Interesting, What does one cost and where did you buy it?
On Fri, 9 Jul 2010 14:51:49 -0400, [email protected] said: > Since macs are getting to be more popular, thought I'd share one USB WiFi > device that is worth adding to your toolkit: > > www.bearextender.com > > Basically the "802.11" apple branded airport cards in mac products are > not > the greatest, for example in my old iBook for example the radio Output > Power: 32 mW (15 dBm) > > To pick up WiFi in the golden Hill network on a consistent basis, the > built in WiFi in apple products isn't the greatest, the D-Link 810+ > ethernet bridge Michael hacked worked great but had problems when the > various nodes in the network didn't have have a way to connect to the > network (i.e. a nearby meraki AP had a strong signal, but didn't have a > direct cable/DSL feed). > > To get around the limitations of the weak radio and apple "software" > issues that make it difficult to select an access point within the GH > network that might not have the strongest signal, but has a direct > cable/DSL feed, can be fixed with a high powered (700 mW) "bear extender" > USB radio/software. > > The software user interface for the USB bear extender, isn't all that > polished when compared the steve jobs approved mac OS which limits user > choices. But any WiFi geek using a mac, the bear extender I a worth while > purchase, because it has a radio that is a magnitude more powerful than > apple's WifI branded "airport" and software that allows a user to pick > which AP they want to connect to. > > See attachment of screenshot that allows user to accomplish a "site > survey" not possible with basic apple hardware/software. > > ben > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ > DISCLAIMER: This is your last chance. After this, > there is no turning back. You take the blue pill > - the story ends, you wake up in your bed and > believe whatever you want to believe. You take > the red pill - you stay in Wonderland and > I show you how deep the rabbit-hole goes. > > http://phaster.com/_peak/_peak_expectations.html > > P.S. during an economic crisis, isn't it > comforting to know that "For every economist, > there exists an equal and opposite economist." > ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ _______________________________________________ SoCalFreeNet.org General Discussion List To unsubscribe, please visit: http://socalfreenet.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss_socalfreenet.org
