How to Change Mobile Hotspot Name, Password, and Band in Windows 10


You can turn your Windows 10 PC into a mobile hotspot by sharing your Internet connection with other devices over Wi-Fi. You can share a Wi-Fi, Ethernet, or cellular data connection. If your PC has a cellular data connection and you share it, it will use data from your data plan.

This tutorial will show you how to change the network name, network password, and network band of a mobile hotspot in Windows 10.



Here's How:

1 Open Settings, and click/tap on the Network & Internet icon.

2 Click/tap on Mobile hotspot on the left side, and click/tap on Edit on the right side. (see screenshot below)

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3 Change the following mobile hotspot network info you want, and click/tap on Save when finished. (see screenshot below)

1) Edit the network name to what you want for this mobile hotspot.

2) Edit the network password to what you want at least 8 characters long for this mobile hotspot.

3) Select to use the 5 GHz, 2.4 GHz, or Any available network band you want for this mobile hotspot.

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4 You can now close Settings if you like.


That's it,
Shawn Brink