What is Wi-Fi hotspot?
No need to explain more about Wi-Fi hotspot but still if someone don’t know about it, this description is for them. Wi-Fi hotspot is the area where you can connect your Wi-Fi enabled devices to the internet. As name tells, it uses the Wi-Fi wireless technology to share the internet connection in particular area which can be used by any Wi-Fi enabled device without any wire.
You can found two types of Wi-Fi hotspot
- Free Wi-Fi Hotspot: You can directly connect to internet into your Wi-Fi enabled device without any key/password.
- Password Protected: Only authorized people who know the password can connect to the internet on their Wi-Fi enabled device.
How to make your own Wi-Fi hotspot?
With help of Router: You can purchase Wi-Fi router for sharing your internet connection over Wi-Fi. With help of Wi-Fi router you can easily share your connection over Wi-Fi with and without password protection. You just need to place your broad band line directly into Wi-Fi router instead of your computer, and then do all required settings. By this way you can easily make your Wi-Fi hotspot but for that you have to purchase router.
Without Router: If someone doesn’t want to purchase Wi-Fi router for the same thing, then they can do it without router too. For that they need following things.
- Wifi Enabled Computer/Laptop
- Active Internet
That’s it. If you are having above two things, then you can easily make your own Wi-Fi hotspot without any router. For that you just need to install mHotspot software. Yes with help of this software you can easily share your internet connection with any Wi-Fi enabled device. You can share this internet connection with and without password. So no unauthorized person can access it without your permission. You can even set the number of devices which can connect to your Wi-Fi hotspot, so no more devices can connect to that hotspot even they know the password. So for security purpose it is the best thing. You can also check that which devices are active on your Wi-Fi hotspot, so even if some unauthorized device is active on your Wi-Fi hotspot you can easily disconnect it.
Important thing is that it is totally free software and you can easily download it by searching its name on Google.
Benefits: You can share one internet connection to many computer and other Wi-Fi enabled devices. As it uses Wi-Fi the wireless technology, you can use the same internet connection on many devices without any wires. You can use the same internet connection from other room too, so it will increase the range of your Internet connection.
So this is it. This is quite helpful thing for those who having many Wi-Fi enabled devices at their home. They not needed more internet connection for their all devices, just one internet connection and they can share it on all devices with help of this. So enjoy.