http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/02/wi-fire-long-range-wifi-adapter-hands-on-and-impressions/ Engadget Comments for Wi-Fire long-range WiFi adapter hands-on and impressions http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/02/wi-fire-long-range-wifi-adapter-hands-on-and-impressions/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/02/wi-fire-long-range-wifi-adapter-hands-on-and-impressions/Sep 2nd 2009 1:43PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/02/wi-fire-long-range-wifi-adapter-hands-on-and-impressions/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/02/wi-fire-long-range-wifi-adapter-hands-on-and-impressions/Sep 2nd 2009 1:48PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/02/wi-fire-long-range-wifi-adapter-hands-on-and-impressions/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/02/wi-fire-long-range-wifi-adapter-hands-on-and-impressions/Sep 2nd 2009 1:49PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/02/wi-fire-long-range-wifi-adapter-hands-on-and-impressions/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/02/wi-fire-long-range-wifi-adapter-hands-on-and-impressions/Sep 2nd 2009 1:57PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/02/wi-fire-long-range-wifi-adapter-hands-on-and-impressions/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/02/wi-fire-long-range-wifi-adapter-hands-on-and-impressions/ reading

Apparently.]]>Sep 2nd 2009 2:15PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/02/wi-fire-long-range-wifi-adapter-hands-on-and-impressions/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/02/wi-fire-long-range-wifi-adapter-hands-on-and-impressions/Sep 2nd 2009 11:57PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/02/wi-fire-long-range-wifi-adapter-hands-on-and-impressions/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/02/wi-fire-long-range-wifi-adapter-hands-on-and-impressions/@ blueangel - Do you read at all, or just look at the pretty pictures. It says $59.]]>Sep 2nd 2009 1:45PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/02/wi-fire-long-range-wifi-adapter-hands-on-and-impressions/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/02/wi-fire-long-range-wifi-adapter-hands-on-and-impressions/He will be missed. ]]>Sep 2nd 2009 1:51PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/02/wi-fire-long-range-wifi-adapter-hands-on-and-impressions/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/02/wi-fire-long-range-wifi-adapter-hands-on-and-impressions/
That is all.]]>Sep 2nd 2009 7:38PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/02/wi-fire-long-range-wifi-adapter-hands-on-and-impressions/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/02/wi-fire-long-range-wifi-adapter-hands-on-and-impressions/Sep 2nd 2009 1:49PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/02/wi-fire-long-range-wifi-adapter-hands-on-and-impressions/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/02/wi-fire-long-range-wifi-adapter-hands-on-and-impressions/Sep 2nd 2009 2:14PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/02/wi-fire-long-range-wifi-adapter-hands-on-and-impressions/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/02/wi-fire-long-range-wifi-adapter-hands-on-and-impressions/Then, you will have a reason to buy one! ]]>Sep 2nd 2009 2:19PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/02/wi-fire-long-range-wifi-adapter-hands-on-and-impressions/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/02/wi-fire-long-range-wifi-adapter-hands-on-and-impressions/Sep 2nd 2009 1:49PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/02/wi-fire-long-range-wifi-adapter-hands-on-and-impressions/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/02/wi-fire-long-range-wifi-adapter-hands-on-and-impressions/Sep 3rd 2009 8:58AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/02/wi-fire-long-range-wifi-adapter-hands-on-and-impressions/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/02/wi-fire-long-range-wifi-adapter-hands-on-and-impressions/Sep 2nd 2009 1:51PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/02/wi-fire-long-range-wifi-adapter-hands-on-and-impressions/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/02/wi-fire-long-range-wifi-adapter-hands-on-and-impressions/Sep 2nd 2009 2:09PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/02/wi-fire-long-range-wifi-adapter-hands-on-and-impressions/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/02/wi-fire-long-range-wifi-adapter-hands-on-and-impressions/
this IS the wifi antenna you are looking for

