We just today bought a second laptop for our fulltiming adventure and it came with Windows 7. Our other laptop has Vista.
We have US Cellular cell service which tethers to our laptop for internet. We've been very satisfied with it so far although we haven't traveled too much. There is not a router specifically for US Cellular. The 3G store told me they thought the Cradle Point would work with my phone, but if not, I would have to return it and pay for return shipping.
Today I read on this forum that you can use Windows 7 as a hot spot. I googled how to do it and found some confusing (for me) information. Can anyone tell me exactly how it works and how to set it up? I'm not very technically savvy, but I can follow instructions pretty well
If this would work, I would be super thrilled!!!
tallan said
04:23 PM May 17, 2010
I use the simple program "Connectify." It works awesome. Just download and start start sharing.http://connectify.me/ OR you can set up a home network through windows seven and others with windows seven can share your internet. Windows seven is great. Let me know if you need more help.
Troy
K & E said
01:39 PM Jun 12, 2010
I wanted to update on our Wi-Fi problems. It turns out the problem was with our internet provider, US Cellular. We have been long-time customers and had the internet option of tethering the phone to the laptop for internet. This worked great until we got a 2nd laptop and wanted Wi-Fi in the camper.
I tried using the Windows 7 on the new laptop. That didn't work. I ordered a Cradlepoint from the 3G store and that didn't work.
Finally, I ordered a Verizon USB760 modem from the 3G store. The lease cost was a one-time fee of $59.95 and $49.99 a month for the internet service. I am happy to say we have Wi-Fi in the camper!!
I was able to plug the modem into the Windows 7 laptop and download the connectify.me program for wi-fi. My Vista laptop will connect and we now both have internet.
The modem is a limited time offer from the 3G store at this monthly price. There is no contract, it is a month to month arrangment.
I thought this information might help anyone else trying to use more than one computer on the internet.
dreamjosie said
04:15 PM Jun 17, 2010
Troy,
I tried to use Connectify on my Windows 7 laptop to create a hot-spot. I have my Droid tethered to my laptop using PDAnet. I installed the Connectify on my laptop and tried to configure it so that I could share the internet on my computer with my husband on his laptop with Vista.
He can connect to my hotspot but it says "local only" and he can't get onto the internet. What am I doing wrong? By the way, the only two modes I can configure on the connectify are Ad-Hoc, either WEP or Open. I cannot choose Access Point WPA2.
Help!
-- Edited by dreamjosie on Thursday 17th of June 2010 04:16:20 PM
jamesbrush said
12:12 AM Jul 7, 2010
Have you ask your service provider for the manual settings.
Luvglass said
05:58 AM Jul 7, 2010
Connectify told Jo that the problem was that the program only works with certain USB wireless network adaptors and that she should look into getting a newer one. We did that and it still wouldn't work.
When she reported this to Connectify they said to try an older version of the program, since different updates worked with different adaptors.
We tried this and lo and behold, we now have a working hot spot.
All's well that ends well, but it was pretty discouraging there for a while.
K & E said
05:41 PM Jul 7, 2010
Fred: We had been using Connectify without any problems with our Verizon USB modem. A few weeks ago it suddenly stopped working. The internet on our Windows 7 was also running very slow so I thought it was a problem with the computer. I took it back to Best Buy. They ran a bunch of diagnostic tests and said it was fine.
Today I discovered that Connectify posted a message a few days ago stating that the new version wasn't working for some USB modems. I uninstalled it and reinstalled the older version.
Low and behold, it works again. This internet thing has been extremely frustrating. Hopefully, it will all work well for at least a while. I'm sick of continuously trying to figure out what's wrong.
We just today bought a second laptop for our fulltiming adventure and it came with Windows 7. Our other laptop has Vista.
We have US Cellular cell service which tethers to our laptop for internet. We've been very satisfied with it so far although we haven't traveled too much. There is not a router specifically for US Cellular. The 3G store told me they thought the Cradle Point would work with my phone, but if not, I would have to return it and pay for return shipping.
Today I read on this forum that you can use Windows 7 as a hot spot. I googled how to do it and found some confusing (for me) information. Can anyone tell me exactly how it works and how to set it up? I'm not very technically savvy, but I can follow instructions pretty well
If this would work, I would be super thrilled!!!
I tried using the Windows 7 on the new laptop. That didn't work. I ordered a Cradlepoint from the 3G store and that didn't work.
Finally, I ordered a Verizon USB760 modem from the 3G store. The lease cost was a one-time fee of $59.95 and $49.99 a month for the internet service. I am happy to say we have Wi-Fi in the camper!!
I was able to plug the modem into the Windows 7 laptop and download the connectify.me program for wi-fi. My Vista laptop will connect and we now both have internet.
The modem is a limited time offer from the 3G store at this monthly price. There is no contract, it is a month to month arrangment.
I thought this information might help anyone else trying to use more than one computer on the internet.
I tried to use Connectify on my Windows 7 laptop to create a hot-spot. I have my Droid tethered to my laptop using PDAnet. I installed the Connectify on my laptop and tried to configure it so that I could share the internet on my computer with my husband on his laptop with Vista.
He can connect to my hotspot but it says "local only" and he can't get onto the internet. What am I doing wrong? By the way, the only two modes I can configure on the connectify are Ad-Hoc, either WEP or Open. I cannot choose Access Point WPA2.
Help!
-- Edited by dreamjosie on Thursday 17th of June 2010 04:16:20 PM
Today I discovered that Connectify posted a message a few days ago stating that the new version wasn't working for some USB modems. I uninstalled it and reinstalled the older version.
Low and behold, it works again. This internet thing has been extremely frustrating. Hopefully, it will all work well for at least a while. I'm sick of continuously trying to figure out what's wrong.
We do love our internet