When you say the term “MiWi” to someone it can have two meanings depending on the context: 1 – It can refer to the MiWi proprietary wireless protocol developed by Microchip Technology that are used for low-level wireless networking tasks, or 2 – More recently it is used to refer to the MiWi 4.0 and newer technologies used to make an Apple iPhone or iPad into a WiFi Hotspot. A classic frustration for iPhone and iPad users has been that in order to use the data that they are already paying for on the Apple devices, the phone companies almost force you to pay for multiple data connections. What most users desire, however, is to only pay for say their iPad to be connected via 3G or 4G connection and then to be able to share this connection with other devices they own. The MiWi 4.0 application allows you to do this.
What Platforms Does MiWi 4.0 Work On?
At the time of this writing, the current version of MiWi was 4.0. The application was redesigned to work on iOS 4 and lets users share the networking connection on a jail-broken iPhone (includes the 2G/3G/3GS/and 4G models) and iPad 3.1.2 or later.
What are the Features of MiWi 4.0?
Some of the features of the MiWi software include:
- The ability to create an iPhone or iPad WiFi hotspot to share an Internet connection across multiple wireless devices.
- Allows you to use USB or Bluetooth tethering on the iPad or iPhone.
- You can use 104 or 40 bit WEP security on your new HotSpot.
- Lets you broadcast the SSID of the HotSpot.
- Uses a significantly less amount of battery and provides a faster connection than other tethering apps through the use of native routing.
- Displays the amount of up and down bandwidth usage for the WiFi or USB tethering.
- Gives you a 3 Day Try before You Buy Trial.
- Lets you adjust the WiFi channel to avoid interference with the new network.
- Makes it easy (one-click) to share an Internet Connection?
Before You Try Out MyWi
Read the small print on the data plan for your phone. I almost made this mistake, which would have cost me a significant chunk of change when I went over bandwidth allotment for my phone for the month! Each carrier and plan is a bit different, and it is highly recommended to check out the small details before you start to do wide-spread sharing of your iPhone or iPad network connection using the MiWi application.
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