Windows 7 as an WiFi AccessPointSo I am at the airport and my laptop has built in mobile broadband and I have a cheap roaming subscription. Now I would like to do Internet connected stuff on my iPhone too, but that roaming data is ridiculusly priced. Now with WIndows 7 you can share your internet connection (nothing new) but you can make it an access point! With the the drivers that came with Windows 7 for the Intel Wifi card, Windows also installs the Microsoft Virtual WiFi Miniport Adapter: To configure it use the network shell command NETSH in Administrator elevated Command Prompt: netsh wlan set hostednetwork mode=allow ssid=BinkLaptop key=ChangeMe09 This configures a Wireless Lan network with SSID “BinkLaptop” and protected with the key “ChangeMe09” Next enable Internet sharing on your internet connected network card, in my case that is the Wirelless Broadband modem card. Select the virtual Wifi as home networking connection: Disable all but IP Next start the hosted network: netsh wlan start hostednetwork Voila! That’s it Now connect your phone or other WiFi enabled device to your Windows 7 Laptop Access Point
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