use “netsh wlan set hostednetwork …” to create a wifi hotspot and the authentication can't work correctly

Question

I run netsh wlan show drivers and get the output containing Hosted network supported : Yes:

Interface name: Wireless Network Connectio         


        

Answer 1

For me, running the ad-hoc network on Windows 8.1, it was two things:

• I had to set a static IP on my Android (under Advanced Options under where you type the Wifi password)
• I had to use a password 8 characters long

Any IP will allow you to connect, but if you want internet access the static IP should match the subnet from the shared internet connection.

I'm not sure why I couldn't get a longer password to work, but it's worth a try. Maybe a more knowledgeable person could fill us in.