[farout18]

I read about connectify for windows 7 in pcworld magazine. It's an awsome program and it works great, and i was curious...is there a program that can do the same thing on vista? I googled a bit but i cant find anything...oh and free would be preferrable of course. Thanks for you help

[smax013]

farout18, on 27 March 2010 - 01:50 PM, said:

I read about connectify for windows 7 in pcworld magazine. It's an awsome program and it works great, and i was curious...is there a program that can do the same thing on vista? I googled a bit but i cant find anything...oh and free would be preferrable of course. Thanks for you help

You should be able to do it with Windows built-in Internet Connection Sharing feature in combination with creating an "ad-hoc" WiFi network. This should work as long as you have two network cards (i.e. one ethernet card/port and one WiFi adapter).

It can be a bit of a pain to get working, however.

[FrostT]

dude this sucks i've tried everything to get my touch pro 2 tethered up with my ps3 and no luck. windows vista sucks! we need an app like connectify for windows 7. Somebody jump out there and save the day!

This post has been edited by FrostT: 14 June 2010 - 02:00 AM

[Magnifixcat]

smax013, on 31 March 2010 - 01:31 PM, said:

farout18, on 27 March 2010 - 01:50 PM, said:

I read about connectify for windows 7 in pcworld magazine. It's an awsome program and it works great, and i was curious...is there a program that can do the same thing on vista? I googled a bit but i cant find anything...oh and free would be preferrable of course. Thanks for you help

You should be able to do it with Windows built-in Internet Connection Sharing feature in combination with creating an "ad-hoc" WiFi network. This should work as long as you have two network cards (i.e. one ethernet card/port and one WiFi adapter).

It can be a bit of a pain to get working, however.

So, one must have two WiFi adapters to actually get the ad-hoc network working like Connectivity is said to, that is, using your laptop as a hotspot to your phone, while your PC is connected to a Wireless network? Connectivity is said to enable a laptop to act as a hotspot while the PC is connected to antoher wireless access point or router. When I try to set up an additional connection via an ad-hoc network, my laptop disconnects from my wireless network. I would just use my router, but I have lost the password, and since it works passably well, at least to connect my laptop to my ISP, I really do not want to get another one... Meanwhile, my very bad cellular signal makes my smartphone practically useless at home, and it asks me tearfully won't I please connect it via WiFi...?

...Can I possibly connect my phone -wirelessly- to my computer, while it is using my wireless router? Please help!

This post has been edited by Magnifixcat: 11 February 2011 - 07:34 AM