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.




WifiSpot is described as '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' and is a Wi-Fi Hotspot in the network & admin category. There are more than 25 alternatives to WifiSpot for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Linux, Android, Web-based and SaaS apps. The best WifiSpot alternative is Connectify Hotspot. It's not free, so if you're looking for a free alternative, you could try MyPublicWiFi or Virtual Wifi Router Version 2. Other great apps like WifiSpot are Neptune Networks, VPN Hotspot, Linux Wifi Hotspot and Virtual Router Plus.
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.




MyPublicWiFi is an easy-to-use software that turns your laptop/PC into a Wi-Fi wireless access point. Anyone nearby can surf the Internet through your sharing. This is also an ideal solution for setting up a temporary Access Point in a hotel room,meeting room,at home or the like.




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.


Starting your own ISP? BGP hobbyist? Announce your IP addresses to the rest of the internet, get a full routing table, all with benefits of high performance virtual routers.

Share your VPN connection over hotspot or repeater! (root required) - Mygod/VPNHotspot


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).



Improvements from Virtual Router :

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
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.

mHotspot is a completely free software which converts your windows 7 & 8 laptop into a virtual wifi router and creates a secure wifi hotspot.


Omnify Hotspot is the best virtual router software to turn your PC into a Wi-Fi hotspot and repeater.




Win Hotspot is portable WiFi hotspot application has inbuilt WiFi Scanner to list Channel ,Signal % etc.



