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EnGenius EUB362 Ext Long Range USB Adapter (802.11b/g)
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simply works
(5 out of 5) by A. Duister on Mar 10, 2006Initially I've decided to install only the driver and not the software. It worked right away on Windows XP SP2 and found many different networks. The average
signal strength is at least 2 bars more than on my internal laptop antenna. And surfing speeds are really good, I suppose also because of the higher transmitting power.
Later, I've installed the driver on a new laptop that already had an internal wifi antenna running on Intel Proset wireless software. However using this software I could not select the external antenna.
Therefore I had to install the software supplied with the adapter, which is recommended by Engenius anyway.
The way I use it now is: both the original Intel and the Engenius software are running.
First, I scan with the internal laptop antenna if I can connect to a network. If this does not work, I connect the external Engenius antenna via a 2 meter usb extension cable, so that I can hang the adapter in the window and run the Engenius software to find a network.
So, If you are using the Windows feature to connect to wifi, you can select more than one adapter, if you are using any other software, such as Intel Proset, you are better of installing the Engenius software to run alongside it.
Bottom line: his adapter will give you the opportunity to be online in more different locations.
signal strength is at least 2 bars more than on my internal laptop antenna. And surfing speeds are really good, I suppose also because of the higher transmitting power.
Later, I've installed the driver on a new laptop that already had an internal wifi antenna running on Intel Proset wireless software. However using this software I could not select the external antenna.
Therefore I had to install the software supplied with the adapter, which is recommended by Engenius anyway.
The way I use it now is: both the original Intel and the Engenius software are running.
First, I scan with the internal laptop antenna if I can connect to a network. If this does not work, I connect the external Engenius antenna via a 2 meter usb extension cable, so that I can hang the adapter in the window and run the Engenius software to find a network.
So, If you are using the Windows feature to connect to wifi, you can select more than one adapter, if you are using any other software, such as Intel Proset, you are better of installing the Engenius software to run alongside it.
Bottom line: his adapter will give you the opportunity to be online in more different locations.
15 of 15 people found the following review helpful:
Great for hotels
(5 out of 5) by Northwest Web Works on Jan 7, 2008 (Vancouver, WA USA)I bought one of these because I often stay in hotels that advertise "free wi-fi" but don't tell you that the signal is useless beyond the lobby. In these circumstances, this booster makes a huge difference - the difference between an unusable signal in your room and a very fast, reliable one. Combined with a 15" antenna, this thing generates a flame-thrower of a signal, in one case improving the signal from 0-1 bars to a steady 4 bars all weekend long. As this precludes the need for a temporary dial-up account, it even pays for itself pretty quickly.
13 of 13 people found the following review helpful:
Excellent performance and range, really useful utility
(5 out of 5) by Ed S. Huckins on Sep 23, 2007 (San Diego, CA USA)Finds and processes weaker signals than any of the other adapters I have tried. Very stable drivers and useful utility. Utility provides the unique feature of selecting signals with the same SSID by MAC address of access point, so that the strongest "linksys on channel 6" doesn't act as a jammer. Just wish the utility worked with Vista. Highly recommended.
9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:
Perfect solution
(5 out of 5) by Am I Dreaming on Jul 8, 2007 (Vancouver, BC Canada)Solves every WiFi connectivity problem in the house. Vast improvement over builtin WiFi interfaces. Can easily be connected to a high-gain antenna for the most difficult situations. Every computer should have one.
10 of 12 people found the following review helpful:
It works
(5 out of 5) by HMI on Apr 28, 2007 (Belleville, Ks. USA)Plugged into 20 feet of active USB cable, duct taped it to an old satellite dish....went from 0-1 bars to 4...(excellent) and picking up 3 more signals. Downloads 20+ mp3's at a time @ sometimes in the 50,000+ kbs range while surfing the net at the same time. It's doing what I wanted very good product.