http://www.engadget.com/2005/11/15/how-to-build-a-wifi-biquad-dish-antenna/]]>Sep 2nd 2009 2:12PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/02/wi-fire-long-range-wifi-adapter-hands-on-and-impressions/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/02/wi-fire-long-range-wifi-adapter-hands-on-and-impressions/Sep 2nd 2009 2:16PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/02/wi-fire-long-range-wifi-adapter-hands-on-and-impressions/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/02/wi-fire-long-range-wifi-adapter-hands-on-and-impressions/Sep 2nd 2009 3:08PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/02/wi-fire-long-range-wifi-adapter-hands-on-and-impressions/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/02/wi-fire-long-range-wifi-adapter-hands-on-and-impressions/Sep 2nd 2009 10:31PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/02/wi-fire-long-range-wifi-adapter-hands-on-and-impressions/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/02/wi-fire-long-range-wifi-adapter-hands-on-and-impressions/Sep 2nd 2009 2:08PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/02/wi-fire-long-range-wifi-adapter-hands-on-and-impressions/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/02/wi-fire-long-range-wifi-adapter-hands-on-and-impressions/Sep 2nd 2009 3:20PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/02/wi-fire-long-range-wifi-adapter-hands-on-and-impressions/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/02/wi-fire-long-range-wifi-adapter-hands-on-and-impressions/Sep 2nd 2009 4:11PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/02/wi-fire-long-range-wifi-adapter-hands-on-and-impressions/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/02/wi-fire-long-range-wifi-adapter-hands-on-and-impressions/Where to buy?]]>Sep 2nd 2009 2:10PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/02/wi-fire-long-range-wifi-adapter-hands-on-and-impressions/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/02/wi-fire-long-range-wifi-adapter-hands-on-and-impressions/Sep 2nd 2009 2:14PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/02/wi-fire-long-range-wifi-adapter-hands-on-and-impressions/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/02/wi-fire-long-range-wifi-adapter-hands-on-and-impressions/
My girlfriend lives in a neighborhood with ~100 houses, all with wifi, and all VERY close to each other. I'd love to see the readout on the signals received...]]>Sep 2nd 2009 2:32PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/02/wi-fire-long-range-wifi-adapter-hands-on-and-impressions/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/02/wi-fire-long-range-wifi-adapter-hands-on-and-impressions/
https://store.hfield.com/Wi_fire_p/hfwfg200.htm#]]>Sep 2nd 2009 2:16PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/02/wi-fire-long-range-wifi-adapter-hands-on-and-impressions/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/02/wi-fire-long-range-wifi-adapter-hands-on-and-impressions/Sep 2nd 2009 2:18PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/02/wi-fire-long-range-wifi-adapter-hands-on-and-impressions/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/02/wi-fire-long-range-wifi-adapter-hands-on-and-impressions/Sep 2nd 2009 2:29PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/02/wi-fire-long-range-wifi-adapter-hands-on-and-impressions/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/02/wi-fire-long-range-wifi-adapter-hands-on-and-impressions/ 0.]]>Sep 2nd 2009 3:55PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/02/wi-fire-long-range-wifi-adapter-hands-on-and-impressions/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/02/wi-fire-long-range-wifi-adapter-hands-on-and-impressions/ No numbers.]]>Sep 2nd 2009 4:44PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/02/wi-fire-long-range-wifi-adapter-hands-on-and-impressions/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/02/wi-fire-long-range-wifi-adapter-hands-on-and-impressions/Sep 2nd 2009 2:50PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/02/wi-fire-long-range-wifi-adapter-hands-on-and-impressions/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/02/wi-fire-long-range-wifi-adapter-hands-on-and-impressions/Sep 2nd 2009 2:52PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/02/wi-fire-long-range-wifi-adapter-hands-on-and-impressions/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/02/wi-fire-long-range-wifi-adapter-hands-on-and-impressions/"you can use that 50 foot USB extension cable that's currently collecting dust in your attic."



