OSToto Hotspot is a piece of totally free WiFi hotspot creator software. It's a super easy utility to turn your laptop, notebook or desktop PC into a portable WiFi hotspot, which allows you to easily share your internet connection (like WiFi, LAN, DSL, Cable, Bluetooth, Mobile Broadband Card, Dial-Up, etc.) with any portable devices, such as a computer, an iPhone, an iPad, an Android phone, etc. It's well compatible with Windows 10, Windows 8.1, Windows 8, Windows 7, Windows XP and Windows Vista.
With the stale ability of turning your laptop/notebook, or desktop PC (with a working wireless adapter) into a Wi-Fi router, free OSToto Hotspot saves you a lot of money. It cuts down on the data usage of your mobile to take advantage of free WiFi networks whenever you are. You don't need to pay or worry about the overpaying for data usage.
As a WiFi hotspot maker, OSToto Hotspot also allows you to enjoy network with portable devices at anywhere like home, work office, school, bus stops, train stations, bars, caf, airport, etc. As long as there is a network on a computer, OSTotot Hotspot can turn it into a wireless router for portable enjoyment.
With a strong password encryption on the WiFi hotspot, no one can connect to your wireless hotspot without your permission. You can also test your network speed for a clear control. Besides, the little tool Timing Shutdown on OSToto Hotspot allows you to shut down computer after a certain period of time.
Get OSToto Hotspot on your computer and you will have free and stable WiFi hotspot to share internet connection with others.
Comments and Reviews
Out of ALL the alternative "Connectify" equivalents I've tried, this one actually worked.... but its not great by any stretch.
My situation: Needed a quick, easy solution to act as a "wifi repeater". Using WindowsXP, and a USB wifi dongle(#1) to establish an internet connection with a very weak signal, I then connected another USB wifi dongle(#2) on a 2nd usb bus to avoid power issues (same computer, of course), then used this software to setup an AD-HOC connection as a "repeater". Im aware this can be done manually quite easily in XP. but i needed something quick, & easy. This worked to my surprise, but not very well. There is NOTHING as far as hardware selection or anything to configure. It would also randomly choose which dongle would receive & which would "repeat". THIS SUCKED! But, I've tried nearly ALL of the alternatives- at least this one worked. Not bad.
During setting up hotspot, malwarebytes detected chin.adware. So I decided to uninstall ostoto. Anyone using ostoto please run a malwarebytes scan or equivalent. If you have set up hotspot, then there will be detection. Otherwise, during installation nothing was detected. Hotspot is working like a charm but that's not my point of writing this review.
As a freeware, OSToto Hotspot is good enough for me to make WiFi hotspot in my laptop. All run well.
I have been using OSToto Hotspot for almost two months. It could strongthen the singnal. I'd say it works as a portable router. Easy to use and quite convenient.
[Edited by U_U, December 23]