http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/18/microsofts-virtual-wifi-will-make-windows-7-wireless-adapters-d/ Engadget Comments for http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/18/microsofts-virtual-wifi-will-make-windows-7-wireless-adapters-d/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/18/microsofts-virtual-wifi-will-make-windows-7-wireless-adapters-d/May 18th 2009 8:16AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/18/microsofts-virtual-wifi-will-make-windows-7-wireless-adapters-d/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/18/microsofts-virtual-wifi-will-make-windows-7-wireless-adapters-d/May 18th 2009 8:37AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/18/microsofts-virtual-wifi-will-make-windows-7-wireless-adapters-d/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/18/microsofts-virtual-wifi-will-make-windows-7-wireless-adapters-d/May 18th 2009 8:51AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/18/microsofts-virtual-wifi-will-make-windows-7-wireless-adapters-d/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/18/microsofts-virtual-wifi-will-make-windows-7-wireless-adapters-d/May 18th 2009 1:27PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/18/microsofts-virtual-wifi-will-make-windows-7-wireless-adapters-d/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/18/microsofts-virtual-wifi-will-make-windows-7-wireless-adapters-d/
AFAIK, you would only get more bandwidth by trunking, if the networks you connect to are on non-overlapping channels. I've seen a few tricks done with custom firmware on routers/APs, and the bandwidth you can get from using only one channel is limited.]]>May 18th 2009 3:06PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/18/microsofts-virtual-wifi-will-make-windows-7-wireless-adapters-d/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/18/microsofts-virtual-wifi-will-make-windows-7-wireless-adapters-d/
Good to see they are still working on this.

So I can steal all of my neighbors WiFi connections and funnel them all into Azureus's obscure "Multiple interface routing" option:
http://kakku.wordpress.com/2007/11/03/combine-two-connections-for-a-single-torrent-download-routing-through-multiple-uplinks/
(scroll down a bit)]]>May 18th 2009 4:55PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/18/microsofts-virtual-wifi-will-make-windows-7-wireless-adapters-d/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/18/microsofts-virtual-wifi-will-make-windows-7-wireless-adapters-d/May 19th 2009 2:25PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/18/microsofts-virtual-wifi-will-make-windows-7-wireless-adapters-d/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/18/microsofts-virtual-wifi-will-make-windows-7-wireless-adapters-d/May 18th 2009 8:17AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/18/microsofts-virtual-wifi-will-make-windows-7-wireless-adapters-d/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/18/microsofts-virtual-wifi-will-make-windows-7-wireless-adapters-d/May 18th 2009 8:26AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/18/microsofts-virtual-wifi-will-make-windows-7-wireless-adapters-d/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/18/microsofts-virtual-wifi-will-make-windows-7-wireless-adapters-d/May 18th 2009 9:23AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/18/microsofts-virtual-wifi-will-make-windows-7-wireless-adapters-d/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/18/microsofts-virtual-wifi-will-make-windows-7-wireless-adapters-d/
I have no interest in a fanboy war. How is this MS tech different?

Please stfu FF.]]>May 18th 2009 10:27AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/18/microsofts-virtual-wifi-will-make-windows-7-wireless-adapters-d/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/18/microsofts-virtual-wifi-will-make-windows-7-wireless-adapters-d/
That said, I've been using wireless networks for a while now, and I haven't needed to connect to two networks at once. It's a good start at using virtualisation to bring new features to consumers, but the possibilities go much further than this.]]>May 18th 2009 11:03AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/18/microsofts-virtual-wifi-will-make-windows-7-wireless-adapters-d/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/18/microsofts-virtual-wifi-will-make-windows-7-wireless-adapters-d/May 18th 2009 11:10AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/18/microsofts-virtual-wifi-will-make-windows-7-wireless-adapters-d/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/18/microsofts-virtual-wifi-will-make-windows-7-wireless-adapters-d/This is completely different.

Apple's sharing lets you share your non-WiFi connection over WiFi. So if you have ethernet, you can share your ethernet connection over WiFi. You could also share your WiFi connection over ethernet. I've even shared my Bluetooth connection over WiFi before. But you can only join one WiFi network at a time and you cannot create one WiFi network (acting as a base station) while you join another.

But this new MS sharing would let you join one WiFi network and then share it as another WiFi network. So for example, if you are in a hotel where you are allowed to join one device to a WiFi network, you can then turn around and reshare that as another base station for other device (or people) to join. Or you can join two WiFi networks at once.

