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I connect all my devices by creating an ad-hoc wifi connection in my laptop but windows 8 does not seems to have an option for ad-hoc connection. Please help me out , i have tried 3rd party software "Connectify" which does not seems to work.

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    Stackoverflow is a programming questions site. This question belongs at www.superuser.com for your information! – Warren P Jun 12 '13 at 13:29

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You can just run the batch file to setup Adhoc using the builtin netsh utility ...

In order to use ICS (Internet Connection Sharing) feature, you need to turn on sharing.

To do so you have press ...

  • WinKey+R and then type ncpa.cpl
  • Right-click on the Wireless Network Adapter (the one from which you get internet) select Properties and then select the Sharing tab on top
  • check/mark the Allow other network users to connect through this computer's Internet connection. From menu of Home Networking connection select Hosted Virtual Network that you created (Local Area Connection * 12). Click OK to save the configuration.

If in any case the DHCP is not running or working, you can put manual IP address setting on the Hosted Virtual Network Adapter (Local Area Connection * 12) ...

  • IP Address: 192.168.137.2 (can vary)
  • Subnet mask: 255.255.255.0
  • Default gateway: 192.168.137.1
  • DNS: 8.8.8.8

Below is the batch file code, copy paste in notepad and save it with .cmd extension ...

Part of source code: Link

    @echo off
    CLS

    :checkPrivileges 
    NET FILE 1>NUL 2>NUL
    if '%errorlevel%' == '0' ( goto gotPrivileges ) else ( goto getPrivileges ) 

    :getPrivileges 
    if '%1'=='ELEV' (shift & goto gotPrivileges)  

    setlocal DisableDelayedExpansion
    set "batchPath=%~0"
    setlocal EnableDelayedExpansion
    ECHO Set UAC = CreateObject^("Shell.Application"^) > "%temp%\OEgetPrivileges.vbs" 
    ECHO UAC.ShellExecute "!batchPath!", "ELEV", "", "runas", 1 >> "%temp%\OEgetPrivileges.vbs" 
    "%temp%\OEgetPrivileges.vbs" 
    exit /B

    :gotPrivileges 
    setlocal & pushd .

    REM Run shell as admin (example) - put here code as you like
    ECHO.
    ECHO ============================
    ECHO Setting up Adhoc Network ...
    ECHO ============================
    netsh wlan set hostednetwork mode=allow ssid=LocalAdHoc key=password
    netsh wlan start hostednetwork

    cmd /k

You can stop the network using the following command

    netsh wlan stop hostednetwork
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  • Giving Following Error : The hosted network couldn't be started. The group or resource is not in the correct state to perform the requested opera tion. – Ravikumar Sharma Jun 02 '13 at 13:15
  • Probably your wireless device is not properly installed or is disabled. – Faheem Jul 06 '13 at 13:32
  • Do yo uknow of an easy way to manage the dhcp assignment, or configure a range of ip's the ad-hoc network will assign? (I really only have one device connecting, and I want it to always have the same IP) – JoeBrockhaus Sep 14 '13 at 02:38
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You have to use the netsh utility to do this. Here is a good and complete tutorial to do what you want :

http://www.addictivetips.com/windows-tips/how-to-create-wireless-ad-hoc-internet-connection-in-windows-8/

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Windows 8 adHoc Connection Creator. Its a free GUI utility to create an adhoc connection in windows 8. you can also modify the progrm under the license term. please visit https://adhoc8.codeplex.com/

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use this simple tool to create wifi adhoc networks in windows 8......

http://www.softpedia.com/get/Network-Tools/Misc-Networking-Tools/Wi-MAN.shtml

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As gentlemen said You have to use the netsh utility to do this. But there is a graphical tool to do that and it simulates the "netsh" command, and it is free. you can find it here: https://www.facebook.com/AdHocInitializer

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