From: "Ed Durrant" Received: from [192.168.100.201] (HELO mail.2rosenthals.com) by 2rosenthals.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 5.1.3) with ESMTP id 1869392 for os2-wireless_users@2rosenthals.com; Sun, 20 Apr 2008 17:10:59 -0400 Received-SPF: none (secmgr-ny.randr: 61.9.189.149 is neither permitted nor denied by domain of durrant.mine.nu) client-ip=61.9.189.149; envelope-from=edurrant@durrant.mine.nu; helo=nschwmtas05p.mx.bigpond.com; Received: from nschwmtas05p.mx.bigpond.com ([61.9.189.149]) by secmgr-ny.randr with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1JngoG-0007gq-Ca for os2-wireless_users@2rosenthals.com; Sun, 20 Apr 2008 17:10:59 -0400 Received: from nschwotgx02p.mx.bigpond.com ([124.176.93.212]) by nschwmtas05p.mx.bigpond.com with ESMTP id <20080420211049.XGHR15832.nschwmtas05p.mx.bigpond.com@nschwotgx02p.mx.bigpond.com> for ; Sun, 20 Apr 2008 21:10:49 +0000 Received: from [192.168.100.2] (really [124.176.93.212]) by nschwotgx02p.mx.bigpond.com with ESMTP id <20080420211048.ILZJ1196.nschwotgx02p.mx.bigpond.com@[192.168.100.2]> for ; Sun, 20 Apr 2008 21:10:48 +0000 Message-ID: <480BB141.8080707@durrant.mine.nu> Date: Mon, 21 Apr 2008 07:10:25 +1000 User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.6 (OS/2/20070731) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: OS/2 Wireless Users Mailing List Subject: Re: [OS2Wireless] Hotspot Detectors References: In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Authentication-Info: Submitted using SMTP AUTH PLAIN at nschwotgx02p.mx.bigpond.com from [124.176.93.212] using ID edward.durrant@bigpond.com at Sun, 20 Apr 2008 21:10:48 +0000 X-RPD-ScanID: Class unknown; VirusThreatLevel unknown, RefID str=0001.0A150202.480BB158.0048,ss=1,fgs=0 X-Spam-Score: 0.0 (/) X-Spam-Report: _SUMMARY_ Lewis G Rosenthal wrote: > On 04/20/08 08:14 am, SYNass i-lists thus wrote : >> Kensington !? >> On Sun, 2008-04-20 at 06:20 -0400, Hakan wrote: >> >>> Can anyone suggest/recommend a device to detect the presence of public >>> WiFi-nets so that it is not necessary to turn on the computer and boot >>> in order to find out if there are any hotspots nearby? >>> >>> The ideal device should be small, have a display that shows the name(s) >>> of the available nets if any found, and be cheap... >>> >>> > The original Kensington WiFinder got lousy reviews when it first came > out: > > http://wifinetnews.com/archives/002024.html (one example) > > However, there is a newer revision available. The WiFi Finder Plus ( > http://us.kensington.com/html/5703.html ) seems to be a better gizmo > than its predecessor: > > http://www.biztechmagazine.com/article.asp?item_id=279 > http://the-gadgeteer.com/review/kensington_wifi_finder_plus_review > > HTH > Hi Lewis, This detector like the cheap and ceerful ($6-$7) dollar ones I can get here just has led indicators, there's no SSID display that the original poster is looking for. Interesting that the kensington also detects bluetooth - not sure what you would need that for however. Cheers/2 Ed.