Friday, July 30, 2004
One Mile WiFi? So Says the ParkerVision 1500WR
Posted by Jason Dunn in "HARDWARE" @ 12:00 PM
"Yes, this incredible ParkerVision 1500 4-Port 802.11b wireless router gives you an astonishing 5000 feet of OPEN FIELD wireless coverage. THIS KIND OF PERFORMANCE TRANSLATES INTO FULL COVERAGE FOR YOUR ENTIRE HOME. In every single room! Through walls! Down corridors. OUT BY YOUR POOL. Across the open fields. In the middle of the city. Stupendous range. This router Features advanced D2D™ transceiver technology, from ParkerVision. This means you will experience no loss of EFI signal! No dead zones!! And that's guaranteed. Nearly a country mile's worth of OPEN FIELD wireless coverage. Think how big a mile is - it's 5,280 feet. Then think about the possibilities."
I found this product quite interesting - it's $326 CAN, about triple what a normal 802.11b access point costs, but it's more than three times as powerful. Heck, I'd settle for paying twice as much for an access point and getting twice the range. Since I switched to using my Fujitsu P5010D, I haven't had any range problems when combined with the ill-fated Microsoft MN-700, but now and then the signal will drop or it will switch networks, presumably due to a stronger signal being detected (man I hate that). And, yes, I have the "connect to non-preferred networks" box un-checked.
I found this product quite interesting - it's $326 CAN, about triple what a normal 802.11b access point costs, but it's more than three times as powerful. Heck, I'd settle for paying twice as much for an access point and getting twice the range. Since I switched to using my Fujitsu P5010D, I haven't had any range problems when combined with the ill-fated Microsoft MN-700, but now and then the signal will drop or it will switch networks, presumably due to a stronger signal being detected (man I hate that). And, yes, I have the "connect to non-preferred networks" box un-checked.
