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You've just installed Windows 10 and also upgraded to Windows 10 Anniversary to enable the Mobile Hotspot feature, supporting Wi-Fi broadcasting from your PC to mobile devices, creating a Wi-Fi hotspot around you. However, right after setting up to activate Wi-Fi Hotspot on Windows 10, you received a notification that you couldn't create a mobile Wi-Fi hotspot on Windows 10, blocking you from broadcasting Wi-Fi to other devices.
But this isn't a particularly tricky issue to solve. Check out Mytour's solution to fix the 'We can't set up mobile hotspot' error in the easiest way possible.
Resolved: Fixing the issue of unable to set up mobile hotspot, resolving Wi-Fi broadcasting problem on Windows 10
*Note: First and foremost, you need to enable Wi-Fi on Windows 10 in order to activate Mobile Hotspot feature on Windows 10. That's the top solution recommended by Mytour.
If the above method doesn't work, continue following the guide below:
Step 1: Access Command Prompt (admin) with the highest administrative privileges by right-clicking on the Start menu > selecting Command Prompt (admin).
Step 2: In Command Prompt (admin), enter the following command line:
netsh wlan show drivers
This command line displays whether your computer supports the virtual private network feature and supports broadcasting Wi-Fi hotspot from the computer or not.
If supported, you will see a line stating: Hosted network supported: yes
If not supported, you proceed with the trick to broadcast Wi-Fi from the computer using Wifi Hotspot in Windows 10. This trick utilizes the command lines available in the Command Prompt. You can refer to the guide on broadcasting Wi-Fi from the computer using wifi hotspot in Windows 10 for more information.
You will need to enable the following command in Command Prompt to activate the Wi-Fi broadcasting feature on Windows 10.
Step 3: If you have completed step 2 but still cannot activate the mobile hotspot feature and fix the We can’t set up mobile hotspot error, you can try the following method.
Access Network sharing by right-clicking on the network icon and selecting Open Network and Sharing Center, then choose Change advanced sharing center.
Right-click on the network icon, select Open Network and Sharing Center.
Step 4: In the Guest or Public section, enable and activate Turn on network discovery under Network discovery.
Step 5: Then, go back and select the Change adapter settings option. Depending on your current network connection, right-click and select Properties on the primary network connection.
Step 6: Switch to the Sharing tab > Check the box Allow other network users to connect through this computer’s Internet connection. Click OK to save the settings.
Select Properties to access the settings page of the selected network.
Check the box Allow other network users to connect through this computer's Internet connection. Click OK to save changes.
Go back and successfully activate Mobile Hotspot from Off to On.
After enabling Wifi Hotspot on Windows 10, you also need to reset the Wifi name and password in the Network name and Network password section.
In case after successfully activating Mobile Hotspot on Windows 10, but still unable to broadcast wifi, the reason could be that you enabled the feature in the Sharing tab with the wrong network connection. Follow these steps:
Step 1: Go back to the Change Advanced Setting interface in Network and Sharing Center. You will see Local Area Connection 12, which is the virtual private network used to broadcast wifi on Win 10.
Step 2: Right-click on the Ethernet network and select Properties.
Step 3: Switch to the Sharing tab > check the box Allow other network users to connect through this computer’s Internet connection. Then select the activated virtual wireless network to broadcast wifi on Win 10 to mobile devices.
Step 4: Press OK to activate.
Check the connection and network details after activating wifi hotspot by going to Settings > Network & Internet > Status > View your network properties to see the properties of the broadcasted Wifi network.
Press View your network properties to see network settings and the list of connected networks.
Hopefully, with the above instructions, you have been able to fix the 'We can’t set up mobile hotspot' error.
Broadcasting Wifi on Windows 10 has many differences compared to broadcasting wifi on Win 7 or Win 8. This is because starting from Windows 10 Anniversary version onwards, users have been able to activate the Mobile Hotspot feature to broadcast wifi signals to mobile devices.
So to effectively utilize the wifi broadcasting feature on Windows 10, users can explore and apply this feature to easily broadcast wifi on Windows 10. Of course, the process of setting up any network may encounter issues such as the wifi limited error on Win 10. To fix the Wifi Limited error on Windows 10, users can refer to the guide we have shared. The pesky limited wifi error will disappear in no time.
