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IOGear GWF001 Wireless Detector
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Price Range $17 - $120 Featured Merchants
Product Description Now you no longer need to boot up your notebook PC just to find out whether you are near a Hot Spot! IOGEAR's little WiFi HotSpots Explorer is an RF wireless device that detects WiFi 802.11b and 802.11b/g signals. It can capture WiFi signals while avoiding interference from other devices such as 2.4GHz cordless telephones, A/V senders, microwave ovens and Bluetooth devices.
A Lot of Convenience for a Few Dollars!
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Written By marindavid Date Written Dec 14 2007 Summary Walking through malls looking for signs in coffee shop windows announcing "Free Wi-Fi" gets old pretty quickly. There had to be a better way. Now there is and you don't even need to turn on your laptop to see if there is a good signal close by... Strength Inexpensive and does precisely as it claims! Weakness Does not sort secure from unsecure hotspots or pay from free. Bottom Line More and more people with wireless enabled laptops and more and more hotspots, some of which are free. Finding a HotSpot is made a lot easier with this little gadget. Battery cover problem
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Written By nccneon Date Written Sep 20 2007 Summary The device seems to function as advertised. But, I would recommend securing the battery cover with tape or something in addition to the lock-in tabs. I had mine on my keychain for less than a week before the battery cover came up missing, along with... Strength Works as advertised Weakness Battery cover insecure as designed.  |
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