http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/18/bearextender-n3-grabs-wifi-from-afar/ Engadget Comments for BearExtender n3 grabs WiFi from afar 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/2010/01/18/bearextender-n3-grabs-wifi-from-afar/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/18/bearextender-n3-grabs-wifi-from-afar/Jan 18th 2010 1:04PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/18/bearextender-n3-grabs-wifi-from-afar/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/18/bearextender-n3-grabs-wifi-from-afar/Jan 18th 2010 1:47PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/18/bearextender-n3-grabs-wifi-from-afar/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/18/bearextender-n3-grabs-wifi-from-afar/
Thanks, I KNEW it was not a computer.

Interestingly the fanboiz have downranked my comment.

]]>Jan 18th 2010 2:07PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/18/bearextender-n3-grabs-wifi-from-afar/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/18/bearextender-n3-grabs-wifi-from-afar/Not just the fanboys. I'm a PC. And I downranked you.]]>Jan 18th 2010 2:44PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/18/bearextender-n3-grabs-wifi-from-afar/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/18/bearextender-n3-grabs-wifi-from-afar/
The original "Macs":

http://www.mcintoshlabs.com/

(all in fun...)

]]>Jan 18th 2010 2:50PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/18/bearextender-n3-grabs-wifi-from-afar/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/18/bearextender-n3-grabs-wifi-from-afar/
A "Mac" is a special type of idiot detector. If the target replies "What is a Mac?" the device makes a note that it has found an idiot.]]>Jan 18th 2010 3:07PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/18/bearextender-n3-grabs-wifi-from-afar/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/18/bearextender-n3-grabs-wifi-from-afar/i actually hit the source page and i was hoping to see how much it costs
oh well when he gets enough sales he might port for windows]]>Jan 18th 2010 8:03PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/18/bearextender-n3-grabs-wifi-from-afar/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/18/bearextender-n3-grabs-wifi-from-afar/Jan 18th 2010 1:05PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/18/bearextender-n3-grabs-wifi-from-afar/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/18/bearextender-n3-grabs-wifi-from-afar/Jan 18th 2010 1:11PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/18/bearextender-n3-grabs-wifi-from-afar/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/18/bearextender-n3-grabs-wifi-from-afar/
Talk for yourself]]>Jan 18th 2010 1:12PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/18/bearextender-n3-grabs-wifi-from-afar/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/18/bearextender-n3-grabs-wifi-from-afar/Jan 18th 2010 1:17PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/18/bearextender-n3-grabs-wifi-from-afar/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/18/bearextender-n3-grabs-wifi-from-afar/Jan 18th 2010 1:17PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/18/bearextender-n3-grabs-wifi-from-afar/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/18/bearextender-n3-grabs-wifi-from-afar/
so YOU'RE the one who beat me to our name! do you know what life's been like for me missing an "o"????]]>Jan 18th 2010 1:26PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/18/bearextender-n3-grabs-wifi-from-afar/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/18/bearextender-n3-grabs-wifi-from-afar/
Yeah, I feel your pain .. "Bob" was taken when I signed up, so I settled for this one.]]>Jan 18th 2010 1:55PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/18/bearextender-n3-grabs-wifi-from-afar/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/18/bearextender-n3-grabs-wifi-from-afar/
Could be worse. I've been to some places where our name is pronounced "Treva" or even more commonly "Travis".

Yeah, that's not the same name people!

And don't call me Surely...]]>Jan 18th 2010 4:59PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/18/bearextender-n3-grabs-wifi-from-afar/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/18/bearextender-n3-grabs-wifi-from-afar/Jan 18th 2010 1:18PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/18/bearextender-n3-grabs-wifi-from-afar/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/18/bearextender-n3-grabs-wifi-from-afar/http://www.hfield.com/the-wi-fire/

It only does wireless G, but it does let you get networks further away than normal, even compared pci solutions that aren't stuck inside the case.