MS system is more flexible than Apple's system you speak of. It maybe useful in some situations.]]>May 18th 2009 11:10AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/18/microsofts-virtual-wifi-will-make-windows-7-wireless-adapters-d/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/18/microsofts-virtual-wifi-will-make-windows-7-wireless-adapters-d/This is NOT connection sharing (yes XP had that back in 2001) it is being able to connect to more than 1 network with 1 wifi card.
Could be great if you can combine internet speeds or send a packet to each one to double your bandwidth.
Nice to see a genuine bit of innovation here eh ?

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although, if there is already an access point near by i cant think of why I would want to create another separate wireless network.i guess its good to have the option.


Lets hope there arnt tons of stipulations to make this happen normally.]]>May 18th 2009 8:20AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/18/microsofts-virtual-wifi-will-make-windows-7-wireless-adapters-d/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/18/microsofts-virtual-wifi-will-make-windows-7-wireless-adapters-d/
A great idea.]]>May 18th 2009 8:52AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/18/microsofts-virtual-wifi-will-make-windows-7-wireless-adapters-d/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/18/microsofts-virtual-wifi-will-make-windows-7-wireless-adapters-d/
so then... here's and announcement about something that on one side is not that new and on the other it does work in practice yet... yeah... still not buying Vista or 7 or whatever...]]>May 18th 2009 8:25AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/18/microsofts-virtual-wifi-will-make-windows-7-wireless-adapters-d/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/18/microsofts-virtual-wifi-will-make-windows-7-wireless-adapters-d/May 18th 2009 9:05AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/18/microsofts-virtual-wifi-will-make-windows-7-wireless-adapters-d/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/18/microsofts-virtual-wifi-will-make-windows-7-wireless-adapters-d/
Yes it does take a bit of a speed hit.

Shame you got low-ranked, what you wrote is quite correct.

I didn't read the article so Microsoft's implementation may differ somewhat from what Atheros/madwifi has had under Linux for the past few years, but it sounds broadly similar.]]>May 18th 2009 9:18AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/18/microsofts-virtual-wifi-will-make-windows-7-wireless-adapters-d/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/18/microsofts-virtual-wifi-will-make-windows-7-wireless-adapters-d/May 18th 2009 2:30PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/18/microsofts-virtual-wifi-will-make-windows-7-wireless-adapters-d/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/18/microsofts-virtual-wifi-will-make-windows-7-wireless-adapters-d/
If they're on the same channel, it would act a little more like a switched VLAN. No increase in throughput, but ability to bridge two networks at layer 2 could be worth the trade off.

Of course, now hardware manufacturers have yet another excuse to not build native Linux drivers!]]>May 18th 2009 8:40AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/18/microsofts-virtual-wifi-will-make-windows-7-wireless-adapters-d/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/18/microsofts-virtual-wifi-will-make-windows-7-wireless-adapters-d/May 18th 2009 8:48AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/18/microsofts-virtual-wifi-will-make-windows-7-wireless-adapters-d/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/18/microsofts-virtual-wifi-will-make-windows-7-wireless-adapters-d/May 18th 2009 8:54AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/18/microsofts-virtual-wifi-will-make-windows-7-wireless-adapters-d/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/18/microsofts-virtual-wifi-will-make-windows-7-wireless-adapters-d/May 18th 2009 8:53AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/18/microsofts-virtual-wifi-will-make-windows-7-wireless-adapters-d/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/18/microsofts-virtual-wifi-will-make-windows-7-wireless-adapters-d/May 18th 2009 12:06PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/18/microsofts-virtual-wifi-will-make-windows-7-wireless-adapters-d/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/18/microsofts-virtual-wifi-will-make-windows-7-wireless-adapters-d/May 18th 2009 8:53AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/18/microsofts-virtual-wifi-will-make-windows-7-wireless-adapters-d/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/18/microsofts-virtual-wifi-will-make-windows-7-wireless-adapters-d/May 18th 2009 3:03PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/18/microsofts-virtual-wifi-will-make-windows-7-wireless-adapters-d/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/18/microsofts-virtual-wifi-will-make-windows-7-wireless-adapters-d/May 18th 2009 8:54AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/18/microsofts-virtual-wifi-will-make-windows-7-wireless-adapters-d/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/18/microsofts-virtual-wifi-will-make-windows-7-wireless-adapters-d/May 18th 2009 9:28AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/18/microsofts-virtual-wifi-will-make-windows-7-wireless-adapters-d/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/18/microsofts-virtual-wifi-will-make-windows-7-wireless-adapters-d/May 18th 2009 9:44AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/18/microsofts-virtual-wifi-will-make-windows-7-wireless-adapters-d/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/18/microsofts-virtual-wifi-will-make-windows-7-wireless-adapters-d/May 18th 2009 10:38AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/18/microsofts-virtual-wifi-will-make-windows-7-wireless-adapters-d/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/18/microsofts-virtual-wifi-will-make-windows-7-wireless-adapters-d/Heres an overview: http://www.cnet.com.au/intel-s-my-wi-fi-makes-my-internet-yours-339294335.htm I don't see any jazz in what Microsoft is doing here. Anyone care to explain?]]>May 18th 2009 9:11AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/18/microsofts-virtual-wifi-will-make-windows-7-wireless-adapters-d/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/18/microsofts-virtual-wifi-will-make-windows-7-wireless-adapters-d/I think getting drivers is far more likely than ever having an opportunity to use it. But obviously there are people who will be very glad to have this technology, or Microsoft wouldn't have included it. (Now all I need is something to prevent the wireless network I was using earlier today from going up and down like... a really wavy thing. I actually had to plug a network cable into my laptop for the first time in many many months.)
Oh, and clever title.]]>May 18th 2009 9:25AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/18/microsofts-virtual-wifi-will-make-windows-7-wireless-adapters-d/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/18/microsofts-virtual-wifi-will-make-windows-7-wireless-adapters-d/
Wasn't Apple already doing that for years? At the time I had my iBook G4 and even before I was able to share my internet connection wirelessly. My friend's Ethernet port wasn't working, so I have my iBook connected and shared the Internet over AirPort...

