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I have 2 wireless network adapters - internal and external, so I want to create hotspot on second one while using 1st one for wireless connection. Apart from Connectify software.

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  • This requires third-party software to do this.
    – Ramhound
    Jan 2, 2015 at 19:27
  • It's fine, but which one?
    – GorvGoyl
    Jan 2, 2015 at 19:37
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    you have to bridge the 2 connections. Go to Network and Sharing Center>Advanced Adapter Settings (or something like that), there you will see both wifi adapters. select both of them and right click one and click Bridge. it should create another icon with the bridge name. Try this first.
    – xR34P3Rx
    Jan 2, 2015 at 19:40
  • @xR34P3Rx it took a while. next step?
    – GorvGoyl
    Jan 2, 2015 at 19:46
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    well this is why we are trying this arent we? you are getting downvoted because you didnt show any personal effort to figure out this issue on your own. this site is used as a last resort after everything YOU have attempted by yourself.
    – xR34P3Rx
    Jan 2, 2015 at 20:18

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I Figured it out using CMD and providing a small tut so that others can benefit:-

1.To create a virtual WLAN network (HotSpot) enter in Elevated CMD:
netsh wlan set hostednetwork mode=allow ssid=yourhotspotname key=YourPassword
2. Then start the HotSpot by giving the following command: netsh wlan start hostednetwork
3. Go to Adapter settings>choose wifi(external/internal which is connected to Internet)>properties>sharing>tick on allow other network and select newly created virtual adapter(with asterisk sign).
4. Hotspot is now online, to stop it enter in CMD: netsh wlan stop hostednetwork
5. Turning the computer off or rebooting also turns the HotSpot off. However, the HotSpot still exists (it "survives" the reboot); from now on you only need to turn it on when needed with the
netsh wlan start hostednetwork command.

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