Microsoft Research Ships Wi-Fi Tool

By Nate Mook | Published October 18, 2005, 12:49 PM

Engineers at Microsoft Research have released a new software tool that enables a computer to connect to multiple Wi-Fi networks simultaneously. With VirtualWiFi, a single wireless card can appear multiple virtual WLAN cards. A user can then configure each to link to a different access point, computer or other device.

The application, which is a prototype project, could also be useful for network diagnostics and expanding the capacity of ad-hoc wireless networks. The 1.0 release of the software does not yet support WEP and has been designed to work with Windows XP. Download VirtualWiFi 1.0 from FileForum.

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GoodThings2Life

Oct 18, 2005 - 7:13 PM

I don't usually connect to more than one at a time, but I do like the thought of having multiple adapters setup to connect to each network and then using it as I travel from point to point... especially for diagnostics.

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hfshultz

Oct 18, 2005 - 3:47 PM

Could this work as a wifi bridge or repeater??? I'll have to test this.

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wincement

Oct 18, 2005 - 3:04 PM

That's pretty cool. I can't see this being used too often, but I can remember a couple times when this functionality would have been helpful.

Very nice.

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