Upgrade to Connectify v3.0 and Get More From 'Clients/Services' Tabs!

We’re always listening to what features Connectify users want to see implemented into upcoming releases. With the latest major version of Connectify being released next week, our development team has added several useful features that Connectify users themselves have requested. If you’re interested in trying out these new features and updates, you can take advantage of our pre-launch offer, which gets you a full one-year Connecitfy Pro v3.0 license at $14.99 (half-off the retail cost).

One of the coolest new features gives Connectify users the ability to see, interact, and control access-level of the various devices connected to your Connectify Hotspot.

Before you get started, you'll want to click on the Connectify ‘hand’ icon at the top-left corner of the user interface to access the Connectify Menu, click ‘Display Options’, and make sure that ‘Always Show Access Icons’ is checked. Now, click on the “Clients” tab where all connected computers, smartphones, tablets, and any other devices will appear, along with an IP address and descriptive icon (when Connectify is able to determine what type of device is connected). To the right of each device, you’ll see four icons which allow you to do as follows (clockwise from top-left):

• Globe Icon: Disable Internet access for the particular device, while still allowing for local access.
  
  
• Refresh Services Icon: Allows user to manually refresh the services running on an individual client.
  
  
• Available Services Icon: Shows users the number of available services that are currently running on the client device. The Available Services Icon can be refreshed by simply clicking the Refresh Services Icon directly above it.
  
  
• LAN Icon: Allows user to enable or disable local area network (LAN) connection between the host and client. When the LAN Icon is disabled, client devices will still have Internet access unless the ‘Globe Icon’ is also disabled.
  
  

With Connectify v3.0, now you can control which client users/devices can access Internet through the Connectify Hotspot, and which can access the LAN only. This feature adds a strong measure of security, where you can allow client access to your Internet without compromising your local data. You can even totally block certain clients by disabling both the LAN Icon and Globe Icon.

In addition to seeing what devices are connected to your Connectify Hotspot, the pro version of Connectify automatically scans your network for available shared folders or drives, web servers, and other remote services and provides you with options to easily connect. We like to call this the “Scannify” function, named after our popular port-scanning Android app. To do so, just click on the “Services” tab in the Connectify application, where a list of available services will be listed. To launch any service, simply double-click on it and Connectify does the rest!

To upgrade to Connectify Pro v3.0 at a special one week only pre-launch price of $14.99, simply follow this link to the Connectify Store: https://sites.fastspring.com/connectify/instant/connectifyprelaunch

Introducing Connectify Pro v3.0 Beta!

New Connectify 3.0 Beta 3 (Public) Installer and FREE Two-Week License: 

http://goo.gl/YLlJK

*please complete the beta survey once you've assessed the latest beta*

Connectify is a Windows 7 application that turns your laptop or home computer into a real Wi-Fi hotspot to share the Internet with friends, co-workers, and mobile devices.

Starting with Connectify version 3.0, we are pleased to announce our very first, value-added premium offering, Connectify Pro. The Pro version builds on the Connectify architecture, and offers support for automatically selecting Internet connections, scanning your network for services such as shared drives, and using PPIP wireless cards (such as Gobi-based cards).

Connectify Pro v3.0.0.20285 Features:

• Automatic Internet Selection: Connectify intelligently chooses which Internet connection to share! When set to “Automatic,” Connectify automatically detects your active Internet connection and makes necessary configuration changes to your hotspot.

• Service Discovery:  In the all-new Services tab, Connectify will automatically scan your network for available shared folders or drives, web servers, and other remote services and provide you with options to easily connect.  
• Support for PPIP and Qualcomm Gobi cards:  Connectify Pro now supports sharing Internet from Qualcomm Gobi based 3G cards.
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 New Features in both Free and Pro versions:

• Faster performance:  30% higher throughput when sharing fast Internet connections.
• Improved Device Identification: Improved detection of XBox 360s and certain Motorola devices.
• Completely new UPnP implementation:  Improved performance, no spurious warnings.  Fully tested with Xbox 360 (PlayStation 3 sees Connectify as Type 3 NAT. This issue is expected to be resolved in an upcoming Beta).
• All new tabbed User Interface
• Intelligent warnings when hotspot starts without Internet Connection (New in this Beta)
• Resizable User Interface: grab the top or bottom and resize UI to preferred height. (New in this Beta)
• New, clearer Status Area across top of UI. (New in this Beta)
• Easily access the Connectify Menu by clicking on logo next to the Start / Stop button. (New in this Beta)

Fixes and Updates:  

• Service startup on boot
• Support for multi-monitor setups where the taskbar is not on the primary monitor.
• Fixes to UPnP and fragmented packet handling to improve gaming and streaming video over Connectify. (New in this Beta)
• New algorithm for choosing IP address of hotspot improves compatibility with iOS devices. (New in this Beta)
• Uninstaller now requests error report. (New in this Beta)
• New About screen thanks all open-source projects utilized by Connectify. (New in this Beta)
• Users that are experiencing Blue Screen of Death (BSoD) issues, are encouraged to follow the steps outlined below, as Microsoft has issued two hot-fixes for related issues.  One of the fixes has been included in Service Pack 1, and the other was not, so users must download and install both separately.
  
  To get the up-to-date fixes from Microsoft:

1. Install Windows 7, Service Pack 1.  Here are Microsoft's instruction on how to check if you already have it, and how to install if you don't: http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows7/learn-how-to-install-windows-7-service-pack-1-sp1

2. Download and install the Hotfix for KB2496820 (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2496820) from: http://support.microsoft.com/hotfix/KBHotfix.aspx?kbnum=2496820&kbln=en-us

Connectify 2.2.0 is Here!

We are pleased to announce the release of Connectify 2.2.0, available now on download.com.

Connectify is a free Windows 7 application that turns your laptop or home computer into a real Wi-Fi hotspot to share the Internet with friends, co-workers, and mobile devices. Connectify allows you to take any available Internet connection and share it wirelessly with no additional hardware, wires, plugs, or chargers.

Download Connectify 2.2.0 today, and enjoy support for more VPN software, updated look-and-feel, better memory and resource handling, and much more!

New features in version 2.2.0.18566 include:
• Updated look-and-feel
• Installer should no longer be incorrectly flagged by Microsoft Security Essentials
• Fixed Windows XP SP3 clients not receiving DNS addresses (caused by a Windows bug)
• Fixed handling of incorrect DNS NXDomain from some name servers
• Support for more VPN software (OpenVPN)
• Better memory and resource handling, especially while using UPnP
• More icons and names for vendors

Announcing Connectify v1.2!

We are proud to announce the official release of Connectify v1.2!

In addition to numerous bug fixes, new features include:

• Improved Ad Hoc Support: By popular demand, Ad Hoc now supports "Open" (no encryption) mode
• Connectify Easy Setup Wizard: Connectify gets even easier to start with thanks to our new simple to use wizard walks you through your first setup of your network, and helps explain the process and options.
• Improved User Interface: The Connectify window stays visible until you minimize it (so you can keep it up to watch devices connect, if you desire), and there are improved messages and tool tips throughout the program.
• More Statistics: The tool tip on the Clients now reveal even more information: how many times the device has connected, the total time that they've been connected, and their MAC addresses.

We hope you enjoy it. From Connectify, you can click on the menu and select “Check for Updates,” or you can go straight to our homepage.