Monday, April 11, 2011
Share Wi-Fi Internet connection Wirelessly
Posted on 6:11 AM by Ashiq Hassan
In previous post we already seen How to set up ad-hoc networking.Now we will talk about more advanced things about creating, accessing, and sharing networks. That is share a Wi-FiInternet connection wirelessly. Although there is nothing about ad-hoc networking that would make this inherently impossible, just simple fact is that most computers are not equipped to access more than one network at a time means that you need some applications or tool to do this, like a free program called Connectify.Connectify is an easy to use software router for Windows 7 computers. After downloading and installing the lightweight application, Connectify utilizes your computers’ built in Wi-Fi card to wirelessly share any available Internet connection: a cable modem, a cellular card, or even another Wi-Fi network. Other Wi-Fi enabled devices including laptops, smart phones, music players, and gaming systems can see and join your Connectify hotspot just like any other Wi-Fi access point and are kept safe and secure by password-protected WPA2 Encryption.
Sharing a Wi-Fi Internet connection Wirelessly allows you to share access to a network that might be hard to come by. For instance, a paid wireless hot spot in an airport or hotel. We will let the ethical and legal implications of that wash over you.
Moreover even if you don’t want to share a hot spot with multiple users, you can use justConnectify to use multiple gadgets on a single connection. For instance, with Connectifyyou can give your Wi-Fi only smart phone access to a Wi-Fi hot spot you have paid for on your computer, or to a wired broadband connection. So let’s see how to work with sharing of Wi-Fi Internet connection Wirelessly using Connectify.
Set Up Connectify
2) Once you start up Connectify for the first time, it’ll automatically run the setup wizard. This asks you for basic information like network name and password, but it will also ask you what kind of shared connection you’d like to set up.As shown in figure below:
The option of this installation step are as below and we will see one by one what does it mean,
- No Internet Sharing
- Local Area Connection
- Wireless Network Connection
- VirtualBox Host-Only Network
No Internet Sharing
This option does no Internet sharing (as you might have guessed) but it still establishes an ad-hoc network, allowing you to do file transfers and LAN gaming.
Local Area Connection
This option shares access to the LAN that the host computer is currently connected to. Choose this option if you want to share a wired connection wirelessly.
Wireless Network Connection
This is the option you’re most likely interested in—it allows you to share access to a wireless network, such as a mobile hotspot.
VirtualBox Host-Only Network
This option allows you to share a special kind of a virtual network used by the VirtualBox virtualization software. You probably don’t need it.
Strengthen Wireless Network Signals
Another way to use Connectify is to expand the signal strength of your home Wi-Fi network. Because Connectify can turn any computer into an access point, you can turn that old laptop into a free Wi-Fi range extender.
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