Wi-Fi Hotspot Solution for Noobs (Connectify+SeventhGate)

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Trying to make my notebook a wifi hotspot for my Evo 3D but taking down by the unfriendly Connectify.
It just kept obataining IP address and sometimes it got connected but couldn't open any page due to network error.
I'm just a noob and don't wanna dealing with something advanced like wpa_suppliment blah blah blah. Till then, I found SeventhGate after googling hard.
The steps are so easy like abc. Yeah, that's noob's way. Here are the steps:

1. Install Connectify on your notebook.
2. Activate your notebook network connection (LAN, dial-up modem, etc.) and its wifi.
3. Run Connectify, fill out "Hotspot Name" and "Password" and also choose "Internet" connection mode.
4. Click "Start Hotspot" on Connectify and then just stop it.
5. Download SeventhGate at http://seventhgate.codeplex.com/releases/view/81960 and install it.
6. Run SeventhGate, choose the active "Network Connections" (or one of them if you have more than 1 internet connection) which you want to share via wifi
7. Fill out "Network Name", "Password" (min. 8 characters), and "Clients limit"
8. Click "Start"
9. Activate your Evo 3D wifi, connect to the "Network Name" you've made before and enter the password
10.Happy browsing! with your droid and notebook at once with only one internet connection!


Note:
- If you ask me why I don't uninstall Connectify?
+ Because sometimes SeventhGate can't recognize any active network connection eventhough you've already activated it.
When this occurs, close SeventhGate, run Connectify, "Start Hotspot", after that stop it.
Re-run SeventhGate and the active network connections are available again on the menu.
I don't know why, at least it works.

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Tested with:
HTC Evo 3D GSM x515m, HBoot 007, Revolutionary S-Off,
ROM: mwakious3Drom 5.0.0, ICS 4.0.3 sense 3.6,
stock kernel, Radio:11.73.3504.00U_11.23.3504.09_M2

Network Connection : Prolink dial-up modem with EVDO Rev-A RUIM

Notebook : Acer Aspire 4720z
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Cool and great tut but wpa_supplicant is just w bunch of wifi passwords.

Sent from my Evo 3D on Sprint's blazing fast 3G network with 4G coverage everywhere

This thread makes my head hurt.

Originally Posted by tgruendler

This thread makes my head hurt.

really? really really sorry then for my bad English. I just want to make every step clear enough, I think I've done the opposite. In a nutshell, I can say the point of this thread is just installing Connectify & SeventhGate on notebook, SeventhGate as the main Wi-Fi hotspot program and Connectify as the connection finder, just in case.

Originally Posted by hellianowned

really? really really sorry then for my bad English. I just want to make every step clear enough, I think I've done the opposite. In a nutshell, I can say the point of this thread is just installing Connectify & SeventhGate on notebook, SeventhGate as the main Wi-Fi hotspot program and Connectify as the connection finder, just in case.

So, this thread is about setting up a wifi hotspot on a notebook so you can connect your phone to it? Seems a little a$$ backwards to me and I am guessing that 99.9% of people on this forum will never have to use this as that 99.9 percent have data/wifi for their phone. But, cool solution non the less, I guess.

Originally Posted by tgruendler

So, this thread is about setting up a wifi hotspot on a notebook so you can connect your phone to it? Seems a little a$$ backwards to me and I am guessing that 99.9% of people on this forum will never have to use this as that 99.9 percent have data/wifi for their phone. But, cool solution non the less, I guess.

Absolutely right. In my country (Indonesia), most smartphones are GSM and the data connection can be categorized expensive yet slower than CDMA, I posted this thread to try helping kinda people like in my country dreaming cheap high speed internet, although it lacks mobility.

Originally Posted by hellianowned

Absolutely right. In my country (Indonesia), most smartphones are GSM and the data connection can be categorized expensive yet slower than CDMA, I posted this thread to try helping kinda people like in my country dreaming cheap high speed internet, although it lacks mobility.

Ahh, all good.

Sent from my PG86100 using xda premium

im not sure if u still check this post but im in the same exact situation as u are and im from brunei! sooo im trying ur method out now, as long as this doesnt require enabling ad hoc on my phone then this is what i need! thanks in advanced!

EDIT: i cant detect any active connection with seventhgate

Originally Posted by jkeyz1121

im not sure if u still check this post but im in the same exact situation as u are and im from brunei! sooo im trying ur method out now, as long as this doesnt require enabling ad hoc on my phone then this is what i need! thanks in advanced!

EDIT: i cant detect any active connection with seventhgate

I had problems connecting with "open" network type in connectify. I use the secure "WPA-P2SK" to share using connectify and it works fine om my PC at least.
And there is "Intel My WiFi technology" which works too provided you have a supported hardware.

in that case..you can mhotspot dude..it is PORTABLE

Originally Posted by hellianowned

Trying to make my notebook a wifi hotspot for my Evo 3D but taking down by the unfriendly Connectify.
It just kept obataining IP address and sometimes it got connected but couldn't open any page due to network error.
I'm just a noob and don't wanna dealing with something advanced like wpa_suppliment blah blah blah. Till then, I found SeventhGate after googling hard.
The steps are so easy like abc. Yeah, that's noob's way. Here are the steps:

1. Install Connectify on your notebook.
2. Activate your notebook network connection (LAN, dial-up modem, etc.) and its wifi.
3. Run Connectify, fill out "Hotspot Name" and "Password" and also choose "Internet" connection mode.
4. Click "Start Hotspot" on Connectify and then just stop it.
5. Download SeventhGate at http://seventhgate.codeplex.com/releases/view/81960 and install it.
6. Run SeventhGate, choose the active "Network Connections" (or one of them if you have more than 1 internet connection) which you want to share via wifi
7. Fill out "Network Name", "Password" (min. 8 characters), and "Clients limit"
8. Click "Start"
9. Activate your Evo 3D wifi, connect to the "Network Name" you've made before and enter the password
10.Happy browsing! with your droid and notebook at once with only one internet connection!


Note:
- If you ask me why I don't uninstall Connectify?
+ Because sometimes SeventhGate can't recognize any active network connection eventhough you've already activated it.
When this occurs, close SeventhGate, run Connectify, "Start Hotspot", after that stop it.
Re-run SeventhGate and the active network connections are available again on the menu.
I don't know why, at least it works.

------------------------------------------------------------------
Tested with:
HTC Evo 3D GSM x515m, HBoot 007, Revolutionary S-Off,
ROM: mwakious3Drom 5.0.0, ICS 4.0.3 sense 3.6,
stock kernel, Radio:11.73.3504.00U_11.23.3504.09_M2

Network Connection : Prolink dial-up modem with EVDO Rev-A RUIM

Notebook : Acer Aspire 4720z
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