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Default [Connectify] Turn your Windows 7 laptops into Wi-Fi hotspots
Connectify Beta available for download


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To get started, click on the Connectify logo in the Notification Tray.

1. Select the Internet connection you wish to share
2. Choose a name for your new wireless network
3. Choose a wireless passphrase
4. Press the Internet Sharing button to turn on your wireless network
5. Now, from your other devices, you can see your wireless network. Choose to join it, and enter the wireless passphrase to connect.

Download the Beta < Use this link so you do not have to go through the Registering for the Connectify Beta!

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This is either very new or they need some help setting up their site. So bear with it for now as there is no release notes or much info other than some FAQ's. Basically it makes your wireless device act as a wireless router. Maybe there is already something out there that does this but I thought I would throw this up in here in case it is easier or better than the others.

Right now the software is working only on Windows 7, but you can connect to the running software with many devices.

I can think of a few things this could come in handy for but I do not need this sort of thing right now so I will let you try it out and see how good it works.
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Nifty! But I don't plan on sharing my networks with anyone.
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Why do they label it "for laptops" when in theory it would work on a desktop just fine?
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Why do they label it "for laptops" when in theory it would work on a desktop just fine?
Desktop might not have a wireless adapter?
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Why do they label it "for laptops" when in theory it would work on a desktop just fine?
They don't know that not only laptops have wireless cards.
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I do not like the GUI on that app.
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So this is for converting any source of internet (3G,LAN) into Wifi?
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So what exactly does it do for your that Windows doesn't do natively anyway?
Exactly...
Since like Windows 2000 or something.
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So what exactly does it do for your that Windows doesn't do natively anyway?
Yeah, I'm pretty sure Windows 7 allows you to set up an Ad-Hoc network using the installed wireless NIC, ala Apple's AirPort on their MacBooks. I haven't got it to work fully... perhaps this program will?
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