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Set Up Virtual Hotspot in Windows 8

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Hi, you're watching VisiHow. This is a tutorial on how to set up a virtual hotspot on Windows 8 computers.

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Move the mouse cursor to the lower-left corner of the screen and right-click there
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In the menu that pops up, click "Command Prompt (Admin)"
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Type in "netsh wlan set hostednetwork mode=allow ssid="
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Now type in the name for the hotspot
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In our example, we want it to be "VisiHow". The whole line in our case currently reads, "netsh wlan set hostednetwork mode=allow ssid=VisiHow".

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Type " key="
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In our demonstration, the whole line reads, "netsh wlan set hostednetwork mode=allow ssid=VisiHow key=".
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Type in the password
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Note that the password length must be a minimum of 8 characters, and maximum 64 characters. For the sake of simplicity and this tutorial, we are going to type in numbers 1 through 8. Now the line reads, "netsh wlan set hostednetwork mode=allow ssid=VisiHow key=12345678".

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Proofread the line and hit the enter key to submit
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Our virtual hotspot has been created.
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Close the window by clicking the "X" in the top right corner
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This concludes our tutorial on how to set up a hotspot on Windows 8 computers
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