How to Turn Your Windows 10 PC into a Wireless Hotspot

With Windows 10 it’s very easy to turn your PC into a Wi-Fi hotspot. You can use the free Internet Connection Sharing or the Mobile Hotspot functionality. But if you need more flexibility in the connections you can share and control over each device, you need to step up.

Connectify Hotspot is the most popular free hotspot software you can use to share Wi-Fi on Windows 10 with smartphones, game consoles and other devices, or, with MAX, to extend your Wi-Fi range without another router. Download Connectify Hotspot free and read on for the steps.

Set Up a Mobile Wi-Fi Hotspot with Windows 10 Using Connectify

With Connectify Hotspot you can share almost any type of Internet connection (Wi-Fi, wired, a VPN or a USB-tethered phone, plus 4G and 5G modems with PRO) on Windows 10 with all your devices: computers, smartphones, tablets, gaming consoles and more.

Whether you’re at home or traveling in airports or hotels, the free Connectify Hotspot PC software is an easy way to keep iPads, smartphones, Kindles, and all of the other wired-only or Wi-Fi enabled devices you use every day connected.

Check out the short video and the tutorial below to learn how to share Wi-Fi on a Windows 10 PC or laptop.

4 Steps to Share Wi-Fi on Windows 10 with Connectify Hotspot Free Software

Connectify Hotspot is a true virtual router app for Windows 10 computers. It lets you share Wi-Fi on Windows 10 with other devices such as a smartphone, tablet, media player, game console, e-reader, other laptops or computers.

Here’s how to turn your Windows 10 computer into a Wi-Fi hotspot:

1. Download and install the latest version of Connectify Hotspot on your 64-bit Windows 10 (version 1703 or later) laptop or PC.
2. Open it, choose Wi-Fi hotspot, pick the connection to share under Internet to share, and set a password. With PRO you can also give the hotspot your own name, emojis included.
3. Click Start hotspot, and turn on Block ads to save bandwidth and battery on your devices.
4. Connect your devices by scanning the QR code on the Hotspot screen, or with the network name and password. Any Wi-Fi enabled device can connect.

Connectify Hotspot: Share Wi-Fi on Windows 10 and Get More

Sharing a connection can bring its own issues: strict NAT types for consoles, Chromecast apps that won’t find your Chromecast, an Apple TV that won’t show up for your Mac to stream to. Connectify Hotspot offers you more than just sharing Wi-Fi on Windows 10:

• See every device on your hotspot with its traffic and data used, switch internet access off for any one of them, and set a gaming mode for consoles. Free in every edition.
• Block ads for every device with the built-in universal ad blocker, including ads inside apps on iPhones and Android smartphones.
• Get your devices online while traveling: sign in once to hotel or in-flight Wi-Fi on the laptop and the rest of your devices ride along.
• Share any type of Internet connection: existing Wi-Fi networks, LAN, DSL, tethered smartphones and VPN connections, plus 4G and 5G modems with PRO.
• Extend your Wi-Fi range with Wi-Fi repeater mode in your dorm room or office, and put consoles and smart TVs on your home network with Bridged mode (both MAX).

Download Connectify Hotspot free and share Wi-Fi on Windows 10 with all your devices.