How to distribute the Internet on WIFI from a laptop?

It often happens that the family has two or more computers, for example, a laptop with parents and a child. On one laptop there is Internet, but on the second one there is not. Sooner or later, the question of how to distribute the Internet via WIFI from a laptop becomes urgent. You can connect the second laptop to the Internet wirelessly in various ways. Consider one of them.

How to connect WI-FI to Windows?

In our article, for convenience of presenting the material, the distributing WI-FI laptop will be called the source computer, and the receiver - the receiver. As a rule, the laptop settings are initially prohibited from connecting the Internet wirelessly to third-party users. Is there a technical opportunity to distribute the Internet from the laptop via WIFI? Yes, for this it is necessary on the computer that will directly distribute the Internet, configure the permission to access the network by other users. To do this, enter the "Control Panel" through the "Main Menu" and then in the "Network and Access Control Center" we find the link "Adapter parameter changes", in which we select "Properties". In the window that appears, click on the "Access" tab and perform the settings. Put a tick in the box that says "Allow other users to connect to the network using this computer." Then we put the "Wireless Network Connection" from the list below. The second mark next to the graph: "Allow network management and sharing for other users" is not recommended. Save the changes by clicking OK. How to distribute the Internet on WIFI from the laptop after the connection?

How to set up a wireless network on a distributing laptop?

The above-described settings of the source laptop will not lead to the full operation of the WI-FI network. How to distribute the Internet on WIFI from a laptop? It is necessary to configure the network, or rather, to connect to it all the computers-receivers. You can connect multiple instances to the wireless network at the same time. To connect one laptop to WI-FI, you need to enter the IP address of the receiver into the settings of the distributing laptop network. On the above path, go back to the "Adapter parameter changes" and on the "Network" tab select "Internet Protocol version 4", click the "Properties" button. In the field "Use the following IP address" we write 192.168.0.1. Normally, the subnet mask is automatically assigned. The third line registers this address again. Save the changes by clicking OK. Now we begin to configure the network directly. We will need to select "Manage wireless networks" in the "Network and Access Control Center", in which we add a new network with the "Add" button, click "Next" and enter the network name at your own discretion and password if it will be used later. The password will help to protect the network from unauthorized connection. Now you can distribute the Internet via WI FI from your laptop. The wireless network is configured only on the source.

How to configure the wireless network on the receiving laptop?

How to distribute the Internet via WIFI from the laptop to the receiver? To connect the network to the receiver, you must go in the same way to the wireless network connection settings, as previously performed on the source laptop. Then, in the field "Use the following IP address", set the address to the receiver. To do this, only the last digit of the address should be changed in the IP source. It can be set in the range from 2 to 254. For each instance of the receiver, you must specify your address. The addresses on the receivers must not be duplicated. Then in the column "Preferred DNS-server" we set the source parameters: 192.168.0.1. Save the changes by clicking OK. Now on the receiver we are looking for a wireless network with that invented name that was set on the source. The setting is complete.