Wi-Fi Hotspot Utilities
Wireless Internet access can often be taken for granted in today’s increasingly Internet-enabled world. When you and your friends or family are out on vacation or a business trip and find yourself in a place without wi-fi access, your options can seem slim. That’s where software that can turn your device with cellular data access into a wi-fi enabled hotspot comes in!
Apps like Connectify Hotspot will enable people around you to connect to your computer as if it was a Internet-enabled router.
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Connectify Hotspot
With Connectify Hotspot, you can transform your PC into a real WiFi hotspot, and share your computer’s Internet connection as Wi-Fi with any other PC or mobile device.
Virtual Router
Discontinued
The project is no longer developed. Last version, 1.0, released in February 2013, can be still downloaded from CodePlex, but it may not work.
Virtual Router turns any Windows 7 or Windows 2008 R2 computer into a Wifi hotspot using Windows 7 Wireless Hosted Network (Virtual Wifi) technology.
AndroidWifi
Set of batch scripts that can be used on Windows 7 to share your wifi connection with any mobile device. This script is especially made for android mobile devices.
Winhotspot
Warning
may contain malware such as : PUP.Optional.Adtool PUP.Optional.Somoto.A PUP.Optional.Somoto.A (x2) PUP.Optional.DeltaTB PUP.Optional.OpenCandy & may install itself in startup
Win Hotspot is portable WiFi hotspot application has inbuilt WiFi Scanner to list Channel ,Signal % etc. It Also has bandwidth meter and WiFi Repair Tools.
MyPublicWiFi
MyPublicWiFi is an easy-to-use software that turns your laptop/PC into a Wi-Fi wireless access point. Anyone nearby can surf the Internet through your sharing.
OkayFreedom VPN
With OkayFreedom we offer a virtual private network (VPN) that secures your data and allows for full anonymity on the internet.
JoikuSpot
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The official website is no longer available.
Turn your phone to an open WiFi HotSpot.
MyWi
Create a WiFi hotspot with a press of a finger! Wherever you are - you can connect your laptop or other mobile device to the 3G connection of your jailbroken iPhone or iPad.
Virtual Router Plus
Warning
Chrome blocks download from official site. Use Sourceforge download: https://sourceforge.net/projects/virtualrouterpl/
Improvements from Virtual Router : - Works on Windows 8 and Windows 2012- Solved the problem of "Virtual router could not be started"- No installation needed
mHotspot
Bundleware
The installer contains Opencandy. If you want to install it, DECLINE all the other softwares in all the steps of the downloader.
mHotspot is a completely free software which converts your windows 7 & 8 laptop into a virtual wifi router and creates a secure wifi hotspot.
OSToto Hotspot
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The product is no longer available on the company website.
OSToto Hotspot is a free WiFi hotspot creator to turn your Windows laptop, notebook or desktop PC into a sharing WiFi hotspot in seconds. Thus, you can share your wireless internet connection with another computer, iPhone, iPad, Android phone, etc.
WeFi
If youre tired of clicking around trying different Wi-Fi connections to find one that works - You want WeFi.
LibreMesh
LibreMesh is a set of modules extending the OpenWrt router distribution to create self-configuring wireless and wired mesh networks.
My WIFI Router
Discontinued
The official website and the program are no longer available.
My WIFI Router, a free virtual WiFi router software, can convert your Windows XP, 7 & 8 laptop/PC into a WiFi Hotspot with one click.
Baidu WiFi Hotspot
Baidu WiFi Hotspot conveniently turns a computer into a wireless router for sharing both Internet connection and files.