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Solution to "Virtual router cannot be started"

Three golden rules have to be followed. Step 1: Download and install latest drivers for your laptop computer. Step 2: Click start, enter “cmd”, press “ctrl + shift + enter”. This allows you to open DOS under admin. Copy and paste the following two commands into cmd, one by one. netsh wlan set hostednetwork mode=allow ssid=Test key=password netsh wlan start hostednetwork Remember to run it in administrator mode. Otherwise you cannot perform the task. Ssid is the network name and you can set anything you want. You need to change where there is Test in our example. Set your password greater than 8 characters. You can stop broadcasting the network by this command         netsh wlan stop hostednetwork Step 3: Start your virtual router and it should work well. Tips to troubleshoot: Share your internet connection with Test (ssid of the virtual router) connection. See in that image, I have shared the BoysHostel2014 internet connection with