Mike- In the comments, someone pointed this out:
http://www.cnet.com.au/intel-s-my-wi-fi-makes-my-internet-yours-339294335.htm (My Wifi from Intel), and someone else commented "FINALLY I can play my Nintendo DS online without screwing the rest of my network by turning off WPA." Will be interesting to see what scale this sort of thing gets used, how hard it is for the average joe to understand, and what it means or doesn't mean to those of us trying to keep peace in WLANvilleJ -Lee Lee H. Badman Wireless/Network Engineer Information Technology and Services Syracuse University 315 443-3003 ________________________________ From: The EDUCAUSE Wireless Issues Constituent Group Listserv [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Mike King Sent: Monday, May 18, 2009 9:22 AM To: [email protected] Subject: [WIRELESS-LAN] Windows 7 to include "Virtual Wifi" http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/18/microsofts-virtual-wifi-will-make-windows-7-wireless-adapters-d/ Quote from the article:"The tech lets one piece of WiFi hardware be represented in Windows as two separate adapters, meaning you can connect to two hotspots simultaneously if you like, or turn your virtual device into an access point that others can connect to." This should make the airwaves interesting.. ********** Participation and subscription information for this EDUCAUSE Constituent Group discussion list can be found at http://www.educause.edu/groups/. ********** Participation and subscription information for this EDUCAUSE Constituent Group discussion list can be found at http://www.educause.edu/groups/.
