"Me" wrote in message
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"Glen \"Wiley\" Wilson" wrote:

This may be of interest to Skip and others playing with wireless.
Microsoft is developing a new technology called "Virtual Wi-Fi". It
virtualizes a single wireless card to appear to the user as multiple
cards. Benefits cited:

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This is nothing more than MultiHoming with Multithreading, and MacOS has
been doing it since 10.1.5. When is Billy Gates going to admit, that
hegets most of his ideas from other peoples workproduct.


Me one who wonders.......

According to Apple websites:

- Multihoming is the ability to use all the network interfaces at the same
time, say a wireless connection and a hardwired connection
(http://www.apple.com/lae/powerbook/wireless.html)
- Multithreading is the ability to manage/execute multiple program threads
simultaneously
(http://developer.apple.com/documenta...tithreading/Mu
ltithreading.html)

The virtual WiFi referenced by the OP is the ability to communicate
concurrently with more than one wireless network at the same location.

How is this something Mac OS has been doing since 10.1.5? Multihoming (per
Apple's definition) is something even Win98 could do, so I am surprised to
learn that Macs couldn't do it before 10.1.5.

I may be missing something, so please provide a link/reference to what you
are talking about.

BTW to Glen: Looks like a promising use of WiFi technology, thanks for the
link. May even be a better way to solve the repeater problem, which is
currently being solved ad-hoc by manufacturers (See DLink's AP/Repeater)
until a standard emerges.

Thanks,
Dave.