Using netsh to create a wireless hub that connects to the Internet
Hello,
I am trying to set up a wireless hub on a Windows7 machine using netsh; this is the first time I have worked with netsh. I am able to set up the hub and connect to it with various devices, but cannot reach the Internet with the connected devices. The Win7 machine I am using as the hub is able to connect to the Internet through a wired LAN connection.
After executing these commands on the Win7 machine:
netsh wlan set hostednetwork mode=allow ssid="mynet" key="mynetmynet"
netsh wlan start hostednetwork
I was able to take a Windows client computer and connect the "mynet" successfully. I look at the client's ip configuration using ipconfig and it looks correct afaik:
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . : mshome.net
Link-local IPv6 Address . . . . . : fe80::5d0f:4867:ad38:13c9%
IPv4 Address. . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.173.171
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.173.1
However, the link status is shown "limited".
I look at the configuration on the Win7 machine and it also seems ok:
C:\windows\system32>netsh wlan show hostednetwork
Hosted network settings
-----------------------
Mode : Allowed
SSID name : "mynet"
Max number of clients : 100
Authentication : WPA2-Personal
Cipher : CCMP
Hosted network status
---------------------
Status : Started
BSSID : 70:1a:04:70:82:96
Radio type : 802.11g
Channel : 10
Number of clients : 1
d8:50:e6:97:e8:03 Authenticated
However, I cannot access the Internet from the client and cannot ping the address 192.168.173.1 from the client (request time out error).
What additional steps do I need to take to get Internet access from the client? Thanks
I am trying to set up a wireless hub on a Windows7 machine using netsh; this is the first time I have worked with netsh. I am able to set up the hub and connect to it with various devices, but cannot reach the Internet with the connected devices. The Win7 machine I am using as the hub is able to connect to the Internet through a wired LAN connection.
After executing these commands on the Win7 machine:
netsh wlan set hostednetwork mode=allow ssid="mynet" key="mynetmynet"
netsh wlan start hostednetwork
I was able to take a Windows client computer and connect the "mynet" successfully. I look at the client's ip configuration using ipconfig and it looks correct afaik:
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . : mshome.net
Link-local IPv6 Address . . . . . : fe80::5d0f:4867:ad38:13c9%
IPv4 Address. . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.173.171
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.173.1
However, the link status is shown "limited".
I look at the configuration on the Win7 machine and it also seems ok:
C:\windows\system32>netsh wlan show hostednetwork
Hosted network settings
-----------------------
Mode : Allowed
SSID name : "mynet"
Max number of clients : 100
Authentication : WPA2-Personal
Cipher : CCMP
Hosted network status
---------------------
Status : Started
BSSID : 70:1a:04:70:82:96
Radio type : 802.11g
Channel : 10
Number of clients : 1
d8:50:e6:97:e8:03 Authenticated
However, I cannot access the Internet from the client and cannot ping the address 192.168.173.1 from the client (request time out error).
What additional steps do I need to take to get Internet access from the client? Thanks
I think you need to setup your computer to bridge the wired connection and the Wifi connection. The other option would be to setup your computer to be a router, however I don't think Windows 7 can do routing.
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Thanks - worked great.
do ipconfig /all and see if there is any DNS server listed, if not specify some manually.
Thanks,
Sudeep