The internet has become an inseparable factor of everyday life, ensuring that the internet connection is available for all the devices we have is a tiring task, especially when some of them do not have a data network. In this type of situation, however, the Internet connection sharing via Wi-Fi hotspot functionality it is the best solution because it also allows devices without Internet to be able to connect to a Wi-Fi network created ad-hoc.
Android smartphones and iPhones offer a more direct way to create and share WiFi hotspots and your internet connection to other devices. This option is missing on Windows-based computers making the functionality a bit difficult for basic users to manage.
For this reason this article was born where we will talk about the best free programs to create Wi-Fi Hotspots with Windows. Using these software will allow you to creare hotspot WiFi in pochi click, instead of digging into the networks section of your PC as we showed you in our dedicated article some time ago.
Create Wi-Fi Hotspot with Windows
MyPublicWiFi
Here is another little program that is very easy to use, simple in terms of functionality and a great tool for creating WiFi hotspots. MyPublicWiFi is free and freeware as well supports Windows 10, 8, 7, and Windows Server 2008.
Since it supports both 32-bit and 64-bit architecture processors, MyPublicWiFi works flawlessly on all Windows-based devices. Among the features we find the possibility of knowing which devices are connected to your WiFi hotspot and the possibility of URL registration to have a list of websites that were consulted during the session on hotspots.
MaryFi
MaryFi is, as the developer says, software that allows you to create a Wi-Fi hotspot and then share the Internet connection you have in your Windows PC. MaryFi is completely free to use and supports Windows 7. MaryFi has a minimal user interface and has kept the same minimalist approach in terms of pure features. So, if you just need a quick tool to create Wi-Fi hotspots, MaryFi is for you without a doubt.
mHotspot
mHotspot is free and easy to use software, you can create a hotspot by choosing a custom name, password, Internet source and maximum number of clients (which is 10). The program offers the possibility to know the details of connected Wi-Fi clients and their consumption of resources. Compared to the competition, mHotspot is really small (around 400KB) and downloading won't be a problem, even when you have a weak or short internet connection.