Release Notes - Welcome to Connectify 2.0.1!

Connectify is a free Windows 7 application that turns your Wi-Fi enabled personal computer into a wireless hotspot to share your Internet connection, and create wireless networks on the fly with your friends, co-workers and other devices. Connectify can share Internet connections from Ethernet, tethered cellphones, and even other Wi-Fi networks.

This release turns Connectify into a standard Windows service, which allows users to stop it when it is not needed, and to allow Connectify to run the access point when no one is logged on to the machine. There are also a number of bug fixes, for issues that have been reported with Connectify 2.0.0.

There is still a known issue with Internet connections that act as "PPP Devices" in Windows. This includes certain tethered cell phones and WAN devices. Fixing this issue is now our top priority, but the other fixes and improvments here were worth releasing despite this issue.

For more details, see the Frequently Asked Questions.

Version 2.0.1 - 2.0.1.15550 - June 25, 2010:

Changes since Connectify 2.0.0

• Windows Service: Connectify now runs as a Windows Service, instead of a task under Task Scheduler. This should not only resolve some installation errors, but allow you use to use the Services control panel in Windows to stop and start the service, when it's not needed. Additionally, this means that the access point can be run while no one is logged on, either because they have logged off or because the machine just booted. If the Access Point was running when the machine shut down, then it will automatically start again when it boots.
• Manufacturer Icons: Now have icons and automatic recognition for over 100 device manufacturers. Includes the PlayStation, B&N Nook, and many many more devices.
• Bug fixes:
  • Installation issues: When needed, increment the number of allowed filter drivers to resolve issues seen by users with many virtual machines and VPNs; no longer require the Visual C++ Redistributable libraries.
  • Other issues: Make sure that the PlayStation firewall ports are always open; changed our local domain from "connectify.local" to "connectify" as some implementations of ZeroConf/Avahi/Rendezvous were getting confused; make sure that your Wi-Fi network name shows up in the Network and Sharing Center (instead of the "Unidentified Network" that appeared with 2.0.0).

Version 2.0 - 2.0.0.15387 - June 14, 2010:

Changes since Connectify 1.2

• Automatically picks active Internet connection, no need to select which one to share any more
• Ability to ban specific clients from your network
• Support for more devices, most notably, the Nintendo DSi