Cannot connect to virtual adapter

Hello sir,

I am trying to use my laptop as a repeater. I have a wifi internet connection. But that connection cannot be used in my phone due to low signal.

So I am trying to route the wifi connection to a virtual adapter. i am using windows 8.1 Pro. I used these commands to create virtual adapter

netsh wlan set hostednetwork mode=allow ssid=Hotspot key=12345678
netsh wlan start hostednetwork

After doing this I shared the wifi connection. Now the network and sharing center shows Internet for virtual adapter but I cannot connect to this network from my phone or other devices. It shows Authentication problem. I tried this from many devices but I can't connect. Please help.

netsh wlan show hostednetwork

Hosted network settings
-----------------------
    Mode                   : Allowed
    SSID name              : "Hotspot"
    Max number of clients  : 10
    Authentication         : WPA2-Personal
    Cipher                 : CCMP

Hosted network status
---------------------
    Status                 : Started
    BSSID                  : 1c:65:9d:6e:df:84
    Radio type             : 802.11n
    Channel                : 1
    Number of clients      : 0

February 23rd, 2015 7:37am

make sure your network adapter supported for the hosted network

run command prompt as administrator and run this command

netsh wlan show drivers

check if hosted network supported is "yes"

go to Network and Sharing Center select Change adapter setting, check at your WIFI properties (because you used WIFI)
go to Sharing tab and check the Allow other network users to connect through this computers internet connection and select your WIFI from dropdown list

If not working, try to contact your system administrator

Free Windows Admin Tool Kit Click here and download it now
February 23rd, 2015 10:26pm

Hi noes14155,

You may also follow the steps mentioned in the article below to setup the hosted wireless network on Windows 8/8.1:

Enable WiFi Access point in windows 8

Best regards

February 24th, 2015 4:31am

make sure your network adapter supported for the hosted network

run command prompt as administrator and run this command

netsh wlan show drivers

check if hosted network supported is "yes"

go to Network and Sharing Center select Change adapter setting, check at your WIFI properties (because you used WIFI)
go to Sharing tab and check the Allow other network users to connect through this computers internet connection and select your WIFI from dropdown list

If not working, try to contact your system administrator

Free Windows Admin Tool Kit Click here and download it now
February 24th, 2015 6:25am

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