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Virtual Wifi Router Version 2 Alternatives

Virtual Wifi Router Version 2 is described as 'It can turn your Windows 7 PC (when equipped with a WiFi card) into a WiFi router. Windows 7 has an option to create AdHoc networks but devices like phones and tablets will not be able to connect to this network' and is an app in the network & admin category. There are more than 25 alternatives to Virtual Wifi Router Version 2 for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Linux, Android, BSD and Windows Phone. The best alternative is Connectify Hotspot. It's not free, so if you're looking for a free alternative, you could try Virtual Router Plus or create_ap. Other great apps like Virtual Wifi Router Version 2 are Open Garden, AndroidWifi, mHotspot and hostapd.

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  • Free • Proprietary
  • Windows

It can turn your Windows 7 PC (when equipped with a WiFi card) into a WiFi router. Windows 7 has an option to create AdHoc...

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  1. Connectify Hotspot icon

    Connectify Hotspot

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    • Windows

    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.

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  2. Virtual Router Plus icon

    Virtual Router Plus

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    • Free • Open Source
    • Windows

      Improvements from Virtual Router :

      • Works on Windows 8 and Windows 2012
      • Solved the problem of "Virtual router could not be started"
      • No installation needed
      • Do not start background service so anything is under your control.
      ⚫︎ PortableVirtual Router Plus can be used from a USB stick or similar with no prior installation.
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      Chrome blocks download from official site. Use Sourceforge download: https://sourceforge.net/projects/virtualrouterpl/

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    • create_ap

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      • Free • Open Source
      • Linux

      create_ap - This script creates a NATed or Bridged WiFi Access Point. The create_ap script combines hostapd, dnsmasq and iptables to create a Bridged/NATed Access Point

      ⚫︎ Command line interfacecreate_ap either have CLI support or is a CLI-only app.
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    • Open Garden icon

      Open Garden

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      • Free • Proprietary
      • Mac
      • Windows
      • Android

      Open Garden allows your Android phone to share its Wi-Fi Internet access with others.

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    • AndroidWifi icon

      AndroidWifi

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      • Free • Proprietary
      • Windows
      • Android

      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.

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    • mHotspot icon

      mHotspot

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      • Free • Proprietary
      • Windows
      • Android

      mHotspot is a completely free software which converts your windows 7 & 8 laptop into a virtual wifi router and creates a secure wifi hotspot.

      ⚫︎ PortablemHotspot can be used from a USB stick or similar with no prior installation.
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      Bundleware

      The installer contains Opencandy. If you want to install it, DECLINE all the other softwares in all the steps of the downloader.

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    • hostapd

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      • Free • Open Source
      • Linux
      • BSD

        hostapd is a user space daemon for access point and authentication servers. It implements IEEE 802.11 access point management, IEEE 802.1X/WPA/WPA2/EAP Authenticators, RADIUS client, EAP server, and RADIUS authentication server.

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        Winhotspot

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        • Free • Proprietary
        • Windows

        Win Hotspot is portable WiFi hotspot application has inbuilt WiFi Scanner to list Channel ,Signal % etc.

        ⚫︎ PortableWinhotspot can be used from a USB stick or similar with no prior installation.
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        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

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      • linux-router

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        • Free • Open Source
        • Linux

        A bash script to set Linux as router (NAT) in one command. Provide Internet, or create Wifi hotspot. Support transparent proxy (redsocks). Support IPv6. Restore in one command or by control-c. Forked from create_ap.

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      • Maryfi icon

        Maryfi

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        • Free • Proprietary
        • Windows

        Maryfi is a free and easy to use software router for Windows 7 computers. With Maryfi, users can wirelessly share any Internet connection: a cable modem, a cellular card, or even another Wi-Fi network.

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