In practice, the USB specification limits the length of a cable between full speed devices to 5 meters (a little under 16 feet 5 inches). For a low speed device the limit is 3 meters (9 feet 10 inches).]]>Sep 2nd 2009 3:06PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/02/wi-fire-long-range-wifi-adapter-hands-on-and-impressions/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/02/wi-fire-long-range-wifi-adapter-hands-on-and-impressions/Sep 2nd 2009 3:36PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/02/wi-fire-long-range-wifi-adapter-hands-on-and-impressions/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/02/wi-fire-long-range-wifi-adapter-hands-on-and-impressions/Sep 2nd 2009 3:46PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/02/wi-fire-long-range-wifi-adapter-hands-on-and-impressions/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/02/wi-fire-long-range-wifi-adapter-hands-on-and-impressions/Sep 2nd 2009 4:13PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/02/wi-fire-long-range-wifi-adapter-hands-on-and-impressions/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/02/wi-fire-long-range-wifi-adapter-hands-on-and-impressions/
Maybe they were referring to the 50' CAT5 cable we all have collecting dust in some corner? ]]>Sep 2nd 2009 4:19PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/02/wi-fire-long-range-wifi-adapter-hands-on-and-impressions/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/02/wi-fire-long-range-wifi-adapter-hands-on-and-impressions/
Also why is high speed able to be longer than slower speed ones, i thought it would be the other way around.


]]>Sep 2nd 2009 4:21PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/02/wi-fire-long-range-wifi-adapter-hands-on-and-impressions/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/02/wi-fire-long-range-wifi-adapter-hands-on-and-impressions/
USB 1.1 specifies low-speed (1.5 Mb/s) and full-speed (12 Mb/s) using essentially identical signaling (3.3V) with no termination, and cable lengths up to 3m. With USB 2.0, LS and FS were kept, and HS (480 Mb/s) was added with 0.4V signals on terminated lines, extending the range to 5m for HS only.

I believe the lack of termination is the principle reason for the 3m limit, but I'm not 100% sure on that.

In reality, since the maximum response time in the spec is equivalent to the total time through the maximum permissible daisy-chain of 5 hubs (at worst-permissible delay) with 5m cables throughout, a typical setup with one or two hubs can use significantly longer cables, frequently limited by losses rather than latency. Of course, you're on your own with anything outside the spec, and I seriously doubt a 50 ft. cable of typical construction would work reliably. Plugging multiple cables (of any length) end-to-end is also bad, because of potential interference and reflections at the connectors.]]>Sep 3rd 2009 2:43AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/02/wi-fire-long-range-wifi-adapter-hands-on-and-impressions/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/02/wi-fire-long-range-wifi-adapter-hands-on-and-impressions/
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Ubuntu installed very, very easily and fast and detected the wireless card no problem and went right out on to my home network with just a pop-up asking for the password. Played around a bit then put a copy of XP 64 on it and it did not have drivers for the card, so I had to download them on another computer and burn them on a CD-RW. I figured it was just XP 64 was crap this way with driver back when i ran it all the time, so I slapped Vista 64 on it and no joy there either. Then I tried Vista 32, XP Home 32 and no driver support at all in any of them. Installed Ubuntu server addition just to see and it was supported right away same as the desktop Ubuntu.

So, overall I would say that asking if something is actually supported under 64 bit windows is about the smartest thing anyone can ask about any hardware. Personally I have two AMD Phenom II/SLi gaming rigs going atm for my son and myself running Vista 64 but driver support for some pretty new hardware forced me to replace many items if I wanted to go 64 bit. ]]>Sep 2nd 2009 6:40PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/02/wi-fire-long-range-wifi-adapter-hands-on-and-impressions/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/02/wi-fire-long-range-wifi-adapter-hands-on-and-impressions/Sep 2nd 2009 3:14PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/02/wi-fire-long-range-wifi-adapter-hands-on-and-impressions/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/02/wi-fire-long-range-wifi-adapter-hands-on-and-impressions/Sep 2nd 2009 3:17PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/02/wi-fire-long-range-wifi-adapter-hands-on-and-impressions/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/02/wi-fire-long-range-wifi-adapter-hands-on-and-impressions/Sep 2nd 2009 3:20PM