Creating a wi fi hotspot for smart phone

[nithig]

Would like to hear yr recommendations as to how I could best set up a wi fi hotspot with this laptop running on Win 7 Pro.
Haven't had a smart phone or other appliances so it's something new to me, have a friend visiting with a phone which needs wi fi access.
How would you go about this task?

 

[DMHolt57]

Use this, very easy...

Maryfi - Turn your Windows 7 laptop into a Wi-Fi Hotspot

 

[nithig]

thanks DMHolt57 ... I d/loaded and installed it but don't u/stand this part:

"Note:

Before installing Maryfi to your computer it's very important to check your wireless card and turn
the switch ON, and check wireless settings in Windows Mobility Center in Control Panel. "

Not aware of a wireless card switch (search brings up nothing) and there is no mobility center in Control Panel ...

any suggestions?

 

[strollin]

I wouldn't worry about that, does your laptop have a wifi adapter? As long as your wifi adapter is on and operational, that's all you need.

Another option for you to consider is this: Connectify. In reality, you don't need either of these software packages in order to create a hotspot but they provide a convenient gui. See this article: Turn Your Windows 7 PC Into a Wireless Hotspot

 

[nithig]

thanks strollin,

i will read that article.

I'm sure it makes tech savvy people laugh but technical idiots like me stumble over words all the time ... eg you asked "does your laptop have a wifi adapter?"

well I put that term into search and nothing comes up so I don't know. The OS is Win 7 Pro ... would it come with that? or is it something I have to add? how do i find out?

it will take me a while to read the article but I will get back here later and report my progress ...

i do appreciate yr patience and willingness to help those (whatever the opposite of a geek is ) like me.

 

[nithig]

this via a later edit:

just had a suspicion ... this process may need Java RunTime in order to work ...
can anyone verify that?

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thanks again for yr help! appreciate that.

read the article and also found a tutorial on same topic but which-ever way I go the message ends up
"Windows could not set up ...(name given)"

 

[chev65]

This link shows you the command line method for creating a WiFi hot spot.

Yes, all laptops have a built in WiFi adaptor.

Windows 7 Tip of the Week: Use Wireless Hosted Networking to Share An Internet Connection Wirelessly

 

[strollin]

I don't know if I would be so confident as to say that ALL laptops have a WiFi adapter but I think it's a pretty safe bet that your laptop has a WiFi adapter unless it's very old.

 

[nithig]

ok the procedure seems pretty straight forward eg here:-
How to turn your PC into a wi-fi hotspot ? [HD] - YouTube

What happens is I get to the stage of filling in:
Network name: my hotspot
Security type: WPA-2 Personal
Security key: password entered

tick Save this network

then press Next and what comes up is:

Windows could not set up my hotspot.

So some fault somewhere ... or something not turned on .... don't know how to diagnose this ... any suggestions?

 

[ColinJK]

Are you able to try it again and let us know specifically the error that comes up?

If it fails again can you put the following into notepad:

 Get-EventLog Application -After (Get-Date).AddHours(-1) | Format-List >> C:\output_hotspot.txt

And save it as hotspotevent.ps1, be sure to click the drop down menu under the input field and put it to any file.

Save it where you like and run it, once ran go to your C drive, open up "output_hotspot.txt" and let us know what it contains.

 

[nithig]

ok ... it's saved as *all files* ... how do I 'run it' ?


I put that code into Run ... but got a Windows message
Win cannot find 'Get event log'. Make sure the name is spelled correctly etc '

 

[ColinJK]

Looks like you missed a step buddy, I'll try to be clearer. Put that code into notepad, then go to File> Save as.

Put the filename as hotspotevent.ps1 and underneath it there is an option which currently says "Text Documents (*.txt)"

Click this and change it to All Files (*.*)

Once done, go to where you saved it and double click the file. It typically is a white paper with a blue styled icon upon it which looks like an arrow.

 

[nithig]

yes that's exactly what i did ... white with blue ..yep ... dble clicked and the file just opens in wordpad

have gone to C:/ but no listing of this file name

(must be getting late there in London!)

 

[ColinJK]

(Or early, depending how you look at it!)

Could you right click the file hotspotevent.ps1 and run as administrator?

 

[nithig]

ha ha yeah! late/early.

ok ..option was Run with Power Shell
I got the black window ... briefly flashed some red code (far to quick to really see)

Still no sign of that filename in C:/

 

[ColinJK]

My bad, I'm in server mode.

Looks like default settings block powershell scripts.

Can you instead go ahead and go to the startmenu, type powershell and open the first result. Paste that code in the sleek blue command prompt and press return. Check your C:\ afterward.

Apologies

 

[nithig]

should be a capture when I post ...
Nothing showing in C:

 

[ColinJK]

Okay, in hindsight guiding you through using eventlog would've been the better option but Im now determined to have this work

Thats saying you dont have access to the file - chances are you arent an Administrator of the machine by default, no matter. Change the code to the following:

 Get-EventLog Application -After (Get-Date).AddHours(-1) | Format-List >> C:\Users\Michael\Desktop\output_hotspot.txt

 

[nithig]

i'm not only one who has ever used this laptop ... so have never had problem with Admin rights before ..

2nd capture will show result of new code

 

[ColinJK]

You pasted the command a whole bunch of times there, only do it once

Plus I see it on your desktop, whats written in that file?