i am using virtual router on windows 8.1 and whenever i run it gives me this error "the wireless area network interface is powered down and doesn't support the requested operation"
Comments: ** Comment from web user: SwasGeek **
Comments: ** Comment from web user: SwasGeek **
(User of windows 8.1)
If your problem hasn't been solved yet then follow these steps(the exact solution might be step 2):
1. Check if hosted network is supported
Type: netsh wlan show drivers
and check for Hosted network supported: Yes
if (yes)
2.Turn WiFi on your system (otherwise you'll still get the error: the wireless area network interface is powered down and doesn't support the requested operation
3. Press Windows button+x+m and open administrator command prompt
4. Type:
netsh wlan set hostednetwork mode=allow
netsh wlan start hostednetwork