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5-4 Using the Wi-Fi/Bluetooth Utilities

5-4-1 Using the Wi-Fi Share Utility

Install the drivers and utilities from the included wireless module driver disk. The Wi-Fi Share utility allows you

tocongurehowyourWi-Fi/Bluetoothcardwillact.Firstitcanturnyourcomputerintoavirtualwirelessaccess

point(Hotspot),whichallowsWiFi-capablecomputersormobiledevicestoaccesstheInternetthroughthe

virtualwirelessaccesspoint.Second,itcanbeconguredtoletyourcomputersharedatatoanothercomputer

bysimplydraggingthedatafromyourcomputertothetargetcomputer(FileTransfer).Third,itsurelycanbe

usedasanormalwirelessLANcard(WiFi).

The Wi-Fi Share utility is supported in Windows

8/7 only.

TouseWi-FiShareforthersttime,clicktheWi-Fi

Share Manager icon on the Startscreen(Windows

8)orlaunchitfromStart\AllApplications(Windows

7).Thenright-clicktheWi-FiShareicon in the

noticationareatodisplaycongurationoptions.

Option Descriptions

Option Description

Manage Wi-Fi Share Opens the Wi-Fi Share Manager

Local Share Directory Goes to the directory where shared les are located (File

Transfer)

Mode Choice Selects which mode to operate

Setting Congures further settings depending on the mode selected

Reset Router Reset the Wi-Fi Share utility

Live Update Updates Wi-Fi Share online

Help Displays the help le

About Displays the Wi-Fi Share version

Exit Exits Wi-Fi Share

Mode Selection

Wi-Fi Share provides three modes for users to select as follows:

A. Hotspot

TheHotspotturnsyourcomputerintoavirtual wireless access point (WAP).Refertothesteps below for

detailedcongurations.

Step 1:

Right-click the Wi-Fi Share icon inthenotication

area and select Mode Choice>Hotspot to turn

your computer into a virtual wireless AP. Then

select Setting.

Conguringyourcomputer:

Gigabyte GA-Z87N-WIFI User Manual

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