To get a Windows 11 laptop ready for Hotspot and Remote Desktop without a router, here are the steps:
To get a Windows 11 laptop ready for Hotspot and Remote Desktop without a router, here are the steps:
Can I make my Windows 11 computer work as a hotspot without needing to plug in a router? Everything else requires a router. I want to mimic what happens when I have an Astroberry Pi set up, so that it starts ready to be logged into and controlled remotely from another place. My two cameras don't run on the Astroberry system but they do on Windows. So I bought a Mele Quieter MiniPC to try and start right out of the box like the Astroberry does on the Pi, which means starting up ready for me to log in with my Win 10 laptop and then control it using VNC Viewer for a remote desktop setup. Is there a way to do this on Windows 11 so I can control it from my Win 10 laptop without needing a router middleman? The machine needs to start, be ready to log into, and be controlled remotely as if it were attached to a telescope like you see here. I am not very tech-savvy but have some basic network ideas, hoping for a simple software fix or system settings that would help me out. Thanks for any advice.
You can run a batch script or use the Task Scheduler to launch it at startup. Just enter these commands in order: netsh wlan set hostednetwork mode=allow, then type ssid and paste your hotspot name there, followed by key and paste your password. Finally, type netsh wlan start hostednetwork replace, put your ssid and key into their slots, hit Enter, and watch as your network starts automatically when you log in to the computer.
Yes, it is possible to set up a Windows 11 machine to act as a hotspot and be remotely controlled from another computer without a router. Here's how you can do it: On the Windows 11 machine, go to Settings > Network & Internet > Mobile hotspot. Enable the "Mobile hotspot" option and configure the hotspot settings, including the network name and password. Connect the Windows 10 laptop to the hotspot created by the Windows 11 machine. On the Windows 10 laptop, install and open a remote desktop software such as Remote Desktop Connection or TightVNC. Enter the IP address of the Windows 11 machine in the remote desktop software and connect to it. You may need to allow remote connections on the Windows 11 machine by going to Settings > System > Remote Desktop. Alternatively, you can use a software such as Connectify Hotspot ( https://www.connectify.me/ ) to create a hotspot on the Windows 11 machine and remotely control it from the Windows 10 laptop. I hope this helps!
Thanks for the info. Can the Win 11 computer start up with this setup so it is ready to log into remotely and control from there? It will not use a KVM switch. Where do I find the IP address of the Win 11, and does that address stay the same (static)? Thanks again!
You don't seem to want to connect over wifi because that would mean knowing an ip address, which you probably aren't trying to do right now. This sounds more like you just want to reach a machine from the internet. It might be the same problem you have with your raspberry box, though I really don't know much about how apps work there. If this box is connected straight to the internet and gets a public ip address, you could use something like dyndns to get that info. What's weird is that you've probably been doing this already with your current setup, so maybe I just misunderstood what you need help with.
Basically, I want to make sure my Raspberry Pi runs the Astroberry system exactly like it's supposed to. I'm using a small computer called a Win 11 MiniPC so that when it starts up, it will be ready to log in from my regular laptop running on Windows 10. This lets me run all my software on the mini PC right from there. The reason is that some of my cameras don't have control drivers for Linux, but they work fine in Windows. I need a computer like this to handle those driver issues and run the software needed to take pictures. Since the MiniPC will be set up headless (without a keyboard or mouse), it has to start up just right so that once it's booted, I can log in from my laptop to control it. That is exactly how the Astroberry system needs to work. I'm not really good at getting all these technical details together, and most of what I've read requires a router as a middleman between things. But since I'm going out into remote locations to take astrophotography with very little hardware to bring along, my MiniPC needs to be able to talk directly to the laptop without any extra gear in between. I hope that clears up everything for you now. Thanks for reading.
If you want to use VNC there are usually guides on how to start it up on a Windows computer when you boot the machine. I don't get what you mean by "hotspot." How far away can "remote" be? You could say connect to it using wifi if it is in your backyard, but if it is at another location then you would need some kind of network or internet connection to reach that remote place.
Setting up VNC isn't the hard part. The real problem is getting the Win 11 MiniPC to start automatically so it can connect through WiFi and be controlled from a distance. I will try some tips here. Maybe they are all I need to get this working. I just hope Windows doesn't change my IP address every time I restart the MiniPC. Do you know what a WiFi hotspot is? The Win 11 MiniPC needs to act as one, ready for me to log into and control from there. That's how the Astroberry system works on a Raspberry Pi: it turns itself into a hot spot, connects, then I run everything from my Win 10 laptop using VNC or even a web browser. My laptop can be anywhere from five to fifty feet away, depending on where I am. For example, in winter, if I'm sitting in a car heater, that vehicle has to be at least thirty-five feet away so it doesn't shake the rig too much. Or maybe I have my Win 10 control station inside a cabin while the actual rig is outside in the cold weather.
I probably thought my win11 computer was trying to talk to some internet thing, and then you were trying to use it with a win 10 device. Microsoft stopped giving lots of support when windows 10 came out. It used to be super easy; just set the wifi to ad hoc mode and that let's remote access work now they have something called internet connection sharing but I don't know if it just lets you use an internet connection from a network cable (which you don't have), or if it also lets you talk directly to the machine itself. It acts more like a hotspot on a phone where data only goes through the phone and doesn't go over wifi. They disabled this at the driver level because chips can run in host/ap mode under linux I am not sure about that one just be careful to find instructions for win10 or win11 since those old methods don't work anymore maybe connection sharing has a feature to allow local access I haven't used this ability since before windows 10 and now the new connection sharing is easier to do with linux on the machine or a small travel router if connection sharing doesn't let you talk locally there might be a different place where you find bluetooth setup that's where the ad hoc stuff used to be in win7 otherwise you will probably have to find third party software that gets around windows removing the ad hoc feature in drivers microsoft are real idiots sometimes they want to protect all the stupid people from themselves. It's like if stores no longer sold sharp knives because kids might cut themselves.
I found a similar thing and finally connected my PC using Wi-Fi. Here are my steps: 1) Install a program called "Connectify Hotspot" or something like that so you can start your hotspot without internet on the mini PC first. 2) Install another app called VNC Connect on the mini PC. 3) Turn on the hotspot from the mini PC. 4) Connect this new Wi-Fi to your phone or another computer. 5) Open the VNC app on your phone or other PC and tap the "+" sign or "Add PC". Enter a name like "My PC". Put the local IP address in that field so it knows where you are. 6) Done! I am not sure if VNC Connect is actually needed for your mini PC, maybe try another remote desktop app instead. You can also choose which apps start when the computer turns on. Also, check this Reddit thread: https://www.reddit.com/r/AskAstroph...in..._internet/