Convert your windows 7 PC to a virual wifi hot-spot!

How many of you don't have a wifi router at home but have a phone with wifi? you want to connect to the Internet without paying for the mobile Internet charges?
Well this was my case a few months back when i bought a new android phone with wifi but didn't have a wifi router at home.And i know that many of you have the same case as mine!
well if you have a Windows 7 pc with wifi, your problems are solved!
Windows 7 comes with a secret feature that can enable your PC to act as a virtual wifi hot spot.
You might have heard about creating adhoc pc-to-pc connections but most modern day smartphones don't support that.So just follow my instructions and after 10 minutes you will be able to connect your phone to the internet via wifi:

1. Click on the start menue icon and type "cmd".
2. Right-click on the cmd.exe option and select "Run as administrator" to open the command prompt with administrator privileges.
3. After clicking "yes" type the following command:
   netsh wlan set hostednetwork mode=allow ssid="name" key="key" keyusage=persistent
   Replace "name" with the name you want to give to your virtual network and "key" with a 8 digit password that will be required to connect to you virtual network (don't include the quotes!).
4. Hit enter.
5. After that a message will be displayed saying that your hostednetwork is set!
6. Now type:
   netsh wlan show hostednetwork
   If you have done everything correctly then the information about your virtual network will be displayed.
7. Now type this!:
   netsh wlan start hostednetwork
   After that a message would be displayed saying hostednetwork started!
   
   
8. Well 95% job is done! Now all you have to do is share your wired connection with your recently created virtual wifi connection by following the next steps!
9. Click on the Network connection icon on the Windows taskbar and click on "Open network and sharing center"
10. From the left pane select "Change adapter settings"
11. Now select your wired adapter option("Local Area Connection" in my case and most probably in your case too!) and right-click on it and select "Properties".
12. Select the "Sharing" tab from the top and check on the option saying "Allow other network users to connect through this computer's Internet connection".
    
13. Now from the drop-down list select the virtual wifi connection we just created i.e. "wireless network connection 2" or maybe just "wireless network connection"(look for "Microsoft virtual wifi" if you are unsure of which option to choose)  and click "Ok".
    
14. Now everything is done...Just get your smartphone,enable wifi and you would see your wireless connection name under available wireless connections.
15. Now connect using the password you had provided and start surfing.

If after following all the above instructions you are still unable to surf the net,then try disabling your primary firewall and try the whole process again.
Now after you have finished using the Internet on your smartphone,again open cmd with administrator privilidges and type:
netsh wlan stop hostednetwork
to stop your virtual wifi network(just for security reasons!).
Now when the next time you have to connect your smartphone using wifi, you just have to type:
netsh wlan start hostednetwork
well, i hope you enjoyed my post.
If you have any comments/suggestions/problems, please leave a comment down below and ill reply as soon as possible!