Windows 10: Problems when sharing WiFi with the Virtual Adapter

For many years I have always shared Internet to my devices like phone and tablet with my PC's WiFi antenna through the Microsoft Wi-Fi Direct Virtual Adapter, I only use it for that, since I have a cable connection, and I start the wifi with the command NETSH WLAN start hostednetwork previously having done the settings of NETSH WLAN set hostednetwork mode=allow ssid="Wifi" key="password".

For my devices to connect it is necessary that the Virtual Adapter that is created with that command has access to the Internet, for this I have to share the Internet from my Ethernet adapter to the Virtual Wifi adapter.

For some time now (a couple of months) I've been experiencing problems when sharing the Internet through that medium. The problem is that when I start the WiFi my devices do not connect, they say "Getting IP address" and never connect.

I have found the solution and I have to do the following:

1. Disable the Virtual Adapter with the command netsh wlan stop hostednetwork.
2. Remove the connection sharing from the Ethernet Adapter.
3. Activate the Virtual Adapter with the command netsh wlan start hostednetwork.
4. Adding connection sharing from the Ethernet Adapter to the Virtual Adapter again.

By doing these steps my devices can now be connected to the Wifi, but sometimes it doesn't work if I do these steps too quickly. I have noticed that if I do step 3 and 4 too quickly it does not work and I have to repeat the process but doing these last two steps more slowly, until the Virtual Adapter gets an IP address 192.168.137.1 from Internet Protocol version 4

Also this problem does not occur 100% of the time. Sometimes when I run the command to start the Wifi everything happens fine and my devices connect well but this only works after my PC has been on for at least 5 minutes (I haven't counted it). If I run the command as soon as my PC has turned on then it doesn't work anymore.

As I mentioned before this problem didn't occur before because I had configured a .bat file that ran as soon as the PC was turned on with the NETSH WLAN start hostednetwork command and everything worked fine.

Now, I would like to go back to before when everything was fine so that when my PC starts up the WiFi too and I don't have to do all this protocol all the time, but with a simple command everything is solved.

Could someone give me a hand with this?

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How to permanently disable ms virtual wifi adapter

Hi,

You may permanently disable the Virtual Network Adapter and Virtual Wifi Adapter by deleting it completely from the Network and Sharing Center.

To do this, kindly follow the steps below:

• Press Windows key + X on your keyboard.
• Select Control Panel.
• Click Network and Internet.
• On the left-side, click Change adapter settings.
• Right click on the name of the adapter, then choose Delete.

Let us know how it goes.

 

virtual wifi adapter

Hi Sri,



Thank you for contacting Microsoft Community.

Reinstall the drivers for your Wireless Network adapter.

• Click Start. In the Start Search box type "devmgmt.msc" and press Enter.
• Expand "Network Adapters", double-click on the entry of the Network adapters.
• Click the tab "Driver", click "Uninstall".
• Click Start. In the Start Search box type "appwiz.cpl" and press Enter.
• Remove the entries related to the Wireless Network adapter.

I suggest you to follow the suggestion provided by Andre Da Costa replied on June 4, 2015 from the below link and check if it helps.

Broadcom Virtual Wireless Adapter Incompatible with Windows 10

Hope this information was helpful and do let us know if you need further assistance. We will be glad to assist.

 

Starting hotspot dosent automatily share wifi with virtual adapter

Got a weird problem I have been working on wife's computer it is a asus n56dp. It had problems with video adapter so I downgraded from win 10 to 8.1.Never having got adapter issue resolved I upgraded it back to win 10. Throughout this I have been using it as a hot spot but after going back to win 10 when I start hotspot I have to manually share wifi with the virtual adapter. I have tried resting network settings and normal diagnostic tools any help would be appreciated thanx