Hotspot is described as 'Turn on the portable WiFi Hotspot feature with a single touch. You can transform your PC into a real WiFi hotspot, and share your computer’s Internet connection as Wi-Fi with any other PC or mobile device.Available on Windows 10 Mobile and PC' and is a Wi-Fi Hotspot in the network & admin category. There are more than 10 alternatives to Hotspot for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Linux, Android, Web-based and SaaS apps. The best Hotspot alternative is Connectify Hotspot. It's not free, so if you're looking for a free alternative, you could try Virtual Wifi Router Version 2 or Linux Wifi Hotspot. Other great apps like Hotspot are create_ap, Virtual Router Plus, AndroidWifi and mHotspot.
With Connectify Hotspot, you can transform your PC into a real WiFi hotspot, and share your computer’s Internet connection as Wi-Fi with any other PC or mobile device.
Connectify Hotspot is the most popular Windows alternative to Hotspot.
Connectify Hotspot is the most popular commercial alternative to Hotspot.
It can turn your Windows 7 PC (when equipped with a WiFi card) into a WiFi router. Windows 7 has an option to create AdHoc networks but devices like phones and tablets will not be able to connect to this network.
Virtual Wifi Router Version 2 is the most popular free alternative to Hotspot.
Feature-rich wifi hotspot creator for Linux which provides both GUI and command-line interface. It is also able to create a hotspot using the same wifi card which is connected to an AP already ( Similar to Windows 10).
Linux Wifi Hotspot is the most popular Linux alternative to Hotspot.
Linux Wifi Hotspot is the most popular Open Source alternative to Hotspot.
create_ap - This script creates a NATed or Bridged WiFi Access Point. The create_ap script combines hostapd, dnsmasq and iptables to create a Bridged/NATed Access Point
Improvements from Virtual Router :
Set of batch scripts that can be used on Windows 7 to share your wifi connection with any mobile device. This script is especially made for android mobile devices.
AndroidWifi is the most popular Android alternative to Hotspot.
mHotspot is a completely free software which converts your windows 7 & 8 laptop into a virtual wifi router and creates a secure wifi hotspot.
Win Hotspot is portable WiFi hotspot application has inbuilt WiFi Scanner to list Channel ,Signal % etc.
Maryfi is a free and easy to use software router for Windows 7 computers. With Maryfi, users can wirelessly share any Internet connection: a cable modem, a cellular card, or even another Wi-Fi network. Other Wi-Fi enabled devices including laptops, smart phones, music players...
hostapd is a user space daemon for access point and authentication servers. It implements IEEE 802.11 access point management, IEEE 802.1X/WPA/WPA2/EAP Authenticators, RADIUS client, EAP server, and RADIUS authentication server.
Virtual Wifi Hotspot is a free software router for Windows based system running Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows Server 2008 R2 and Windows Server 2012.
Wifi hotspot will turn your wifi enabled Windows 7 laptop or PC into a virtual router that will let other wireless devices such as, laptops, smartphones, PDAs, tablet-pcs, Ipads, PS3 etc connect to your PC and use its internet connection.
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