I have Realtek RTL8187SE version 6.9071.822.2008 on Windows 8.1 and I'm trying to start a network but when I try to start the network it gives me "The hosted network could not be started". I set the mode to allow before I tried it. I went to enable ICS I installed the program Connectify to see if that would work but it tells me that my card isn't supported. I updated my driver from the website but I got a Code 31 so I uninstalled it and went back to the older version. I had the same driver when I was on Windows Vista/7 and it worked then. How do I fix this?
2 Answers
- In Device Manager :View -> Show Hidden Devices
- In Network adapters enable "Microsoft Hosted Network Virtual Adapter"
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Does "netsh wlan show drivers" say "hosted network supported : yes" ?– user66423Dec 28, 2015 at 9:44
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I remember it saying no but I remember being able to start networks on Vista/7 with the same driver (but it may have been a different version). Dec 30, 2015 at 1:07
- Try to uninstall your physical WiFi adapter
- In device manager, click on Actions - Find hardware changes - Wifi adapter should automatically appear again and so the Microsoft Hosted Network Adapter.
- If the Hosted Network Adapter is still greyed out, right click on your Physical Wifi adapter, Properties, Drivers, Revert driver changes