Disable Mobile Hotspot/Internet sharing from a computer in an AD Environment

[NeoRant]

Good day team,

Case: Caught a staff member, she enabled hotspot on their laptop because the staff wifi was temporarily down, found her pc name in the ssid list on my phone LOL. Many devices were connected in her dhcp client list. LOL, i mean, we IT staff doing so much stuff, we dont actively monitor this. Additionally, in all the major IT corporation that I have worked and managed, this feature was never really acted on or considered to be changed/disabled by the IT Bosses. Even my fellow sys engineers as myself did not pay this much mind. Something as simple as a hotpsot. Crazy world.

Which is the best method?
What did you do in your LAN?
Which method worked for you?

Is this possible with Forticlient?

Would love some direct responses/suggestions/steps here.

[AEK · Accepted solution]

Hi NeoRant

I remember in a company I know, the domain admin disabled all clients WiFi hotspot. I'm pretty sure he did it with GPO, without any third party product.

Take a look here:

https://techexpert.tips/windows/tutorial-gpo-prohibit-internet-connection-sharing/

Hope it helps.

[NeoRant]

Hey AEK,

Good to hear from you. I did just that earlier, thanks a lot. This forum is the boss.

 https://www.stigviewer.com/stig/windows_10/2021-08-18/finding/V-220803