Connectify: Easy way to share internet from a laptop

Post by **FlyingPenguin** » Mon Jul 04, 2011 6:33 pm

I was surprised to find that Win7 has no built-in functionality to share internet over Wifi. I'm sitting here in my RV at a park where we're waiting to watch a fireworks show. I have Internet via USB tethering on my Android phone, but the wife brought her iPad (Wifi only) and wanted to browse the internet.

In WinXP I could easily share the tethered network device via wifi, but Win7 doesn't seem to have any way to do it natively. And no I don't have a rooted phone so I can't setup my HTC Evo as a Wifi hotspot without paying Sprint an extra $30 a month.

Did a little Googling and found some rave reviews of this (currently free) Windows app called Connectify. It runs as a background app and installs a network driver. Very simple wizard gets you setup in minutes. By default it configures your laptop to act as a Wifi router with WPA encryption. Works perfectly.

This will also be handy for occasions when I'm in a hotel room with only a hardwire Internet connection.

http://www.connectify.me/

CaterpillarAssassin · Post by **CaterpillarAssassin** » Tue Jul 05, 2011 6:55 am

That is surprising. Thank you for the program recommendation. I'm sure it will come to good use for me.