HSB1 -AP Hawking Range Extender-Anyone try one? (versus Lnksys)

7 Mar 2005 10:40 PM

pattyjamas

Anyone try the Hawking Range Extender hooked to a Linksys SpeedBooster
Router WRT54GS to boost a signal?

I never tried this but have tried a Linksys Router with SB WRE54GS and
then the untethered Linksys Range Extender WRE54G (which operates as a
repeater/booster with no connection) with success.

They say the Hawking can be configured with different power levels and
such.

I guess I am just seeing if they both are equal or there is the
downside that:
1. Mixing and matching products may not work (Hawking said it should be
fine).
2. That in perhaps a large house (grandparents) that the Hawking would
not cover it and I would need the wireless Linksys version that I could
place ANYWHERE I want (with perhaps a different SSID as well).

Thanks
Patty

7 Mar 2005 11:54 PM

Peter Pan

pattyja***@hotmail.com wrote:
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> Anyone try the Hawking Range Extender hooked to a Linksys SpeedBooster
> Router WRT54GS to boost a signal?
>
> I never tried this but have tried a Linksys Router with SB WRE54GS and
> then the untethered Linksys Range Extender WRE54G (which operates as a
> repeater/booster with no connection) with success.
>
> They say the Hawking can be configured with different power levels and
> such.
>
> I guess I am just seeing if they both are equal or there is the
> downside that:
> 1. Mixing and matching products may not work (Hawking said it should
> be fine).
> 2. That in perhaps a large house (grandparents) that the Hawking would
> not cover it and I would need the wireless Linksys version that I
> could place ANYWHERE I want (with perhaps a different SSID as well).
>
>
> Thanks
> Patty

Did you talk to sales or technical people at hawking, and did they say it
would work in writing? (after all, it's in writing that it will *not* work)

All I can find on the datasheet at:
http://www.hawkingtech.com/images/datasheet/HSB1%20Datasheet%201220LR.pdf

FCC Note: Certified by the FCC to work as a single system with the Hawking
HWBA54G (HWBA54GT) Access Points. More device
certifications pending approval and conformance.

Interestingly enough, they "claim" the hsb1 has been reveiwed and awarded
all sorts of stars by computer magazines, but when you read the actual
articles, they talk about their high-gain ANTENNAS!

I admit to being a skeptic.. I just wonder how all the *other* manufacturers
are limited in the power output by FCC regs, but they claim they have more
power than is allowed by law? (have a headache from that big alarm bell
going off in my brain from the BS detector)...

If you find out how they do these miraculous things, please post here.