Installing The Wifi Utilities; Using The Wi-Fi Share Utility - Gigabyte GA-H77N-WIFI User Manual

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Installing the WIFI Utilities

4-7-1 Using the Wi-Fi Share Utility

The Wi-Fi Share utility allows you to configure how your Wi-Fi/Bluetooth card will act. First it can turn your
computer into a virtual wireless access point (Virtual Router Mode), which allows WiFi-capable computers or
mobile devices to access the Internet through the virtual wireless access point. Second, it can be configured to
let your computer share data to another computer by simply dragging the data from your computer to the target
computer (Wi-Fi Share Mode). Third, it surely can be used as a normal wireless LAN card (Wi-Fi Mode Only).
The Wi-Fi Share utility is supported in Windows 7 only.
After the installation, the Wi-Fi Share icon
appear in the notification area. Right-click this icon to
display configuration options.
Option Descriptions
Option
Manage Wi-Fi Share
Local Share Directory
Mode Choice
Setting
Reset Router
Live Update
Help
About
Exit
Mode Selection
Wi-Fi Share provides three modes for users to select as follows:
A. Virtual Router Mode
The Virtual Router Mode turns your computer into a virtual wireless access point (WAP). Refer to the steps
below for detailed configurations.
Configuring your computer:
Step 1:
Right-click the Wi-Fi Share icon
area and select Mode Choice > Virtual Router Mode
to turn your computer into a virtual wireless AP. Then
select Setting.
will
Description
Opens the Wi-Fi Share Manager
Goes to the directory where shared files are located (Wi-Fi Share Mode)
Selects which mode to operate
Configures further settings depending on the mode selected
Reset the Wi-Fi Share utility
Updates Wi-Fi Share online
Displays the help file
Displays the Wi-Fi Share version
Exits Wi-Fi Share
in the notification
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