When trying to create a virtual Wi-Fi network using the netsh wlan start hostednetwork command, the user may encounter a message that the hosting of such a network was unsuccessful. In this article, I will tell you what this error is and also explain how to fix the “The Hosted Network Couldn’t be Started” problem on your PC.

Among the reasons for the netsh wlan start hostednetwork error, I would note the following:

Fixing netsh wlan start hostednetwork error

First, check if you have a Wi-Fi adapter on your computer. If for a laptop and netbook this is implied a priori, then for owners of desktop computers everything is not so clear. Look for the Wi-Fi adapter in Device Manager (the “Network Adapters” section), where it is usually listed as a wireless network adapter.

It also happens that Wi-Fi on a PC is turned off by the user himself (either through the button to turn off the Wi-Fi module, or by pressing a key combination, for example, for me, it’s Fn+F2). Make sure your Wi-Fi module is enabled and working. So what to do?

Method 1. Use a virtual adapter

Now you can connect your virtual network using the standard command “netsh wlan start hostednetwork”.

Method 2. Restart the adapter

1. Go back to Device Manager and find “Network Adapters”.
2. Find the name of our main wireless network adapter.
3. Right-click and first select “Disable”.
4. And then a couple of seconds after turning it off, select “Enable”.

Method 3. Use commands

If the previous two methods did not help you start a hosted network netsh wlan start hostednetwork, then Microsoft experts recommend doing the following:

How this all looks visually can be seen in the video:

Method 4. Check whether our adapter supports a virtual access point

1. Press the key combination Win+R, and in the window that appears, type cmd.
2. On the command line, write netsh wlan show drivers and press enter.
3. In the resulting result, we check the item about supporting a hosted network, and if it says “no,” then your adapter is not suitable for creating a virtual Wi-Fi network.
4. In this case, we can only advise you to buy an external Wi-Fi adapter that uses a USB connection for its operation.

Conclusion

In most cases, the specified problem with netsh wlan show drivers is solved by enabling a virtual adapter, which is often hidden from the user's eyes. You can also advise restarting your Wi-Fi adapter; in addition, some users were helped by a set of tips from Microsoft specialists on disabling and enabling the hosted network. Well, for those who do not have a Wi-Fi adapter at all, we can advise you to purchase such an adapter at the nearest specialized store.

Error "The group or resource is not in the required state" when creating an access point on a laptop or computer

How do I resolve the "Group or resource is not in the correct state" error?

Creating a Wi-Fi access point in OS Windows on a computer or laptop is possible from the system command line. In this case, a failure often occurs, as a result of which it becomes impossible to start the network. The system deciphers the error that has occurred, supplementing the information with the appropriate notification (see screenshot).

Error text

In addition to the presented error form, the notification may indicate that the wireless access point interface is disabled, or that the device responsible for the network is inoperable.

Next, we will consider the main ways to how to fix “The group or resource is not in the desired state”, since this error is the most common when trying to distribute the Internet via Wi-Fi from a laptop or PC.

Initial actions

First, you should make sure that your hardware and software meets the following conditions:

• A Wi-Fi adapter must be connected to the PC, and a driver for it must be preinstalled in the system. This can be either a built-in module or external devices in USB or PCl format.

USB Wi-Fi adapter with antenna

This is what a wi-fi card looks like in a laptop

• In the case of a laptop, you need to check whether the built-in module is connected (physically and software), and also install a driver for it.

• When installing the driver, you should select the most current version that matches the hardware you are using. These are presented on the official websites of the manufacturers.
• The command line should be .

Run Command Prompt as Administrator

• Finally, you should double-check your algorithm for errors made during the activation of the access point.

If all of the above points are met, then it is worth moving on to a more in-depth check.

Working with Device Manager

It is necessary to check the functionality of the device responsible for the operation of the access point being created. For this:

• Launch the “Device Manager” (command “mmc devmgmt.msc” through the “Run” window or direct launch through the “Properties” item in the “My Computer” menu).

• Find the “Network Adapters” tab.

Checking the presence of a wi-fi adapter with installed drivers

• We open it and check for the presence of a wireless network adapter (the name contains one of the words “Wi-Fi”, “Wireless”, “WLAN”).
• In the context menu for this adapter, select the “Enable” item.

Activating wi-fi adapter

• We try again to start the access point.

If the adapter is operational, but the network does not start:

• Open the taskbar item “View”.
• Activate the line to show hidden devices.

