Spinethetic
10-06-2014, 07:55 PM
I have an ASUS laptop running WIN8.1 and I've been searching between the last two days a total of probably 15 hours searching for freeware software that will enable my laptop to setup its own WiFi hotspot with custom ssid BUT I want it to be an open connection where a password is not required to autehticate using the hotspot.
I have found numerious software such as -Connectify -MyPublicRouter -Virtual Router Manager -BEETmobile -mHotspot -SeventhGate -MyRouter -Maryfi -Win hotspot
and several others... And every one of them I've tried, only to discover that each one requires me to set up a password to be used for people to authenticate. I dont want wep or WPA/WPA2, just open access, so on another device I could simple open wifi and click on my laptop's ssid and access, like tethering for rooted android phones.
Theres many apps for Android for tethering that wont require a WPA/2 password, surely there must be one for Windows, right?
I found a tutorial to use cmd to make a laptop into a portable wifi hotspot using C:\Windows\System32\netsh.exe
netsh wlan set hostednetwork mode=allow ssid=YourPreferredNetworkName key=YourPreferredKey
netsh wlan start hostednetwork
Which forces me to setup a password for users to use my virtual wifi.
I just want an open virtual access point without a password being required for users to login to it.
Any help would be greatly appreciated :)
~Ross Vaughn God Bless
I have found numerious software such as -Connectify -MyPublicRouter -Virtual Router Manager -BEETmobile -mHotspot -SeventhGate -MyRouter -Maryfi -Win hotspot
and several others... And every one of them I've tried, only to discover that each one requires me to set up a password to be used for people to authenticate. I dont want wep or WPA/WPA2, just open access, so on another device I could simple open wifi and click on my laptop's ssid and access, like tethering for rooted android phones.
Theres many apps for Android for tethering that wont require a WPA/2 password, surely there must be one for Windows, right?
I found a tutorial to use cmd to make a laptop into a portable wifi hotspot using C:\Windows\System32\netsh.exe
netsh wlan set hostednetwork mode=allow ssid=YourPreferredNetworkName key=YourPreferredKey
netsh wlan start hostednetwork
Which forces me to setup a password for users to use my virtual wifi.
I just want an open virtual access point without a password being required for users to login to it.
Any help would be greatly appreciated :)
~Ross Vaughn God Bless