Hum, thinking about it, it was Ethernet-to-Wireless sharing... but I THINK it was working for Wireless-to-Wireless also, isn't it?]]>May 18th 2009 9:26AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/18/microsofts-virtual-wifi-will-make-windows-7-wireless-adapters-d/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/18/microsofts-virtual-wifi-will-make-windows-7-wireless-adapters-d/May 18th 2009 9:28AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/18/microsofts-virtual-wifi-will-make-windows-7-wireless-adapters-d/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/18/microsofts-virtual-wifi-will-make-windows-7-wireless-adapters-d/May 18th 2009 9:29AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/18/microsofts-virtual-wifi-will-make-windows-7-wireless-adapters-d/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/18/microsofts-virtual-wifi-will-make-windows-7-wireless-adapters-d/May 18th 2009 10:55AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/18/microsofts-virtual-wifi-will-make-windows-7-wireless-adapters-d/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/18/microsofts-virtual-wifi-will-make-windows-7-wireless-adapters-d/May 18th 2009 9:42AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/18/microsofts-virtual-wifi-will-make-windows-7-wireless-adapters-d/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/18/microsofts-virtual-wifi-will-make-windows-7-wireless-adapters-d/
Windows 7 FTW!!!!]]>May 18th 2009 9:50AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/18/microsofts-virtual-wifi-will-make-windows-7-wireless-adapters-d/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/18/microsofts-virtual-wifi-will-make-windows-7-wireless-adapters-d/]]>May 18th 2009 9:55AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/18/microsofts-virtual-wifi-will-make-windows-7-wireless-adapters-d/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/18/microsofts-virtual-wifi-will-make-windows-7-wireless-adapters-d/
" Apparently this functionality is indeed included in the latest release candidate, but as there are no drivers currently supporting this feature it's not enabled. Expect the driver situation to change very soon"

-Quote from the article


Did you read the article, you little Steve Jobs' cock sucker???]]>May 18th 2009 10:49AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/18/microsofts-virtual-wifi-will-make-windows-7-wireless-adapters-d/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/18/microsofts-virtual-wifi-will-make-windows-7-wireless-adapters-d/May 18th 2009 11:47AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/18/microsofts-virtual-wifi-will-make-windows-7-wireless-adapters-d/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/18/microsofts-virtual-wifi-will-make-windows-7-wireless-adapters-d/May 18th 2009 10:11AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/18/microsofts-virtual-wifi-will-make-windows-7-wireless-adapters-d/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/18/microsofts-virtual-wifi-will-make-windows-7-wireless-adapters-d/May 18th 2009 7:58PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/18/microsofts-virtual-wifi-will-make-windows-7-wireless-adapters-d/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/18/microsofts-virtual-wifi-will-make-windows-7-wireless-adapters-d/May 18th 2009 10:36AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/18/microsofts-virtual-wifi-will-make-windows-7-wireless-adapters-d/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/18/microsofts-virtual-wifi-will-make-windows-7-wireless-adapters-d/May 18th 2009 10:42AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/18/microsofts-virtual-wifi-will-make-windows-7-wireless-adapters-d/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/18/microsofts-virtual-wifi-will-make-windows-7-wireless-adapters-d/
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