Does this bearextender do wireless n?]]>Jan 18th 2010 1:29PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/18/bearextender-n3-grabs-wifi-from-afar/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/18/bearextender-n3-grabs-wifi-from-afar/Jan 18th 2010 1:22PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/18/bearextender-n3-grabs-wifi-from-afar/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/18/bearextender-n3-grabs-wifi-from-afar/Jan 18th 2010 1:26PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/18/bearextender-n3-grabs-wifi-from-afar/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/18/bearextender-n3-grabs-wifi-from-afar/Jan 18th 2010 1:26PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/18/bearextender-n3-grabs-wifi-from-afar/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/18/bearextender-n3-grabs-wifi-from-afar/Jan 18th 2010 1:31PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/18/bearextender-n3-grabs-wifi-from-afar/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/18/bearextender-n3-grabs-wifi-from-afar/http://www.bearextender.com/rw_common/themes/bearextender_v2/images/header.png]]>Jan 18th 2010 1:33PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/18/bearextender-n3-grabs-wifi-from-afar/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/18/bearextender-n3-grabs-wifi-from-afar/Jan 18th 2010 1:48PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/18/bearextender-n3-grabs-wifi-from-afar/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/18/bearextender-n3-grabs-wifi-from-afar/Jan 18th 2010 4:14PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/18/bearextender-n3-grabs-wifi-from-afar/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/18/bearextender-n3-grabs-wifi-from-afar/
UCLA ripped off Cal's colors, mascot, and fight song almost verbatim in all 3 cases. And not that Cal's football season was particularly great this year, but USC had a HORRENDOUS season which probably won't be much better next year now that Pete Carroll is leaving to go (back) to the NFL.

So like I said, GO BEARS!!]]>Jan 18th 2010 6:37PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/18/bearextender-n3-grabs-wifi-from-afar/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/18/bearextender-n3-grabs-wifi-from-afar/
Go Cougs...I know we suck at sports.]]>Jan 19th 2010 12:47AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/18/bearextender-n3-grabs-wifi-from-afar/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/18/bearextender-n3-grabs-wifi-from-afar/Jan 19th 2010 11:12AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/18/bearextender-n3-grabs-wifi-from-afar/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/18/bearextender-n3-grabs-wifi-from-afar/who the heck would carry around a huge bearextender ?

anyway, Chuck Norris can grab your WiFi signals while sitting in South Korea...^^]]>Jan 18th 2010 1:55PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/18/bearextender-n3-grabs-wifi-from-afar/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/18/bearextender-n3-grabs-wifi-from-afar/Jan 18th 2010 2:30PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/18/bearextender-n3-grabs-wifi-from-afar/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/18/bearextender-n3-grabs-wifi-from-afar/Berkeley, on the north side of Memorial Glade.]]>Jan 18th 2010 2:47PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/18/bearextender-n3-grabs-wifi-from-afar/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/18/bearextender-n3-grabs-wifi-from-afar/Jan 18th 2010 2:35PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/18/bearextender-n3-grabs-wifi-from-afar/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/18/bearextender-n3-grabs-wifi-from-afar/
dude she looks 12 years old]]>Jan 18th 2010 5:45PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/18/bearextender-n3-grabs-wifi-from-afar/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/18/bearextender-n3-grabs-wifi-from-afar/
Gesshhh, no need to wet your pants.]]>Jan 18th 2010 5:49PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/18/bearextender-n3-grabs-wifi-from-afar/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/18/bearextender-n3-grabs-wifi-from-afar/http://www.bearextender.com/files/bearextendern3-memorial-glade-ucberkeley.jpg]]>Jan 18th 2010 11:06PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/18/bearextender-n3-grabs-wifi-from-afar/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/18/bearextender-n3-grabs-wifi-from-afar/
]]>Jan 18th 2010 2:49PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/18/bearextender-n3-grabs-wifi-from-afar/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/18/bearextender-n3-grabs-wifi-from-afar/in my defense they used the word hardcore so that may be what tripped my brain into that mode...]]>Jan 18th 2010 2:56PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/18/bearextender-n3-grabs-wifi-from-afar/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/18/bearextender-n3-grabs-wifi-from-afar/
I highly recommend this product for anyone who would benefit from more range...however take this with a grain of salt that I haven't tried any other competitive products, just the built in wifi on my Macs, PCs, and phones.

