Wireless Hotspot - From Ethernet (Windows 7)

This step will guide you through enabling the "Microsoft Virtual WiFi Miniport Adapter": From my knowledge the "Microsoft Virtual WiFi Miniport Adapter" is not compatible with all wireless cards but if it yours is compatible, and you follow my guide, it will work.

To enable the Virtual adapter open the "Run" dialogue ("Windows key"+ "R")

Then open the Command Prompt (type in "cmd" and click "Enter")

Once CMD is open type in the following command:

netsh wlan set hostednetwork mode=allow ssid=Hotspot key=PasswordkeyUsage=persistent

Where "Hotspot" is the SSID (the name of your connection) and "Password" is the password locking the connection.

Once this is done, you have enabled the Microsoft Virtual WiFi Miniport Adapter!

Windows 7 has a feature called "VirtualWifi". It allows you to split your WLAN access in Windows 7 on your Laptop or PC and to act like an accesspoint for other Laptops, so you can share your internet connection.

1.	Enable VirtualWifi You must run a command line with admin rights. Type in: netsh wlan set hostednetwork mode=allow ssid="MySSID" key="Mykey" keyUsage=persistent Leave the commanline-window open
2.	Check the new virtual wifi adaptor Go to your Device Manager and check if you see a "Microsoft Virtual Wifi Miniport Adaptor" when expand the network adaptors. If you check your wireless network cards in your network and sharing center you´ll see a second wireless network connection.
3.	Start the virtual network card Go back to the admin-rights command shell and type in: netsh wlan start hostednetwor