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January 18th, 2010, 18:05
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We've seen a few WiFi extenders (http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/24/buffalos-usb-wifi-adapter-boosts-range-210/) in our day (http://www.engadget.com/2005/08/18/bountiful-router-extends-wifi-range-up-to-1-200-feet/), but the BearExtender n3 has a few critical advantages over the rest: it's cheap, effective, and, uh, legal (http://www.engadget.com/2005/07/25/wifi-cantennas-now-illegal/). The $45 external WiFi adapter for Macs was developed by Rolan Saekow, a Berkeley grad who wanted access to the campus "Airbears" network from wherever he was -- and it seems to do the trick, as TUAW's informal testing revealed stronger signals and higher throughput when using the BearExtender over internal WiFI. Sure, it's a little bulky, but that just makes you look hardcore, right?BearExtender n3 grabs WiFi from afar (http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/18/bearextender-n3-grabs-wifi-from-afar/) originally appeared on Engadget (http://www.engadget.com) on Mon, 18 Jan 2010 13:02:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds (http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/).
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We've seen a few WiFi extenders (http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/24/buffalos-usb-wifi-adapter-boosts-range-210/) in our day (http://www.engadget.com/2005/08/18/bountiful-router-extends-wifi-range-up-to-1-200-feet/), but the BearExtender n3 has a few critical advantages over the rest: it's cheap, effective, and, uh, legal (http://www.engadget.com/2005/07/25/wifi-cantennas-now-illegal/). The $45 external WiFi adapter for Macs was developed by Rolan Saekow, a Berkeley grad who wanted access to the campus "Airbears" network from wherever he was -- and it seems to do the trick, as TUAW's informal testing revealed stronger signals and higher throughput when using the BearExtender over internal WiFI. Sure, it's a little bulky, but that just makes you look hardcore, right?BearExtender n3 grabs WiFi from afar (http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/18/bearextender-n3-grabs-wifi-from-afar/) originally appeared on Engadget (http://www.engadget.com) on Mon, 18 Jan 2010 13:02:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds (http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/).
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