How To Share LAN/Wired Internet via WiFi Without Wi-Fi router

We lives in modern world and still many of us don’t have Wi-Fi modem in our house. The reason is Wi-Fi modem/router expensive than the normal LAN and USB modem. But we do have Wi-Fi feature in our mobile phones. Many times our phones app or games requires big data to be download via 3g or Wi-Fi. 3G is still an expensive connection for average income family users and without a Wi-Fi router we can’t actually create a Wi-Fi ad-hoc network.  We may have internet in our house but we don’t have Wi-Fi router. That time we feel upset.  Sometimes at mall, school, collage or offices we gets Wi-Fi networks and we use them. That time we recognize importance of Wi-Fi to download things faster without subscribing for an internet or 3g plan for a mobile separately.

Technology changes within a day. You buy something and the next day you get better stuff for cheaper price. Same way there is a small and cheap Wi-Fi adapter for your pc to create Wi-Fi ad hoc without a Wi-Fi router or modem. If you’re not able to buy wireless modem than you should go for Wi-Fi adapter and create a Wi-Fi hotspot in your house. There are many mini USB Wi-Fi adapters available on online stores like amazon, naaptol etc. but you might get cheaper if you buy from local pc market. I had seen a cheapest wifi adapter on ebay is 4$. You can find the best one for you and set up your home wireless network.

Requirements:

• Internet connection
• USB WiFi adapter 

how to share pc internet with wifi enabled devices 

• For Windows Xp users
• For Windows Vista & 7 users

Windows 8 doesn’t have wifi feature by default. so we use a different method to create wifi ad hoc in windows 8 I had created a separate post for windows 8 users. 

Read more: how to share pc internet via wifi on windows 8

Windows XP users

Click on start or press window key
Go to Control Panel
Select Network Connections
Right click on Wireless Network Connections
Select properties
Click on Wireless Network tab and check the box "Use Windows to configure my wireless network settings"
Now click add under the preferred networks
Write any Network Name (SSID) you want in text-box
Select shared in Network Authentication option
Select WEP in Data encryption option
Type your password in Network Key and click ok
Now you will see a network in preferred networks
Click on Advanced button and select “Computer-to-computer (ad hoc) networks only" click close
Now press ok. We have done everything from wireless connections

One more thing we have to do with our wired/LAN local area connections. Right click on local area connections and select properties
Click on advanced tab
Check the "Allow other network users to connect through this computer’s internet connection" Box under Internet Connection Sharing.
Now press ok and enjoy your recently created WiFi with your mobiles, Xbox 360, ps3, laptops and every wifi enable device.

Video available if your confused on some steps

Windows Vista & Windows 7 users

Click on start or press window key
Select "Network and Sharing Centre" (view by large icon)
Click on Setup New Connection
Choose "Set up a wireless ad hoc (computer-to-computer) network"
Type any name in Network Name option
Select WEP in Security Type and type any password in security key
(you can check save this network check-box if you want to use this network again in future)
Click Next
Vista users will get "Turn on internet connection sharing" option click on it and enjoy wifi with your wifi enable devices.

So it’s the cheapest way to get wireless/Wi-Fi network in your home without buying expensive Wi-Fi routers/modem. If you can buy Wi-Fi router does it but the Wi-Fi adapter do the same thing with your normal modem. You can buy mini USB adapter from online or local pc market. Its way cheaper than Wi-Fi router.

Note: Make sure that the NAT Routing Service is disabled in your computer otherwise it will create problem. To check weather it's disable or not use the command on cmd.
netsh routing ip nat show global
 If it's not disable use the  command on cmd.
netsh routing ip nat uninstall

Configure Android and iphone devices

Before start connecting to created wifi adhoc. In your PC open command prompt and copy paste ipconfig /all and press enter now write down ip address(IPv4), gateway, netmask, DNS 1 and DNS2.

Its time to configure your device go to wifi and scan newly created wifi connection and go into advance setting of it and enter PC ip address(IPv4), gateway, netmask, DNS 1 and DNS2 thats it

if your phone wifi icon showing wifi connection and your still can't access internet. Then its just because your phone doesn't support adhoc connection don't worry you can solve this issue. So to support adhoc network just follow the instruction from XDA Forum

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Posted by : trickolla

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April 6, 2013