Way back in 2008, Microsoft wanted to add a feature to laptops that would allow them to become wireless access points when connected to Ethernet. The feature, which appeared on the Win7 roll-out list, is missing from the finished product but may be closer than we think.
By downloading Connectify, you can enable the Win7 feature and create a wireless connection. It’s in Beta right now so beware. However, it’s a cool little feature, especially if you need to share a single Ethernet cable with the whole office.
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John Biggs
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October 30, 2009
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Windows 7 requires a fairly new computer for it to work, I would think that if the computer is new the router would they have would be as well, Very few routers don’t have WiFi. Connectify seems very redundant. Did I miss something about this?
I actually installed this last night and found it really useful. My netbook has weird connection issues with my router (Linksys 160N) but connects perfectly with this. Rather than messing around with the router and potentially messing up my roommates connections, I can have this and have a private network between my desktop and my netbook, which has the added bonus of not saturating the “public” wireless connection when I run a network backup from my netbook.
Is is useful to most people – probably not, but there are a lot of (random) situations that it could be useful in.
This is good for when you have to share a wired connection (hotel without wi-fi). Sharing a 3G connection, I have had to use my cell connection for my computer and piggy-back my wife’s. Not the fastest but works. There aren’t a lot of places mesh networks are extremely useful.