creating a wifi hotspot on USB wifi device in Windows 10

[datatraveler2012]

I have 2 Wi-fi adapters.One is the default Wifi adapter which is on the laptop which is present on all laptops,and then I have another wifi adapter which is a USB wifi adapter.


I want to share my wifi internet connection to other mobile phones via this laptop. My onboard Wifi adapter does not have the ability to create a hosted network the output of


netsh wlan show drivers for onboard wireless chipset is


Interface name: Wi-Fi

Driver : Realtek RTL8723DE 802.11b/g/n PCIe Adapter
Vendor : Realtek Semiconductor Corp.
Provider : Realtek Semiconductor Corp.
Date : 03-05-2019
Version : 2024.0.8.107
INF file : oem54.inf
Type : Native Wi-Fi Driver
Radio types supported : 802.11n 802.11g 802.11b
FIPS 140-2 mode supported : Yes
802.11w Management Frame Protection supported : Yes
Hosted network supported : No

Hosted network support: No is there that means this can not be used to create a virtual access point.

As mentioned on the link here

How to Enable a Virtual WiFi in Windows


Now I have a USB wifi card of DLink

and output of netsh wlan show drivers for USB Dlink wireless chipset is


Interface name: Wi-Fi 2

Driver : D-Link DWA-131 Wireless N Nano USB Adapter(rev.E)
Vendor : D-Link Corporation
Provider : D-Link Corporation
Date : 25-09-2015
Version : 1030.2.731.2015
INF file : oem40.inf
Type : Native Wi-Fi Driver
Radio types supported : 802.11n 802.11g 802.11b
FIPS 140-2 mode supported : No
802.11w Management Frame Protection supported : No
Hosted network supported : Yes


So I can create a wifi hotspot on this USB Wifi device via the steps explained here

How to Enable a Virtual WiFi in Windows


check if your wifi card supports creating a wireless network

netsh wlan show drivers

if Hosted Network Support is yes then

netsh wlan set hostednetwork mode=allow ssid=mynetwork key=yourkey

start the hotspot netsh wlan start hostednetwork

netsh wlan stop hostednetwork



Now the problem is I have 2 wifi adapters. So how do I run this command on USB wifi device

netsh wlan set hostednetwork mode=allow ssid=mynetwork key=mykey


the problem is I do not know or rather say in the command it is not mentioned which Wifi interface to select to create a hotspot.


By default if I run the command (as admin)


C:\WINDOWS\system32>netsh wlan start hostednetwork

The hosted network couldn't be started.

The group or resource is not in the correct state to perform the requested operation.


This is trying to start hostednetwork on on board Wifi Realtek where as I want the hostednetwork to be on USB wifi.

So how can I achieve this?

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