And yes, it's not an extender, it's a full USB driven wifi device which also means it would work with a computer that didn't have built-in wifi or where the built-in wifi was broken.

One real bummer about the device is that there's no way of setting the MAC address on it. This sucks in multiple ways. One, you can't use your iPhone's MAC to connect with this at Starbucks for free and more legitimately, you might find yourself paying to connect somewhere and then realizing you need to use this device for a better connection, and being forced to pay again to do so since the network sees you as a new computer because of the different MAC.]]>Jan 18th 2010 3:07PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/18/bearextender-n3-grabs-wifi-from-afar/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/18/bearextender-n3-grabs-wifi-from-afar/
If you have AT&T DSL at home then you can just login on to AT&T wifi networks for free.]]>Jan 18th 2010 4:28PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/18/bearextender-n3-grabs-wifi-from-afar/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/18/bearextender-n3-grabs-wifi-from-afar/
"You must have some faulty Network settings my friend."

I'm not sure why you say that. I get good connectivity with my MacBook Pro and my other computers. However with the BearExtender n3, I'm getting phenomenal connectivity, often connecting just fine when I'm in a room full of people telling me that there's no wifi around.

"If you have AT&T DSL at home then you can just login on to AT&T wifi networks for free."

I don't because other than that particular feature, AT&T DSL really sucks compared to other options in my area. However, with the n3, I can be out on my boat and be connected to a Starbucks, except for the fact that I can't spoof the MAC address to that of my iPhone.]]>Jan 18th 2010 11:30PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/18/bearextender-n3-grabs-wifi-from-afar/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/18/bearextender-n3-grabs-wifi-from-afar/Jan 18th 2010 4:27PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/18/bearextender-n3-grabs-wifi-from-afar/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/18/bearextender-n3-grabs-wifi-from-afar/
For all I care, $35 is cheaper, the Alfa more powerful but it probably looks a bit uglier...]]>Jan 18th 2010 4:31PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/18/bearextender-n3-grabs-wifi-from-afar/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/18/bearextender-n3-grabs-wifi-from-afar/Jan 18th 2010 5:41PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/18/bearextender-n3-grabs-wifi-from-afar/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/18/bearextender-n3-grabs-wifi-from-afar/Jan 18th 2010 5:51PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/18/bearextender-n3-grabs-wifi-from-afar/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/18/bearextender-n3-grabs-wifi-from-afar/Jan 18th 2010 7:30PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/18/bearextender-n3-grabs-wifi-from-afar/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/18/bearextender-n3-grabs-wifi-from-afar/Jan 18th 2010 7:51PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/18/bearextender-n3-grabs-wifi-from-afar/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/18/bearextender-n3-grabs-wifi-from-afar/Jan 18th 2010 8:00PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/18/bearextender-n3-grabs-wifi-from-afar/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/18/bearextender-n3-grabs-wifi-from-afar/5 stars for 5 bars!!]]>Jan 18th 2010 11:47PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/18/bearextender-n3-grabs-wifi-from-afar/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/18/bearextender-n3-grabs-wifi-from-afar/Jan 19th 2010 12:15AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/18/bearextender-n3-grabs-wifi-from-afar/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/18/bearextender-n3-grabs-wifi-from-afar/
Thanks for the tip man!]]>Jan 19th 2010 3:06AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/18/bearextender-n3-grabs-wifi-from-afar/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/18/bearextender-n3-grabs-wifi-from-afar/with a 14dbi aerial

£25.96

plus 'yum -y install macchanger'

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