Virtual WiFi Technology in Windows 7

After searching for almost a decade, the researchers support from Microsoft has a new technology in Windows 7 called V WiFi (Virtual Wi-Fi). It is a technology that virtualizes the wireless adapter in most wireless adapters, depending on the requirement and make the machine to think that there are many wireless adapter on what it offers the possibility to simultaneously on several Hotshots ie, that a single wireless adapter to act as two, two network adapters in a machine.

Virtual this feature Wi-Fi, it is easier in a mesh network, where each system on the network adapter as a repeater that receives a signal and another, it is another.The Virtual Wi-Fi (VWIFI) feature has been included in Windows 7 for the first time which is in its RC1 Phase of evolution. Although no drivers are reportedly available to take advantage of the feature so this feature is still waiting to come out and play.

Some users wonder why more than one wireless card would be needed inside your computer. There are a very few circumstances where multiple wireless adapters would be needed. For instance, users could connect to one wireless network and use the virtual adapter to turn their machine into a hot spot that other computers could connect to and share the internet access.

Another good usage scenario for the technology would be connecting to a wireless network while also connecting to a wireless ad hoc network at the same time. Istartedsomething reports that supporting Virtual Wi-Fi is going to be a requirement for WLAN drivers sporting the Windows support Certification Logo. The drivers will be coming to add support for the feature.

The feature is described as, “On Windows 7 and later, the operating system installs a virtual device if a Hosted Network capable wireless adapter is present on the machine. This virtual device normally shows up in the “Network Connections Folder” as ‘Wireless Network Connection 2’ with a Device Name of ‘Microsoft Virtual WiFi Miniport adapter’ if the computer has a single wireless network adapter. This virtual device would be used exclusively for performing software access point (SoftAP) connections. The lifetime of this virtual device is tied to the physical wireless adapter. If the physical wireless adapter is disabled, this virtual device will be removed as well.”

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