netsh wlan start hostednetwork command not working no matter what I try

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C  Windows system32 gt netsh wlan show drivers Interface name  Wireless Network Connection Driver                      DW1501 Wireless-N WLAN Half-Mini Card Vendor                      Broadcom Provider                    Broadcom Date                        21 01 2010 Version                     5 60 48 35 INF file                    C  Windows INF oem26 inf Files                       5 total                             C  Windows system32 DRIVERS BCMWL6 SYS                             C  Windows system32 bcmihvsrv dll                             C  Windows system32 bcmihvui dll                             C  Windows system32 drivers vwifibus sys                             C  Windows system32 bcmwlcoi dll Type                        Native Wi-Fi Driver Radio types supported       802 11n 802 11g 802 11b FIPS 140-2 mode supported   Yes Hosted network supported    Yes Authentication and cipher supported in infrastructure mode                              Open            None                             Open            WEP                             Shared          None                             Shared          WEP                             WPA2-Enterprise TKIP                             WPA2-Personal   TKIP                             WPA2-Enterprise CCMP                             WPA2-Personal   CCMP                             WPA2-Enterprise Vendor defined                             WPA2-Enterprise Vendor defined                             Vendor defined  Vendor defined                             Vendor defined  Vendor defined                             Vendor defined  TKIP                             Vendor defined  CCMP                             WPA-Enterprise  TKIP                             WPA-Personal    TKIP                             WPA-Enterprise  CCMP                             WPA-Personal    CCMP Authentication and cipher supported in ad-hoc mode                              WPA2-Personal   CCMP                             Open            None                             Open            WEP IHV service present         Yes IHV adapter OUI              00 10 18   type   00  IHV extensibility DLL path  C  Windows System32 bcmihvsrv dll IHV UI extensibility ClSID   aaa6dee9-31b9-4f18-ab39-82ef9b06eb73  IHV diagnostics CLSID        00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000   I disabled and re-enabled it many times  Still no clue whats goin wrong I always get the error saying  quot C  Windows system32 gt netsh wlan start hostednetwork The hosted network couldn t be started  A device attached to the system is not functioning  quot  The commands before that are running perfectly  The virtual adapter and everything is also enabled  netsh wlan show hostednetwork  C  Windows system32 gt  netsh wlan show hostednetwork Hosted network settings Mode                     Allowed SSID name                 quot Lathiyas quot  Max number of clients    100 Authentication           WPA2-Personal Cipher                   CCMP  Hosted network status Status                   Not started  Then tried stopping the hostednetwork and tried again still the same error  I think there is some problem with the drivers  Dell N5010 Windows 7-32bit system  Please help

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If you have a wifi button or switch on your laptop make sure it is turned on   Then use the netsh commands that other people have stated

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If none of the above solution worked for you  locate the Wifi adapter from  Control Panel Network and Internet Network Connections   right click on it  and select  Diagnose   then follow the given instructions on the screen  It worked for me

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At first simply uninstall wifi drivers and softwares just keep wifi drivers   from device manager    network adapters   remove all virtual connections  then  Press the Windows   R key combination to bring up a run box  type ncpa cpl and hit enter   netsh wlan set hostednetwork mode allow ssid    How-To Geek    key    Pa  w0rd     netsh wlan start hostednetwork  netsh wlan show hostednetwork  its working for me and on others PC

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netsh wlan set hostednetwork mode allow ssid dhiraj key 7870049877

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Same issue   I solved the problem first activating  right click mouse and select activate  from control panel  network connections  and later changing to set mode to allow  by netsh command   to finally starting the hostednetwork with other netsh command  that is   1 - Activate  Network Connections  by right click  2 - netsh wlan set hostednetwork mode allow  3 - netsh wlan start hosted network  Good luck mate

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First of all go to the device manager now go to View  select Show hidden devices    Then go to network adapters and find out Microsoft Hosted network Virual Adapter     Press right click and enable the option      Then go to command prompt with administrative privileges and enter the following commands   netsh wlan set hostednetwork mode allow netsh wlan start hostednetwork   Your Hostednetwork will work without any problems

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This was a real issue for me  and quite a sneaky problem to try and remedy     The problem I had was that a module that was installed on my WiFi adapter was conflicting with the Microsoft Virtual Adapter  or whatever it s actually called    To fix it    Hold the Windows Key   Push R Type  ncpa cpl in to the box  and hit OK  Identify the network adapter you want to use for the hostednetwork  right-click it  and select Properties  You ll see a big box in the middle of the properties window  under the heading The connection uses the following items   Look down the list for anything that seems out of the ordinary  and uncheck it  Hit OK  Try running the netsh wlan start hostednetwork command again  Repeat steps 4 and 5 as necessary    In my case my adapter was running a module called SoftEther Lightweight Network Protocol  which I believe is used to help connect to VPN Gate VPN servers via the SoftEther software   If literally nothing else works  then I d suspect something similar to the problem I encountered  namely that a module on your network adapter is interfering with the hostednetwork aspect of your driver

[wifi] " netsh wlan start hostednetwork " command not working no matter what I try

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