Virtual wifi in windows 7

[Chinmoy]

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Long age, when HT technology was introduced, it revolutionized the way the Operating System uses the CPU. It emulates a single core into multiple ones allowing different processes to take control seperately, thereby allowing effective usage. Now its turn for the wifi adapter. Microsoft has been working on something similar for wireless networks from 2002 and has finally introduced a virtual wifi system in windows 7.

With this advancement, we can use a single wifi adapter on a system, divided into multiple connections. Here are some advantages with this new feature ::

* Our adapter is divided into multiple ones, so what next? Exactly as you guessed. We can connect to more than one hotspots at a single time.
* Virtual wifi is based on the mesh network technology in which every client is also a repeater.
* As reception becomes more powerful, the largest constrain-the area of coverage for the network can also increase.
* As your network adapter is divided into multiple virtual networks, some of the virtual networks can also act as a repeater in a network, simply passing on signals to other computers thereby increasing speed considerably.
* As for using this feature, hardware vendors need to make minor changes to their drivers for the system to work.

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[BlaineSch]

Wow thats hot - windows seems to be doing alright ^-^

[Jordan]

That is a neat feature. I can't say that I've ever been in a situation where I wanted to be connected to two networks but hey, at least I'll have the option sometime soon.

[BlaineSch]

I always figured it would be a good idea - if your connected to two then the chance of not having a signal would be scarce - especially when your using wifi instead of a real connection. lol

[TkTech]

The technology already exists... it's called MIMO. Although this is a much more interesting approach While you may be able to connect to more then one/two networks, your bandwith isn't increasing. In fact, the rapid context switch between networks thats likely occurring will _reduce_ your speed if your already getting a good connection from one. One network 802.11g? The other 802.11N? Your going to have to load another driver (and knowing Microsoft you'll have to for the same protocol anyways). And 'minor' changes? Bite my shinny metal ass if you think thats true.

[Chinmoy]

well, its not just connecting to more than one network. Your inactive hardware can also act as a router forwarding signals to the boundary, enhancing reception!!! Is that not great?

[TcM]

Well, I like this feature. It's good to enhance reception.