Everything is very simple
Firmware version 1.7 official
Install and configure Virtual WiFi
How Virtual WiFi setup looks like in practice: we need a laptop or a regular personal computer with wireless devices, Windows 7 and a driver that supports Virtual WiFi. (There is a high probability that the downloaded wireless adapter driver with Windows Update already has support for Virtual WiFi)
If the conditions described above are met, then we call the command prompt with administrator rights and execute the following command in it:
netsh wlan set hostednetwork mode = allow ssid = "MS Virtual WiFi" key = "Pass for virtual wifi" keyUsage = persistent
In this example, “MS Virtual WiFi” is the name of the wireless network, “Pass for virtual wifi” is the password to access this network (you can specify these values ​​as you like).
After executing this command, the system will find a new hardware, and a new virtual network adapter - Microsoft Virtual WiFi miniport adapter - will appear in the device manager. But, again, this virtual adapter will appear only if we have a wireless adapter driver that supports Virtual WiFi.
Going to the Control Panel - Network and Sharing Center - Changing adapter settings, we will see a new Wireless Network Connection 2 connection, which will show the status - no connection.
Therefore, the next step is to start the network. To do this, on the command line, also running as administrator, execute the command:
netsh wlan start hostednetwork
After that, the network will start, and a software access point (SoftAP) will work, you can verify this by going to the Control Panel - Network and Sharing Center. Since we are already using an internet connection via WiFi, we will find that Windows 7 is connected to several wireless networks simultaneously. Now other wireless devices can connect to our access point.
Post has been editedDhuan - 26.03.10, 21:40Reason for editing: Added firmware version