in setting up the virtual wifi? This morning it worked, except for the shared internet which would be the next step. (but using an additional cable connection, which I will try out later tonight and let you know)

Cheers, Daniel

Solution 1:

netsh wlan set hostednetwork mode=disallow 

will stop the service and remove the virtual port

Solution 2:

@Daiel... There may be a number of issues contributing to your problem. Do not play the deletion game with the virtual router. You may have made a mistake with your configuration and this may bring up the issues. follow the following steps and you should be fine.

• Run the command prompt as Administrator (elevated Prevellages)
• type the follwing; netsh wlan stop hostednetwork
• Wait a while and type netsh wlan start hostednetwork
• Now go to your current internet connected connection and access the properties (could be either your LAN or Wi-Fi access)
• Access the sharing tab from the property window that opens.
• Select the option to allow other systems to connect to the internet through that connection
• If you have a drop-down to select which network (usually WIN8 and WIN8.1 or WIN7) then make sure you select the option what comes with something like "Local Area Connection 2*". the number could be different in your case.
• Apply it and choose Ok for everything else.

Now your connections should be shared. There will be no need for you to delete any thing and next time you wish to connect just type in the command prompt netsh wlan start hostednetwork