From: "Tom Brown" Received: from [192.168.100.201] (HELO mail.2rosenthals.com) by 2rosenthals.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 5.1.3) with ESMTP id 1869526 for os2-wireless_users@2rosenthals.com; Sun, 20 Apr 2008 21:30:30 -0400 Received-SPF: pass (secmgr-ny.randr: domain of gmail.com designates 64.233.184.227 as permitted sender) client-ip=64.233.184.227; envelope-from=thomabrown@gmail.com; helo=wr-out-0506.google.com; Received: from wr-out-0506.google.com ([64.233.184.227]) by secmgr-ny.randr with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1JnkrP-0003Rs-TH for os2-wireless_users@2rosenthals.com; Sun, 20 Apr 2008 21:30:29 -0400 Received: by wr-out-0506.google.com with SMTP id 67so747655wri.3 for ; Sun, 20 Apr 2008 18:30:22 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from:user-agent:mime-version:to:subject:references:in-reply-to:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=inKssvtT9ttYSn8y7bfz9dYqsyxUVAxdUHduk/h0xUY=; b=ECdeQqp+uTBM6TdyifZ6TBmqZ9r0ohPBANlG902rILtX+50VK5zYajjYH2GqBvhxwHyMcD0whm/h/J3XzRScdoTsJD4E4hC6oFCdvB5C6RlX3xesstjdIebYOd6PblbsCsCUtF++6qV1zfLTXgXFif7El5teLH4HlnDrWJwwBLM= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=message-id:date:from:user-agent:mime-version:to:subject:references:in-reply-to:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=OZcy9Ljxd7OdKl4pdzcKRXKkKzG1q53Z7dqum1+TwDfGKtUke63oTNIFBLxFWt+drNRF3U1yFmirU3czWCFRmueJ1AHCtkr0802R/Fg77MBz2WQc3ViH4rswNcupzGyLJBzNAXAzaY2fmTuJtyKI1OXf/3GfnQ2WFI/qO5ErEhc= Received: by 10.142.218.4 with SMTP id q4mr1487266wfg.261.1208741421702; Sun, 20 Apr 2008 18:30:21 -0700 (PDT) Received: from ?192.168.1.101? ( [75.80.185.8]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id 22sm5789613wfi.12.2008.04.20.18.30.20 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=RC4-MD5); Sun, 20 Apr 2008 18:30:21 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <480BEE2B.90003@gmail.com> Date: Sun, 20 Apr 2008 18:30:19 -0700 User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.9 (OS/2/20071120) 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-Spam-Score: 1.0 (+) X-Spam-Report: 1.0 RCVD_BY_IP Received by mail server with no name More specifically: * Find wireless networks in seconds without turning on your laptop * LCD displays the network name, type and strength of detectable wireless networks * Save data on the built in flash drive (512 MiB) * Network your laptop or PC with proven wireless g performance and reliability * Find wireless networks in seconds without turning on your laptop * LCD displays the network name, type and strength of detectable wireless networks * Network your laptop or PC with proven wireless g performance and reliability (no flash drive) These are USB WiFi adapters, but they include a detector that can be used when not plugged into a laptop according to the info on the site. A bit of overkill if your laptop already includes the Wifi adapter. HTH 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... > > Any suggestions? Thanks. -- Tom Brown, Catherder thomabrown at gmail dot com Member SCOUG, V.O.I.C.E., & SDAA