WLANController.com Public Beta at WLAN Book.com

August 12th, 2010

WLANController.com Public Beta

by Zaib Kaleem

WLANController.com Public Beta Now Available

WLANController.com public beta is now available. If you haven’t already heard about it, WLAN Controller is a service that leverages your existing Windows based computers for WiFi networking!

We are very excited about this cloud based Wireless LAN (WLAN) controller that can manage soft access points and scanners. We eliminated the need for any new hardware or software by using the WiFi capabilities available in Windows based computers that exist in almost every organization. See the bottom of the post for some very amazing information about Windows 7**.

WLAN Controller Video

Check out video below of me using a Windows Vista computer as a remote WiFi scanner. Pretty cool stuff.

Centrally Manage Windows 7, Vista, XP Soft Access Points and Scanners

The results of our efforts are the WLAN Controller service and client. The WLANController.com dashboard can be accessed from any type of modern browser and we have clients today for Microsoft operating systems (Windows 7, Vista, and XP) and plan to release clients for other operating systems in the near future.

Use the WLANController.com service to:

Create an infinitely scalable WiFi network for work or recreation
Centrally configure and manage hundreds of devices
Run remote wireless scans to discover interfering and rogue access points
Software only solution, zero additional hardware required

Use WLAN Controller client software to:

Convert your Windows 7 computers into WiFi access points and scanners
Convert your Windows Vista and XP computers into WiFi scanners
Access point operates in background with no impact to computer
Share business or home broadband Internet

WLAN Controller Account Request

To get an account during the public beta period do the following.

1) Follow me @wlanbook on Twitter.
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2) Request an invite using our account request form.

Visit http://wlancontroller.com to learn more about the software and service.

**On July 22, 2010 Microsoft reported that they have sold more than 175 million Windows 7 licenses. As of 7/22/10 – Windows 7 is now running on more than 16% of all PCs worldwide and is the fastest selling operating system in history [source].