Comments on: Windows 7 – Your Next Wi-Fi Hot spot

By: Neredbojias

Neredbojias — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 08:07:12 +0000

Works for me fine except for one thing. I'm connecting to an XP machine. The “access point” option does connect but constantly drops out. OTOH, “ad hoc” mode works great. Yes, I did NOT disable the XP's zero configuration thingy, but I used to connect with it to various wifis without trouble so why should that be the problem most people think it is? Anyway, thus are my experiences.

By: J&A

J&A — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 19:20:45 +0000

well I succeeded now with all steeps unless changing adapter settings to allow network sharing.
when I duple click on my Local area connection>properties, there is no check box for sharing options. is there any fix for this please?

By: J&A

J&A — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 16:50:36 +0000

I tried all of the day but no success even I'm running win7 Ultimate 64. I think that the Driver ” Intel 4965AGN doesn't support it. My question is; could I replace Intel 4965AGN with anther one witch can fix the problem? My laptop is Toshiba Satellite 200 1MB.

By: JustAnotherGuy

JustAnotherGuy — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 09:08:57 +0000

Works amazingly my 3 year old laptop, Acer Aspire 5610Z.
Network Card – Atheros AR5005G Wireless Network Adapter.
Nice work to the creators of this application and nice find to the artical writer.

By: JustAnotherGuy

JustAnotherGuy — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 04:08:57 +0000

Works amazingly my 3 year old laptop, Acer Aspire 5610Z.
Network Card – Atheros AR5005G Wireless Network Adapter.
Nice work to the creators of this application and nice find to the artical writer.

By: Omoronovo

Omoronovo — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 15:51:13 +0000

Microsoft noted that this was already available and that it is a fantastic feature. The reason most people aren't able to access the feature is because Microsoft left it up to driver manufacturers to decide whether their devices can actually handle both connecting to and hosting two networks at the same time. At the least, updated drivers are required – My Ralink adapter got driver updates three days ago which enabled this support, but that's primarily since it was quite an expensive wireless card to begin with.

I would not suggest anyone does this for long periods of time on cheaper wireless devices, since there will likely be dropouts and connection issues with the primary network. Obviously if you aren't using wireless at home, then that wont be much of an issue, but its still something to be aware of.

By: rush2112

rush2112 — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 01:39:14 +0000

maybe that will be there w/ the first service pack

By: avraham

avraham — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 15:20:09 +0000

not any laptop, installed the app and it says it didn't find a compatible wifi device

By: mahrens

mahrens — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 09:04:20 +0000

Can't you do the following?

http://lifehacker.com/5369381/turn-your-windows...

By: bobby681

bobby681 — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 00:43:35 +0000

Not working for me on Win7 7600 Intel Wireless 3945abg :(