{"id":2905,"date":"2020-03-13T12:45:38","date_gmt":"2020-03-13T12:45:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.s-sols.com\/?post_type=doc&#038;p=2905"},"modified":"2022-09-14T22:23:39","modified_gmt":"2022-09-14T22:23:39","slug":"change-hotspot-method-wfhs","status":"publish","type":"doc","link":"https:\/\/www.s-sols.com\/docs\/windows\/wi-fi-hotspot\/getting-started-wfhs\/change-hotspot-method-wfhs","title":{"rendered":"Change hotspot method Wi-Fi Hotspot for Windows"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align:justify\">\n  In most cases, there is no need to do this. By default, the product sets the most appropriate method for a particular operating system version.\n<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center\">\n  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/data\/content\/doc\/windows\/wi-fi-hotspot\/change-hotspot-method-wfhs\/change-hotspot-method-en.png\" alt=\"A screenshot of a computer\n\nDescription automatically generated\" title=\"A screenshot of a computer\n\nDescription automatically generated - Change hotspot method\" \/>\n<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:justify\">\n  But sometimes it may be necessary to use the specific properties of a particular method. The available <strong>methods<\/strong> and their properties are listed below:\n<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<div style=\"text-align:justify\"><a id=\"tethering\"><\/a><strong>Tethering<\/strong>\n    <\/div>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align:justify\">\n        Available since Windows 10 version 1607.\n      <\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align:justify\">\n        Allows connecting a maximum of only 8 devices.\n      <\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align:justify\">\n        It can also be controlled through the system settings (but there is no choice of Wi-Fi adapter).\n      <\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align:justify\">\n        It turns off after about 5 minutes of inactivity.\n      <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div style=\"text-align:justify\"><a id=\"wifi_direct\"><\/a><strong>Wi-Fi Direct<\/strong>\n    <\/div>\n<ul start=\"5\">\n<li style=\"text-align:justify\">\n        Available since Windows 10.\n      <\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align:justify\">\n        Allows connecting a maximum of 128 devices.\n      <\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align:justify\">\n        Sometimes there\u00a0might be <a href=\".\/wi-fi-direct-might-freeze-wfhs\">system problems at work<\/a>.\n      <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div style=\"text-align:justify\"><a id=\"hosted_network\"><\/a><strong>Hosted Network<\/strong>\n    <\/div>\n<ul start=\"8\">\n<li style=\"text-align:justify\">\n        Available since Windows 7 if the Wi-Fi adapter supports it.\n      <\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align:justify\">\n        Allows connecting a maximum of 128 devices.\n      <\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align:justify\">\n        It is possible to adjust the maximum number of connections.\n      <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div style=\"text-align:justify\"><a id=\"ad_hoc\"><\/a><strong>Ad Hoc Network<\/strong>\n    <\/div>\n<ul start=\"11\">\n<li style=\"text-align:justify\">\n        Available since Windows XP Sp3.\n      <\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align:justify\">\n        Allows connecting a maximum of 128 devices.\n      <\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align:justify\">\n        There are <a href=\".\/wi-fi-limits-ad-hoc-wfhs\">limitations on use<\/a>.\n      <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Note:<\/strong> If you change the method, but do not save the settings, the method itself will still be changed anyway.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In most cases, there is no need to do this. By default, the product sets the most appropriate method for a particular operating system version. But sometimes it may be necessary to use the specific properties of a particular method. The available methods and their properties are listed below: Tethering Available since Windows 10 version&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":18,"featured_media":0,"parent":1101,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"rank_math_lock_modified_date":false},"categories":[131],"tags":[609,40],"class_list":["post-2905","doc","type-doc","status-publish","hentry","category-wi-fi-hotspot","tag-support","tag-windows"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.s-sols.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/doc\/2905","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.s-sols.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/doc"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.s-sols.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/types\/doc"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.s-sols.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/users\/18"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.s-sols.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2905"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.s-sols.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/doc\/1101"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.s-sols.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2905"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.s-sols.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2905"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.s-sols.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2905"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}