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Dargeth
Aspirant
Apr 16, 2020

WiFi Direct - Mobile Hotspot

Hi, need help with my adapter, apparantly it is not compatible with wifi direct Windows 10 IoT Core, that means it does not activate the 'Microsoft WiFi Direct Virtual Adapter' in the device manager. Mobile hotspot does not work, Im trying to make a mini pc into a virtual router. Can anybody help with this? 

Much appreciate it if someone can.

Thanks

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    • Dargeth's avatar
      Dargeth
      Aspirant
      Apr 18, 2020

      Hi Michael,

       

      Thank you for your reply, yes I have tried the latest driver, it does work with Win10 but as you stated it is a 2012 model it does not support 'Microsoft Wi-Fi Direct Virtual Adapter' which should show up in the Device Manager under Network adapters, it all it needs to be able to setup a Mobile Hotspot within Windows.

      Tried to install 'Microsoft Wi-Fi Direct Virtual Adapter' but still does not show up in the Device Manager till I found a post explaining what Microsoft Wifi Direct is, basically it is only a handfull of USB wifi dongles which are compatible to be able to setup a Mobile Hotspot.

      Here where I live they don't sell any on the list that is why I resorted to post here if someone had encounter a similar problem, hoping for a fix.