ad-hoc not a choice for internet sharing

187Flatliner · Mar 9, 2014

so your suppose to be able to internet share through your "hoc" in windows 7 , ive read i needed a wireless adapter to which i purchased, installed the drivers but atlast that option doesnt show up at all to create an "hoc"

what i am trying to do is make my pc a "hotspot" for my phone to connect to the internet and thus gain a wireless signal from my pc due to crappy signals.

i have a router but that is in another part of the house and (yes) its plugged into my computer now. i cant get a signal in the room im in from that router via wirelessly.

anyone pitch an idea as to why i cant make this work?

187Flatliner · Mar 10, 2014

^^^ didnt help and what a crock of crap.

187Flatliner · Mar 10, 2014

they deleted their response.

Chiisu · Mar 10, 2014

You can buy another wireless router and turn it into an access point. I have two routers to extend the signal in my house works perfectly.

Chiisu · Mar 10, 2014

Also I think you mean ad-hoc...

187Flatliner · Mar 10, 2014

i got that, i was hoping to use the pci slot as i went and bought this for this simple yet, (not working) option.

Chiisu · Mar 10, 2014

I'm confused, you have 2 wireless routers or you know it's ad-hoc?

Either way I found this tutorial on google http://lifehacker.com/5369381/turn-your-windows-7-pc-into-a-wireless-hotspot

187Flatliner · Mar 10, 2014

i have 1 wireless router and yes i meant ad-hoc.

thats one of the spots i looked at.

but when it tells you to "You'll want to start out by heading into the Network and Sharing Center through the Control Panel, or you can quickly get to it by right-clicking on the network icon in the system tray. Once you are there, find the link for "Set up a new connection or network".
You'll be prompted with a wizard that allows you to connect to VPNs, dial-up, or create a new ad hoc wireless network, which is what we want to do."

it doesnt give me this option.

187Flatliner · Mar 10, 2014

heres a ss of the options it gives me, yes the pci slot is applied with the "dwa-548 wireless adapter"

Chiisu · Mar 10, 2014

What version of windows 7 do you have

187Flatliner · Mar 10, 2014

oem 64 bit

Chiisu · Mar 10, 2014

If your on starter edition then this is a no go but if your on Windows 7 Home Premium make sure you Internet Connection Sharing service is running.

Go to the Start and type 'services.msc' in the search window.

Right click on services.msc and select Run as administrator.

Scroll down to the Internet Connection Sharing service and start it if its not running.

187Flatliner · Mar 10, 2014

home premium is the one,

it was disabled so i started it and got this message

Chiisu · Mar 10, 2014

Make sure your wireless network card is turned on.

Go in to the "Network and Sharing Center", and on the left click "Manage Wireless Networks", from here click the add button and "Ad-Hoc network" should be one of the options.

187Flatliner · Mar 10, 2014

my windows doesnt allow it, gets an error, so i went to "add a device" and it wont even "see" the network card.....maybe the pci slot isnt working

also i noticed that my pc says wireless not enabled???

Chiisu · Mar 10, 2014

Go to device manager and see if there is hardware that needs drivers.

Click Start and type 'Device Manager' in the search field > Open Device Manager

187Flatliner · Mar 10, 2014

my computer wont "see" this device and the led isnt blinking on the device either. on the network adapter is only one and thats the "wired" slot for the cord.

so i uninstalled and removed the device and re installed the cd.....got this error message before re installing the actual adapter

Chiisu · Mar 10, 2014

Turn you computer off unplug everything and re-seat the PCI card. Make sure it is seated correctly when you re-seat it.

187Flatliner · Mar 10, 2014

but i have downloaded all the current and updated drivers to my pc

and this is the 5th time reseating the pci card, its as firmly pressed in as it can be.

Chiisu · Mar 10, 2014

So when you originally put the Wireless card in did it try to install itself or did you just go download the drivers and try to install manually?

187Flatliner · Mar 10, 2014

the first time all i did was install the cd and followed the directions and then after the cd (powered everything off and unplugged) i installed the pci card and rebooted.

these are the steps i followed

187Flatliner · Mar 10, 2014

and no the card hasnt tried installing itself and clicking on the icon the cd created does nothing

Chiisu · Mar 10, 2014

I would suggest calling tech support. You need to write down the serial number and hardware revision as the manual says before calling. They will be better equipped to fix your issue. As I have suggested all I can think of to fix this issue.

We have discovered:
The card is not showing up in 'Device Management'.
Re-seating the card doesn't help.
Now there is an error (This error is trying to find something on the disc, from what I can see)

187Flatliner · Mar 10, 2014

i was afraid of sitting on the phone forever.....lol, sometimes i hate tech support...this error has shown up everytime but i thought that since i hadnt installed the actual pci adapter that it was that causing it....ill call tech support in the morning. thanks for the help so far.

Chiisu · Mar 10, 2014

No problem sorry I couldn't help

ad-hoc not a choice for internet sharing

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