Can't Share Internet Connection using Mobile Hotspot Feature in Windows Creaters Update.

[Shivam44]

Edit : Kindly visit the 2nd comment to get my problem correctly.

My Wireless Wlan Driver is uptodate, but can't set Hosted Network Support to YES.

There is no such Hosted Network Driver present in Device Manager.

[Jeet_singh]

Hi @Shivam44,

Thank you for visiting the HP Forums! A great place where you can find solutions for your issues with help from the community! I understand you are having issues connecting to Mobile Hotspot on your HP notebook. Don't worry as I have a few suggestions which should help you resolve this issue.

To provide you with an accurate solution, I'll need a few more details:

Does it connect to any other wifi network?

Have you ever been able to establish a network or is this the first time you are trying?

Did you check for any other HP Forum posts to help resolve your concern?

Have you looked for a solution using related HP Forum posts?

If you haven't, Here's a related HP Forums post that seems to have helped others: Click here & here for the steps.

After going through the product specifications, I found that its a 802.11b/g/n (1x1) and Bluetooth® 4.0 combo (Miracast compatible); WiDi ( Realtek RTL8723BE-VB 802.11b/g/n 1x1 Wi-Fi + BT4.0 Combo Adapter)

Here's another forum post which seems to have helped others: Click here

If they haven't, you may also try the below steps:

1. Open a command prompt with administrative privileges.

The quickest way is to tap the Windows key, type in cmd, and then right-click on the Command Prompt app listing and choose "Run as an administrator."

2. In the command prompt window, type in netsh wlan set hostednetwork mode=allow ssid=[SSID] key=[bpassword]. 

Replace [SSID] and [password] with the network name you want for the Wi-Fi network and the password for it (without the brackets).

This will set up and enable a new Wi-Fi network with the SSID and passphrase you set, but we're not done yet.

3. Type netsh wlan start hostednetwork at the prompt and hit Enter to start the network: 

4. Open Network Connections (search in the Start menu for "view network connections" and click on the result)

5. Right-click on your main network connection and choose "Properties."

6. Go to the Sharing tab and click the checkbox labeled "Allow other network users to connect through this computer's internet connection".

7. In the dropdown box right below that, choose the network connection your computer is currently using. Click OK.

This will set up your new Wi-Fi hotspot. To stop the hosted network, type in netsh wlan stop hostednetwork in the command prompt and hit Enter.

Feel free to post your query for any other assistance as well, 

It's been a pleasure interacting with you and I hope you have a good day ahead.

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mark my post as Accepted Solution. 

And click on the Purple Thumbs up icon at the bottom of my comment. 

Regards, 

[Shivam44]

@Jeet_singh

Thanks for the help.

It seems that I wasn't able to explain my problem correctly.

Let me explain it again.

Firstly, I am on Windows 10 Creators Update

In that specific version of Windows, there is a feature of creating Mobile Hotspot.

I have no problem in creating Hotstop.  All my device connects to it properly.

The Problem is I can't share Internet connection using it.

So, I did this :

After I turned Internet sharing ON.

None of my device connect to the created Hotspot.

After searching through many websites, I found that the problem is with Hosted Network Support.

And it's set to no.

Some posts has intructions to install previous version of Wireless Driver.

I tried, but no luck.

So, please tell me does my laptop's network card supports Hosted Network or not?

It's HP 15-ay503TX.

Thanks in advance.

[Jeet_singh · Accepted solution]

Hi @Shivam44,

Thank you for replying,

I appreciate your time and efforts,

I did a bit of research and found that your Wireless card does not support hotspot. This could be the reason why you are having this issue.

I hope this information helps. Let me know if you need any further assistance. 

Regards,

[Shivam44]

@Jeet_singh

Thanks for the help.

But I would appreciate it if you can provide sources from where you found that my Wireless card does not support hotspot.

[Jeet_singh]

Hi @Shivam44,

Please find the below specs for the wireless card on your computer.

• Frequency Band

  2.4 GHz

• Type

  network adapter

• Connectivity Technology

  wireless

• Data Link Protocol

  Bluetooth 4.0 LE, IEEE 802.11b, IEEE 802.11g, IEEE 802.11n

• Compliant Standards

  Bluetooth 4.0, IEEE 802.11b, IEEE 802.11g, IEEE 802.11n

• Wi-Fi Bands

  2.4 GHz

If hotspot is supported it will be mentioned here in the wireless card specifications.

Hope that answers your question. Let me know if you need any further assistance. I'll be more than happy to help.

Feel free to post your query for any other assistance as well,

It's been a pleasure interacting with you and I hope you have a good day ahead.

If you wish to show appreciation for my efforts, mark my post as Accepted Solution.

And click on the Purple Thumbs up icon at the bottom of my comment.

Regards,

[Leecie]

I have the SAME problem. The thing is, my hotspot worked in the past and it just stopped so suddenly.