With the development of mobile phones, data consumption has also increased greatly. Although many mobile phones support Wi-Fi, there are very few Wi-Fi hotspots that do not encrypt or know the password. The laptop's wireless network card is working wonders. In some cases, you may need to set up your own WiFi hotspot to share the network connection. Now let’s take a look at how to use Connectify [Official Download] to achieve this.
Maybe there are only one network cable interface in some places (hotels, conference rooms, etc.) but you need to share the network connection with others or other devices. Connectify is free software that enables your Windows 7 computer to achieve this function.
Note: Connectify only works with Windows7 Home and above, Starter is not supported.
Connectify
The installation is simple and convenient. After completion, you can open Connectify through the icon in the taskbar.
In the settings, create a name and login password for your WiFi, and then select the network connection method. The software supports LAN mode, VirtualBox Host-Only mode, wireless network connection and connection only for sharing without access to the network. After the settings are completed, click the Start Hotspot button to create a hotspot.
Now you can see that it is running and you can start using other devices to connect to the network through the hotspot.
Now Connectify is running in Windows 7 environment, we can search it in the wireless network of XP system and connect it.