How to Create a Free Wi-Fi Hotspot on Acer Series PC

Most of Acer computer users also have another devices which need to link to Internet. For example, you have a Acer Aspire laptop and a iPhone 6S. And your data plan in iPhone 6S is limited. You can don’t want to overcharge for the mobile data. So you want to link your iPhone 6S to Internet via Acer laptop with Wi-Fi. It is good idea! For such kind of Internet sharing, you need to create a Wi-Fi hotspot on Acer computer.

Common Ways for Acer Windows Computer WiFi Hotspot

With Windows system and Acer computer wireless network feature, it is not difficult for user to turn on WiFi hotspot in Acer computer.

1.To Create Acer WiFi hotspot in Windows 7

We talk about it from Windows 7, because most Acer computer run with Windows 7 at least now. In Windows 7, we need to create an ad-hoc network for wireless network sharing.

Firstly, add wireless network in“ Mange Wireless network”，you can search it with “wireless” in start menu.

Then, click the option “Create an ad-hoc network” and follow the prompt to click “next”

Here you need to name your WiFi SSID and set a password. And click on “save this network”. Finally, you need to remember activate the “Allow other network users to connect through this computer’s Internet connection.

OK! You have set a free Wi-Fi hotspot in Acer Windows 7 computer.

2.To Turn on Acer WiFi hotspot in Windows 8/8.1/10

Honestly, most of computers including Acer have been upgraded to Windows 8 or Windows 10. The newer systems are more powerful and useful. They make some settings easier. So, in Windows 8/8.1/10, you can’t find ad-hoc settings, because it have been replaced with a more safety and efficient way to build Windows WiFi hotspot.

In Windows 8/8.1/10, we can use the following steps to turn on Wi-Fi for network sharing. We need to make use of command prompt.

Step 1: Open command prompt as administrator, you can press Win+X to open quickly.

Step 2: Click “Yes” in the pop out prompt Windows, then the editing will appear. Just enter “netsh wlan set hostednetwork mode=allow ssid=YourSSIDName key=YourKey”. And the SSID and key are set by yourself. At last, press enter, Windows system will turn on hotspot.



Step 3: you need to start this WiFi hotspot with this prompt “netsh wlan start hostednetwork”. And your settings have been finished. With the prompt “netsh wlan stop hostednetwork”, you can stop the hotspot.

Fastest Way to Build Wi-Fi Hotspot in Acer Desktop, laptop

Well, the common ways are good but they seem to be slow and complicated for some people. So, we can use another faster and easier way to make a WiFi hotspot in Acer computer.

OSToto Hotspot is your best choice. This small but powerful tool can help you create a Wi-Fi hotspot via computer wireless network card in one- click. You don’t need to enter any commands and you don't need to buy a wireless router. Except for sharing Internet, OSToto Hotspot has other useful features including file transferring, mobile phone and computer management.

It support for all series of Acer PCs. You can ask me if you use desktop which don’t have wireless network, how to make Wi-Fi hotspot in desktop? Indeed, you just use a USB wireless adapter. Your Acer desktop also can become a WiFi hotspot.