Hawking WI-FI Locater Info

25 Mar 2005 2:15 PM

Teddybare

Has anyone tried the locater? If you have, how good is it? I think the
one I bought is defective.

27 Mar 2005 2:01 PM

Roughrider50

"Teddybare" <wlind***@konnections.net> wrote in message
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> Has anyone tried the locater? If you have, how good is it? I think the
> one I bought is defective.

Haven't used the Hawking but have used the kensington. similar setup but the
Hawking looks a lot slicker with the flip open antenna. My main issue with
these devices is that only tell the strength of the signal, nothing else.
The one I use now (http://www.canarywireless.com/) tells you whether the
network is open, the name of the network, the strength & the channel. I like
to know if I have somewhat of a chance to access before I boot up my laptop.
So far its worked great though it is a battery hog.

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28 Mar 2005 5:27 AM

Teddybare

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"Roughrider50" <corky***@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> "Teddybare" <wlind***@konnections.net> wrote in message
> news:114877tdek80010@corp.supernews.com...
>> Has anyone tried the locater? If you have, how good is it? I think
>> the one I bought is defective.
>
> Haven't used the Hawking but have used the kensington. similar setup but
> the Hawking looks a lot slicker with the flip open antenna. My main issue
> with these devices is that only tell the strength of the signal, nothing
> else. The one I use now (http://www.canarywireless.com/) tells you whether
> the network is open, the name of the network, the strength & the channel.
> I like to know if I have somewhat of a chance to access before I boot up
> my laptop. So far its worked great though it is a battery hog.
>
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> Roughrider50
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The one I had was defective, Compusa exchanged it for one that works fine.
Now I get 5 bars
at my desk.

Teddybare