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QuickView: Canary Wireless Digital Hotspotter

Some people think WLAN detectors are a must-have buy, while others think they're just expensive toys. But since Canary Wireless' Digital Hotspotter is the first such device to provide more than just signal level info, some naysayers just may have to rethink their position.

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QuickView: Linksys WCF54G Wireless-G Compact Flash Card

The wait is over for wireless networkers who have been waiting for an 802.11g card for their PDAs. If your PocketPC has a CompactFlash slot, the Linksys WCF54G will get you on the air quickly and we found wireless speed improvement to be better than expected.

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HeadToHead: 3Com Office Connect vs. NETGEAR Wireless 54Mbps Travel Routers

Who would have thought that the ability to set up a shared wireless LAN in a hotel room would be so popular? Apparently 3Com and NETGEAR did and turned to a common OEM to produce the first 802.11g miniature wireless routers. We take a detailed look at what sets these two separated-at-birth twins apart.

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QuickView: BuffaloTech 54 Mbps Wireless USB 2.0 Keychain Adapter

Now that the novelty of "flash key" sized wireless adapters has worn off, manufacturers are faced with coming up with other ways to make their products stand out. Buffalo Technology's WLI-U2-KG54-AI has a unique approach that may be attractive to the less-organized among us.

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Linksys WET54GS5 Wireless-G Ethernet Bridge with 5-port switch reviewed

You might be tempted to think that Linksys' WET54GS5 Wireless-G Ethernet Bridge with 5-port switch is just a WET54G with a slightly-overpriced 10/100 switch built in... but you'd be wrong. There's much, much more to this first-in-category product, including ways to make bandwidth hogs behave!

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Linksys WRE54G Wireless-G Range Expander reviewed

Linksys' Wireless-G Range Expander pitches itself as a painless way to expand your wireless network's range. Unfortunately, we found it to be an interesting concept, but deliver far short of its promises.

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Buffalo Tech WLA2-G54 Repeater Bridge reviewed

Buffalo Technology's WLA2-G54 AirStation 54Mbps Wireless Compact Repeater Bridge packs a lot of features into a tiny box. Its name is a little misleading, so read our review and learn all that this little wonder will do!

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SMC Barricade g High-Powered 2.4GHz 54Mbps Wireless Broadband Router with USB Print Server reviewed

SMC's 'high powered' 802.11g router has a lot to offer and differentiates itself from the pack by including a USB print server. But though the easy things were easy, some of the advanced features may require a little work to figure out.

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ZyXEL ZyAIR G-2000 802.11g Wireless 4-port Router reviewed

Most 802.11g routers battle to differentiate themselves by touting high speeds that most users will never achieve in real-life use. ZyXEL's G-2000 802.11g router takes a different approach by including a built-in user authentication feature that can add real value to home and small business users.

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Quick View: GIGABYTE GN-A17GU 802.11g Wireless Access Point

GIGABYTE Technology has decided to join the ranks of companies trying to eke out a decent business pursuing the rapidly decreasing margins in consumer Networking products. Their GN-A17GU 11g Access Point turned in decent performance, but left us wondering how GIGABYTE plans to gain market share with me-too, hard-to-find networking products.

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Quick View: SanDisk SD Wi-Fi card w/ Zire 71 support

It took eight months, and two backpedals on schedule and supported OSes, but SanDisk finally has added PalmOS support to its SD 802.11b card. The good news is that it works. The bad...well, you'd best read our Quick View to find out the whole story.

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AirMagnet Surveyor reviewed

Up until now, being tapped to perform a wireless LAN survey might make you wonder what you did to get onto your boss' "favorites" list. But no more. Though AirMagnet's Surveyor site survey product can't eliminate all the walking around, it streamlines data gathering and produces reports that even your Mom could understand.