View hidden devices

• Find (in the same list of network devices) wireless modules with the annotation “Virtual Adapter”.
• Engage them.
• Check the functionality of the network being launched.

Finally, if the above schemes did not bring the desired result, then you need to return to the real adapter in the list of network devices, select the “Delete” option for it (1), and then click the “Update hardware configuration” button on the taskbar (2).

Reinstalling the wireless wi-fi adapter in device manager

After completing the steps, the PC (laptop) should be restarted. Retrying to start the network should be successful.

Working with the Command Line

In addition to the “Task Manager”, you can perform a number of manipulations with the “Command Line”. The commands and the sequence of their input are presented in the screenshot below.

Commands for restarting hosted network mode (wi-fi access point from a laptop or computer)

After this, the hosted network should be started with the following commands (entered sequentially):

netsh wlan set hostednetwork mode=allow ssid=”MS Virtual WiFi” key=”enter any password” keyUsage=persistent

netsh wlan start hostednetwork

After this, the network should become operational.

Message about successful deployment of the Wi-Fi access point after entering the appropriate commands

Attention! In the “Command Line” you can check whether the functionality for hosting a wireless network is supported on a specific PC. To do this, enter the following line:

netshwlanshowdrivers

The corresponding notification should indicate the presence of this functionality, as shown in the screenshot below.

Checking the possibility of creating a wi-fi access point in a laptop or computer

Conclusion

The list of procedures listed above completely describes the procedure for activating a hosted network. If none of the methods turned out to be effective, then you should contact competent specialists for help in repairing equipment or setting up the system.

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But the instructions provided did not address the main problems that users may encounter when creating a virtual access point. One of the most common errors occurs when starting a Wireless Hosted Network through the command line. This procedure is performed using the command netsh wlan start hostednetwork. If the operation completes successfully, the message “The hosted network has started” should appear, but in some cases the error “The hosted network could not be started” appears instead. The group or resource is not in the correct state to perform the required operation."

That is, simply put, the laptop (or computer) adapter is not ready to work as a Wi-Fi access point and distribute the Internet to other devices wirelessly. How to solve this problem? Let's figure it out.

Checking whether drivers are installed correctly

It makes no sense to seriously consider options when a laptop does not have a Wi-Fi module or cannot operate in access point mode, since almost all modern laptop computers are equipped with the equipment necessary for distributing the Internet. Therefore, let’s immediately move on to the most common cause of problems with a hosted network – “crookedly” installed, missing or not entirely suitable software.

There are several ways to make sure that the network adapter is normally detected by Windows 7/10 and does not conflict with other devices. The easiest way is through the “Device Manager”. We go into it and open the “Network adapters” branch. Finding the wireless communication module we need is not difficult - its name must contain the words Wireless or Wi-Fi. Or it will simply be called “Network Adapter”.

The main thing is to make sure that there is no yellow exclamation mark next to the module, which usually indicates problems or the absence of necessary drivers. Go to adapter properties ( Right mouse button – Properties) and on the General tab, check the device status.

If it says “The device is working normally,” then in principle there should be no problems with launching the hosted network, but in reality everything turns out to be not quite so. It often happens that the Wi-Fi adapter drivers are installed correctly (you can check for availability and, if necessary, reinstall them on the “Driver” tab of the “Properties” window), and the device itself works flawlessly in the usual mode of receiving data, but the error “Could not start the hosted network" still appears. If this is your case, then move on to the next point.

Rollback to a previous driver version

When you update device drivers, Windows saves older versions of the software so you can roll back to them at any time if problems arise. This is exactly what we will do, because the driver version of the wireless adapter often determines whether it will support a hosted network or not (this is especially true for Windows 10). You can find out which driver is currently in use through the same Device Manager, but we will use the command line. Let's launch it and execute the command netsh wlan show drivers.

The above screenshot shows the result of the query. It can be seen that a fresh working driver is installed, but the “Hosted Network Support” line is set to “No”, i.e. An attempt to start the network will definitely trigger the error “The hosted network could not be started.” Let's try to roll back to an older version of the driver and see the result.

In the “Device Manager”, right-click on the adapter and select “Update drivers...”.

A list of all drivers available on the computer will appear. We select the earliest one among them (in our case, 2015) and click “Next”.

A window will appear indicating that the driver has been installed successfully.

Let's check if hosted network support is now available. Run the command again on the command line netsh wlan show drivers and we see that now it is possible to create an access point.

In order to finally make sure of this, here we enter netsh wlan start hostednetwork. The message “Hosted Network Started” will indicate that everything was successful.

