How to Create and Configure Wi-Fi Hotspot in Windows 10?

In layman’s term, Hotspot is a Wi-Fi network created from a device other than a router. In our case, it will be created from a Windows device connected to the internet using broadband or a dongle connection. Hotspot can be used to share the internet of our Windows device to our smartphones or other devices by creating a Wi-Fi network. 
Hotspots can be created from device even without any internet access, but that would create a local network with no internet. Such a network can be used to create an FTP server or to transfer files locally between 2 devices connected to the same network. 

Creating a Hotspot in Windows 10 Using Settings

Step 1: Goto settings app in Windows or use the combination of Window Key + i. 

Step 2: Now click on Network & Internet  

After clicking, you should see something similar to the following:  

Step 3: Click on Mobile Hotspot  

Now you should see something like:  

Step 4: Configure the Wi-Fi Hotspot’s Name (ssid) and Password by clicking Edit. 

After clicking you can see the following:  

Now edit/configure your Hotspot according to your choice as shown in below image:  

Step 5: Now click on Save  

Step 6: Now switch the Share my internet connection with other devices option to ON.  

Thus, we have successfully created a Wi-Fi hotspot from a Windows Device from the Windows Settings App. 

Creating HotSpot Using Cmd in Windows 10

Step 1: Open Command prompt with administrator privilege. Follow the following steps to do it:  

• Press Window key + R. 

• Type cmd in the text field present in the run dialog box: 

• Press Ctrl + Shift + Enter key to run Command Prompt as Administrator and then Select yes when prompted to let command prompt run as administrator.

Another way to open Cmd:  

• Search Command Prompt or cmd in start menu search bar. [Hit windows key to open start menu] 

• Click Run as Administrator 

• Select yes when prompted to let command prompt run as administrator.

Step 2: Now open the netsh (a command-line scripting utility that will help us to create or change network settings) by typing the below command:  

netsh

Step 3: Now for specifically changing the network settings related to WLAN type:  

wlan 

Step 4: Configure the Hotspot’s name (ssid) by using the below command:  

set hostednetwork ssid=w3wiki

[Put the name of your choice after “name=” ;”w3wiki” is taken as an example.] 

Step 5: Configure the Hotspot’s password by using the below command:  

set hostednetwork key=BeginnerAreAlwaysExploring

[Put whatever password you want after “key=” ;”BeginnerAreAlwaysExploring” is just an example.]  

Step 6: Now start this configured hotspot by typing:  

start hostednetwork

To stop the hotspot just type:  

stop hostednetwork

Note:  

• Make sure your Windows device has a working Wi-Fi module as it is a must for creating a Wi-Fi hotspot.
• Once the hotspot has been set up and configured by using the Command Prompt method, it can be easily run next time just by typing: 

netsh wlan start hostednetwork

Directly after opening a command prompt with administrator privilege and can be stopped directly by: 

netsh wlan stop hostednetwork

After opening a command prompt with administrator privilege.