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Hawking HWREG1 Wireless G Range Extender | List Price: $99.00
Discount Price: $66.55
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Brand: Hawking Technology
Binding: Electronics
Features: - Extend the operating distance of your wireless network
- takes the signal from your wireless access point and retransmits it at a higher rate, doubling the operating distance
- Simply place the Range Extender halfway between your Wireless Access Point and wireless trouble spot
- Features a Hassle Free installation. All you have to do is enter in the ID of your wireless network and youre ready to go
- The ONLY wireless repeater on the market that supports most wireless 802.11b/g networks so you never have to worry whether the wireless network you have at your home or office will work with the Range Extender
Great way to extend your wireless connection [Posted on 2008-06-17]
The Hawking Range extender works great. I have tried the Linksys, and it was always flaky. The thing that sold me on the Hawking was that they also sell antennaes (sp) to make the range extender even more powerful. I was even able to extend my wireless network to my father-in-law's house a block a way! With this extender you can place the antennae outside on a window sill (wiindow panes block wi-fi waves like crazy), and keep the range extender inside away from the weather. That is what I did, and it did the trick. I was trying to get the signal from my house to propagate throughout his house. The Linksys could not get a strong enough signal inside the house, but the hawking had a strong signal, and brought that signal into the house. With another hawking extender placed on the first floor, out wi-fi network was complete. two houses sharing a strong wi-fi signal with no weak zones. A nice place to be... You have to follow the installation directions to a T though. I am an IT guru, so it was a breeze for me to setup, but these devices are all still a bit tricky. The less technically inclined should have someone else take a crack at it.
Hawking HWREG1 [Posted on 2008-07-13]
Spent a few hours setting this up, including time spent with their tech support folks. I returned it as I saw that it made no difference at all in wireless reception in my home.
Very nice to have [Posted on 2008-07-26]
I was looking for a way to extent my wireless network to my neighbor's house and this unit did the trick. Setup was a snap. Simply plug-in the unit and insert the included setup CD. Answer a few configuration questions and place the unit in the desired location and you're ready to go. My neighbor's computer went from having no signal to a strong four bar signal.
Additionally, all the dead spots in my house are now gone, allowing us to move computers anywhere we want. The unit also extended our wireless signal to my detached garage, allowing me to stream music to my laptop, whereas previously I kept losing the signal. The kids like it because now they can sit outside and play PSP and Nintendo DS games online.
I found out why these don't always work [Posted on 2008-09-15]
I purchased two of these, and wasted two days trying to figure out why they worked sometimes and wouldn't work the rest of the time. I finally figured out that the very small switching power supply doesn't work properly with the extender. If you plug the power supply into the extender BEFORE you plug the power into a wall outlet it will NOT work. If you plug the power supply into the wall outlet first, and then into the extender it will work fine. Even though it will work that way, anytime you lose power it will not work again until you disconnect and reconnect the power cord at the extender. I picked up two 12 VDC power supplies at a thrift shop for $2 each, and now I'm back in business. It does work well as a repeater.
After spending hours on the phone with people in India, I called Hawking sales, and got them to transfer me to someone in Engineering. Hopefully they'll soon package the extender with a power supply that works.
Works great! [Posted on 2008-10-07]
I read many reviews on the HWREg1 before I made my purchase. Set-up was very easy and it took my wireless signal from fair to excellent. A note on set-up: let your router assign the IP address - it makes accessing the web page access much easier (be sure to note the assigned IP address and then don't use the web address shown in the manual). A good buy from Amazon and they delivered right on time as promised. Highly recommended!
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