The time when we carried one internet-enabled device on us is long past.
Nowadays, nearly every portable device is outfitted with a wireless
internet adapter, and yet logistics are lagging behind.
Hotel
rooms, university dorms and offices often offer just a single wired
connector, and unless you carry a router on you at all times, it means
neglecting much of your technological capacity.
That is, unless
you’re using Connectify, a novel piece of Windows routing software that
can instantly transform your laptop into a mobile WiFi hotspot.
Connectify
The
prerequisites for using Connectify are simple; you need a Windows 7
laptop, with both a wired and a wireless network card. Connectify takes
the internet connection from the wired input and uses the wireless
technology in your laptop to create a hotspot.
Once
you’ve set up the hotspot, other devices can connect to the Internet
through your laptop. At home, in a hotel or at your dorm; other
computers, printers and gaming consoles can be connected wirelessly.
When you’re out, Connectify allows you to connect with the mobile
phones, laptops and netbooks of coworkers and friends. When traveling,
you can pay for a single internet connection and get all your devices
online.
How To Use It
First, connect your laptop to the
Internet via a wired connection. If you need to enter login credentials,
or an internet access code, do this first and run Connectify when
you’ve confirmed Internet access locally. It’ll appear as a Wi-fi
taskbar symbol. Use left-click to expand the application, or right-click
to make some quick adjustments (shown below).
Here
you can configure the specifics of your mobile wi-fi hotspot. The three
drop-down menus at the top are most important and allow us to specify
the Internet input, output and output mode. You can use Connectify to
create a wireless access point with WPA2 security, which will appear to
other computers like a regular hotspot – optionally passworded, or an
ad-hoc network.
If you don’t know what is what, press Easy Setup Wizard. Because your router laptop has an incoming wired connection, you can keep surfing as usual, albeit with shared bandwidth.
At
the bottom of the screen, Connectify also keeps track of the connected
clients and client history, i.e. who’s using your hotspot. If you see a
computer that doesn’t belong, you can call up more information and block
the client by right-clicking on the device name. With friendly devices,
this also allows you to call up the shared drives and printers.
Verdict
Far
too often, I’ve outnumbered the available internet connections with my
mobile devices. Connectify has proven its use in this, being one of the
only applications of its kind. Contrary to other alternatives,
Connectify is also fool-proof and almost ridiculously easy to use.
There’s no need to get in touch with your inner geek and you can get
your own hotspot online in mere minutes. The application not only solves
logistical problems, but also saves you the money of an expanded
internet infrastructure or hotel access costs.
In
one instance, Connectify seemed unable to detect a working internet
connection though; a repeating issue on that laptop. On the other
devices tested, Connectify worked like a charm. If you have any problems
like that, check out the help section on the Connectify website.
What
are your thoughts on Connectify? Do you know any other tools that
enable you to share an internet connection with a score of other
devices? Let us know in the comments section below!
Thanks & Regards,
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