Solved How to change default Microsoft Virtual WiFi miniport adapter?

codekiddy

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Hi :D
I've enabled Wireless hosted network and ICS using netsh on my Toshiba laptop, so other devices are able now to connect to my Virtual AP and all that works just fine but:

according to the following site
It says:
"There is at most one wireless Hosted Network enabled at any time on the local computer and only one wireless adapter will be used by the wireless Hosted Network. If there is more than one Hosted Network capable wireless adapter, Windows will choose one adapter for use with the wireless Hosted Network"

Well I'm currently having two wirelless adapters on my comp so I have no idea what adaper has windows choose for creating hosted network :confused:

I would like to change that and make shure it chooses an adapter which I want and stop windows in doing things on it's own on my comp.

Thanks alot fo any help!
codekiddy.
 

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Windows 7 Enterprise x64 SP1 Version 6.1 Buil...x64bit AMD Turion(tm) X2 Ultra Dual-Core Mobi...4096 (2048 + 2048) MB, DDR2 RAM (800 MHz), ma...ATI Mobility Radeon™ HD 3650+HyperMemory™(512...
Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
Toshiba Satelite P300D 13J (Short model No: PSPDCE)
OS
Windows 7 Enterprise x64 SP1 Version 6.1 Build 7601
CPU
x64bit AMD Turion(tm) X2 Ultra Dual-Core Mobile ZM-82
Memory
4096 (2048 + 2048) MB, DDR2 RAM (800 MHz), max 8,192 MB
Graphics Card(s)
ATI Mobility Radeon™ HD 3650+HyperMemory™(512MB VRAM+2302MB)
Sound Card
Manufacturer: harman/kardon
Monitor(s) Displays
Generic PnP Monitor (MONITOR\LPLA101)
Screen Resolution
1440 x 900 (19" LCD)
Hard Drives
HDD1: TOSHIBA MK3252GSX ATA Device (IDE 320 GB 5,400 o/min) ,
HDD2: Msft Virtual Disk SCSI Disk Device (Virtual Hard Drive),
HDD3: TOSHIBA MK3263GSX USB Device (USB Mobile HDD) (TakeMS MemLine)
PSU
Batery: technology : lithium-ion
Cooling
integrated cooler + 3x external cooler
Keyboard
USB Logitech S520
Mouse
USB Logitech S520
Internet Speed
WAN: 7,2 Mbit/sec, WLAN: 54 Mbit/sec + Bluetooth®
Some solution

Ok, I found a way to change which virtual adapter will be used to host a network:

1. disable all adapters in network and sharing center
2. now first enable adapter for which you want the virtual wifi to be enabled
3. enable rest of the adapters

while this work just fine I'm having anoher question:
does it make some network performance difference using one or another virtual adapter?

thanks.
 

My Computer My Computer

At a glance

Windows 7 Enterprise x64 SP1 Version 6.1 Buil...x64bit AMD Turion(tm) X2 Ultra Dual-Core Mobi...4096 (2048 + 2048) MB, DDR2 RAM (800 MHz), ma...ATI Mobility Radeon™ HD 3650+HyperMemory™(512...
Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
Toshiba Satelite P300D 13J (Short model No: PSPDCE)
OS
Windows 7 Enterprise x64 SP1 Version 6.1 Build 7601
CPU
x64bit AMD Turion(tm) X2 Ultra Dual-Core Mobile ZM-82
Memory
4096 (2048 + 2048) MB, DDR2 RAM (800 MHz), max 8,192 MB
Graphics Card(s)
ATI Mobility Radeon™ HD 3650+HyperMemory™(512MB VRAM+2302MB)
Sound Card
Manufacturer: harman/kardon
Monitor(s) Displays
Generic PnP Monitor (MONITOR\LPLA101)
Screen Resolution
1440 x 900 (19" LCD)
Hard Drives
HDD1: TOSHIBA MK3252GSX ATA Device (IDE 320 GB 5,400 o/min) ,
HDD2: Msft Virtual Disk SCSI Disk Device (Virtual Hard Drive),
HDD3: TOSHIBA MK3263GSX USB Device (USB Mobile HDD) (TakeMS MemLine)
PSU
Batery: technology : lithium-ion
Cooling
integrated cooler + 3x external cooler
Keyboard
USB Logitech S520
Mouse
USB Logitech S520
Internet Speed
WAN: 7,2 Mbit/sec, WLAN: 54 Mbit/sec + Bluetooth®
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