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Hi all, i'm creating virtual wifi using the microsoft virtual wifi, the problem is i need to specify my ip on my tablet manually, is there anyway i can fix this ?? so the wifi provide ip for clients automatically ....
thank's in advance

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Short answer: the Microsoft "virtual Wi‑Fi"/hostednetwork adapter does not include its own DHCP server. To have clients get IPs automatically you must let Windows provide DHCP/NAT (via Internet Connection Sharing or the OS hotspot feature) or run a small DHCP/hotspot utility that does the NAT+DHCP for you. 's suggestion of a hotspot wrapper is effectively doing that, and 's client-side pointer is the other half of the story (clients must accept DHCP leases).

Practical steps (ICS method that works on Win7/8/8.1; Windows 10 also has "Mobile hotspot" in Settings):

  1. Create/start the hosted network:
    netsh wlan set hostednetwork mode=allow ssid=MySSID key=MyPassphrase
netsh wlan start hostednetwork
  2. Open Network Connections on the host, find the interface that has Internet, open Properties -> Sharing tab, enable "Allow other network users to connect..." and choose the Microsoft Hosted Network virtual adapter (it may show as "Local Area Connection* X" or similar). That enables Windows ICS — the host usually becomes 192.168.137.1 and will hand out addresses to clients.

Troubleshooting tips:

  • Run netsh wlan show drivers and check "Hosted network supported : Yes". If "No", the wireless driver doesn't support hostednetwork. Updating the driver or using a supported USB Wi‑Fi adapter fixes that.
  • Make sure the Windows service "Internet Connection Sharing (SharedAccess)" can start, and temporarily disable third‑party firewalls while testing.
  • If ICS is not acceptable (policies, lack of admin rights), use a small DHCP server or a dedicated hotspot app that bundles DHCP/NAT.

This approach keeps DHCP on the host (no separate DHCP server required). If clients still require manual addresses, verify their Wi‑Fi adapter settings on the device (they must request addresses via DHCP).

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While I'm unsure what you are doing, did you try the free Virtual Router from say this ?

I've used it before and it did what I needed.

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Hi rproffiit, i hate something called virtual router, this software always crash before it even start, i tried it on other computers too 'm just trying to turn DHCP ON, instead of off as shown in the picture..

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Member Avatar for rproffitt

@m. Sorry but if you can't fix that then time to replace it. I've used the Virtual Router for too many years so it's one of my go to solutions.

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Thank's mate i will wait if someone has solution for this ..

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@m. I have 2 Windows tablets here. A 10 and 8.1. But you are not telling all such as I'm new to Windows and not sure about how to configure my WiFi connection. I see 2 more buttons on your picture so what if this is not you creating a virtual hot spot but just new to setting up Windows? I can't tell from your posts so far.

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Click the properties button, highlight 'Internet Protocol Version 4 (TCP/IPv4)', then click Properties.
Make sure that 'Obtain an IP address automatically' is selected.

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thank's guys for your answears, i unistalled the driver and reinstall it and the problem was solved ..

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