June 2009 - Posts

How to get wi-fi network connectivity using Hyper-V

  1. Create a new Local Network with Virtual Network Manager (name it Hyper-V, for example)
  2. In the VHD, run msconfig.exe, in the Boot tab, click the Advanced options button, and select the Detect HAL option.
  3. Reboot the VM, reinstall the integration services and reboot again. Now you should get the new network adapter detected.
  4. Use ICS on the wi-fi network and select the local network Hyper-V as the one to share the connection with.
  5. To allow VPN access, you need to open a port (GRE) in the windows firewall as explained in http://help.wugnet.com/vista/VPN-server-configured-Generic-Routing-Encapsulatio-ftopict116489.html

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Live Mesh as an application platform

The potential

You surely read quite a bit about Live Mesh. Oran Dennison has number of very technical and insightful posts on various aspects of the underlying platform.

Recently, we run an internal prototype to  build an application on top of Live Mesh. I’m not talking about the kind of the typically showcased consumer-centric application where it’s all about sharing my personal photos, apps and videos with friends and family. I’m talking about a typical app for collaboration, involving group discussions (conversation-oriented like gmail), chat and shared calendar. Think about the aspects of Groove that are missing today from Live Mesh :)....

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