Software Alternatives & Reviews

mHotspot VS iw

Compare mHotspot VS iw and see what are their differences

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mHotspot is a completely free software which converts your windows 7 & 8 laptop into a virtual wifi router and creates a secure wifi hotspot.

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iw is a new nl80211 based CLI configuration utility for wireless devices.
  • mHotspot Landing page
    Landing page //
    2018-10-27
  • iw Landing page
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    2020-10-18

mHotspot videos

How to share WiFi from your PC Using mHotspot App.

More videos:

  • Review - CONVERTIR MI PC EN UN ROUTER WIFI Y COMPARTIR INTERNET CON MHOTSPOT OFICIAL 2019
  • Tutorial - How to use MHotspot to sharing wifi internet

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Category Popularity

0-100% (relative to mHotspot and iw)
Log Management
70 70%
30% 30
API Tools
69 69%
31% 31
Monitoring Tools
70 70%
30% 30
Development
55 55%
45% 45

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Social recommendations and mentions

Based on our record, iw seems to be more popular. It has been mentiond 2 times since March 2021. We are tracking product recommendations and mentions on various public social media platforms and blogs. They can help you identify which product is more popular and what people think of it.

mHotspot mentions (0)

We have not tracked any mentions of mHotspot yet. Tracking of mHotspot recommendations started around Mar 2021.

iw mentions (2)

  • finally
    The instructions on https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Network_configuration/Wireless is pretty extensive. Popular tools are listed in the article: * https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Iwd * https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Wpa_supplicant * https://wireless.wiki.kernel.org/en/users/documentation/iw. Source: over 2 years ago
  • Is there a simplest wifi client which just connects to open/wpa/wep/wpa-eap protocol and **NOT** be a daemon on itself to reconnect or do any handling of priority or for taking/managing a list of networks?
    You can run any daemon in your terminal by yourself, many of them have an option to not fork process. Wpa_supplicant is the simpliest client you can get if your WIFI uses WPA/WPA2. The more simple is only iw, but it only supports WEP encryption security. Source: over 2 years ago

What are some alternatives?

When comparing mHotspot and iw, you can also consider the following products

Connectify Hotspot - Connectify Me hotspot is a PC app that turns your computer into a Wi-Fi hotspot.

NetworkManager - NetworkManager is a set of co-operative tools that make networking simple and straightforward.

Virtual Router Plus - Download Virtual Router Plus Windows Wifi Hotspot for free.

wicd - Wicd is an open source wired and wireless network manager for Linux.

Baidu WiFi Hotspot - Turn your PC into a hotspot for mobile devices.

Ethtool - ethtool - utility for controlling network drivers and hardware