Now we can set the parameters of a virtual access point to which any devices can connect.

This is how we solved the problem with the inability to launch a hosted network. If all of the above steps did not help you, try uninstalling and reinstalling the adapter drivers, playing around with different driver versions, and restarting Windows. At worst, if all else fails, buy a separate USB module for your laptop and set up Internet distribution through it.

It just so happened that at work, in order to get full-fledged Internet without restrictions, I have to use a netbook and a 3G modem. Recently, having bought an iPod Touch, I really wanted to connect it to the Internet. If a smartphone could still get online on its own, it was a little more difficult with a player.

One option is to connect using a sync cable. The option is not very convenient, since there is absolutely no desire to carry a cable with you all the time, and you don’t want to install iTunes either. The second option, the one described in this article, is connecting via WiFi. Already on Habrahabr, but for Linux. Our task is to configure the same thing for Windows.

So what do we have

- Netbook, ASUS 1215B
- Internet via USB 3g modem
- Player and smartphone with WiFi

Task

- Get internet on all devices

Solution

Before you start, many people advise updating the WiFi card driver on your computer. Personally, I didn’t do this, but everyone decides for themselves.

Methods

- You can use graphical utilities such as Connectify and Virtual Router. They work, they even work well, but they eat up resources. Some people complained that they were eating up resources too much.

You can do everything yourself via the console using netsh. This is exactly the method I chose. All actions must be performed on behalf of the Administrator.

Creating a network

First of all, you need to create a wireless network using the following command
netsh wlan set hostednetwork mode=allow ssid="MyHomeInternet" key="pass12345678" keyUsage=persistent
where MyHomeInternet is the network name (ssid), pass12345678 is the login password.

The success of the command will look something like this:
Hosted network mode is enabled in the wireless network service. The hosted network SSID has been successfully changed. The hosted network user key passphrase was successfully changed.
Now you can go to Control Panel \ \ . I call it “Wireless Network Connection 2”.

Connection management

Since the connection is in the “No connection” status, we need to enable it. To do this, run the command:
After receiving the phrase Hosted network is running, the network will be launched and we will see your network connection in the list of connections. In our example, this is MyHomeInternet.

To stop the network, you need to use the command:
netsh wlan stop hostednetwork

Connecting the Internet

The WiFi network has been created and you can even connect to it, but the Internet will most likely be absent. In order to correct this misunderstanding, it is necessary:
- go to Control Panel \ Network and Sharing Center \ Change adapter settings;
- go to the properties of the connection through which you go online(for me this is Internet MTS);
- tab Access;
- check the box next to " Allow other network users to use this computer's Internet connection" and select our created network from the list - “Wireless network connection 2”;
- click OK;
- disable and enable 3g connection; (ideally restart your computer)
- disable and enable WiFi network.

What happened

Ideally, after these steps, the laptop will turn into a small WiFi point. To do this, take the iPod, turn on WiFi and see our created MyHomeInternet network. Enter the password and connect. There is Internet.

Restrictions

- first of all, after each start of Windows, you will have to start the network using the command netsh wlan start hostednetwork. This can be solved by writing a small script and sending it to startup. Another option is to create a shortcut on your desktop and launch the network only when necessary.
- OS must be Windows 7.
- the connected device must support WPA2-PSK/AES

Problems

Network is not created

- update the wireless adapter driver to a newer one
- run the console as administrator

The network has been created, but does not start

- perhaps restarting the computer and starting the network as administrator will help

The network has been created and started, but it is impossible to connect to it

- check password
- manually specify network settings in the properties of TCP/IP connections on the “server” and client. For example, for the server: ip - 192.168.137.1, mask - 255.255.255.0 and for the client: ip - 192.168.137.2, mask - 255.255.255.0, gateway - 192.168.137.1, dns - 192.168.137.1

Connected to the network, but can’t access the Internet

- make sure that you have shared it (see the item “Connecting the Internet”)
- try to go not by domain name, but by IP address. If it does, then it’s time to think about adding a DNS server to the client and/or server settings.

Bottom line

As you can see, such a simple problem can be solved without using third-party software. Nevertheless, sometimes it happens that you can’t do without it. In my case, there were problems with DNS and even by specifying the Google Public Domain server in the TCP/IP settings, I could not do anything. Therefore, I had to resort to using the BIND package and setting it to 127.0.0.1. It’s just as easy to set up, but more on that in the next mini-article.