You will notice that a new network adapter appeared, called Local Area Network Connection, followed by a number that can be different from computer to computer.
Now comes the part that appears to be different in Windows 8 than in previous Windows versions. (Type Control Panel on the Start Screen and then Network in the Control Panel search box.) Then, click Change adapter settings. Open the Network and Sharing Center in the Control Panel. (Note that you can replace “Hotspot” and the security key with your favorite settings.) Type netsh wlan set hostednetwork mode=allow ssid=Hotspot key=12345678. Type netsh wlan show drivers and verify if Hosted network supported says Yes. (Type cmd on the Start Screen, right-click the icon, and click Run as Administrator.) Launch a command prompt with administrator privileges. (I didn’t verify this and, as mentioned above, I only remember roughly how it worked in Windows 7.)Īnyway, next time I can just search on 4sysops and I will find an ICS guide for Windows 8 that works. This is probably due to the fact that things are a bit different than in Windows 7, and many how-to bloggers just re-posted their old articles with a new heading. The forums are full of posts of frustrated users who just can’t connect to their Windows 8 Access Point. I wonder if all those how-to bloggers out there just copy from one another or if anyone actually tried their Wi-Fi sharing step-by-step guide. However, in this case, it always leads to frustration because many guides about Internet Connection Sharing (ICS) are incomplete, describe the procedure in the wrong order, or confuse different Windows versions. Google is a great brain extension for people with a bad memory like me. Whenever I want to share an Internet connection through Wi-Fi and turn my Windows machine in Wi-FI access point, I find myself googling again because I somehow can’t memorize the procedure. The hosted network couldn’t be started error message. Share Wi-Fi on your Windows 8 computer at startup.
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