How to broadcast your Windows VPN connection to other devices

A neat workaround to access a Windows VPN connection on any device

I recently ran into a problem at work where I couldn’t access the company VPN on a non-Windows device, but I needed that VPN connection to access certain websites and download files I needed to develop on the non-Windows device.

After a few IT tickets and no answers, I looked around for a workaround and found that Windows can share it’s VPN connection over WiFi or Bluetooth with relatively little configuration.

This might help some of you who are in a similar situation where you want to share a VPN connection from your Windows device to other devices—and it might even be a viable way to get around the maximum device limit VPN providers usually have.

Enable Mobile Hotspot

Set your network’s username and password before enabling mobile hotspot.

Share VPN with mobile hotspot