How to Use Windows 10 PC as a Mobile Hotspot

In this post, you will learn to turn your Windows 10 PC into a mobile hotspot by sharing your Internet connection with other devices over Wi-Fi. You can share a Wi-Fi, Ethernet, or cellular data connection. If your PC has a cellular data connection and you share it, it will use data from your data plan.

A hotspot is a site that offers Internet access over a wireless local area network (WLAN) through the use of a router connected to a link to an Internet service provider. To convert to a mobile hotspot your PC needs to be connected to the Internet, after that you will able to turn on a mobile hotspot and join other Wi-Fi devices such as laptops, tablets, and mobile phones to your mobile hotspot.

Lets follow the steps to turn on or off mobile hotspot in Windows 10 PC to share your internet connection.

Turn On Mobile Hotspot in Windows 10 PC

  • Select the Start button, then select Settings  > Network & Internet.
How to Use Windows 10 PC as a Mobile Hotspot
How to Use Windows 10 PC as a Mobile Hotspot
  •  Select Mobile hotspot. To share my Internet connection, choose the Internet connection either Ethernet or WiFi from the dropdown list you want to share. By default, Windows 10 assigns network name, password, and band to the hotspot. Select Edit to customize or change the network name and password.
How to Use Windows 10 PC as a Mobile Hotspot
How to Use Windows 10 PC as a Mobile Hotspot
  • In Edit network info, If you want to change network name and password, network band (5 GHz, 2.4 GHz, or Any available) provide the inputs and Click Save.
How to Use Windows 10 PC as a Mobile Hotspot
How to Use Windows 10 PC as a Mobile Hotspot
  • Once you completed, Turn On Share my Internet connection with other devices.
How to Use Windows 10 PC as a Mobile Hotspot
How to Use Windows 10 PC as a Mobile Hotspot
  • To connect on the other device, go to the Wi-Fi settings on that device, find your network name, select it, enter the password, and then connect. Here you can see other PC is successfully connected to mobile hotspot.
How to Use Windows 10 PC as a Mobile Hotspot
How to Use Windows 10 PC as a Mobile Hotspot
  • Once anyone successfully connected to your mobile hotspot. You will able see a list of devices that are connected as shown below.
How to Use Windows 10 PC as a Mobile Hotspot
How to Use Windows 10 PC as a Mobile Hotspot

Turn off Mobile hotspot

  • When you are done using your Mobile hotspot, you can turn off internet connection sharing with other devices. Under Mobile hotspot, Click the Mobile Hotspot toggle to turn it off.
How to Use Windows 10 PC as a Mobile Hotspot
How to Use Windows 10 PC as a Mobile Hotspot

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