Vunex WiFiWalker FA-1200G

Juniper Foo | Mar 23, 2006

Dude, ready to surf the great Eastern Australian Current? It's no Finding Nemo, but Taiwan-based Vunex makes it fairly easy to ride the hotspot signals with its FA-1200G. What makes this unique is that it's both a Wi-Fi Finder and a USB-based wireless adapter. This means you can not only sniff out a signal, you just have to plug this 2-in-1 gizmo into your (older) laptop and, voila, you're connected immediately to the 802.11g network. An LCM display conveniently displays detailed information from a list of hotspots detected, while a rechargeable Lithium-polymer battery juices up everytime you plug into any USB port, eliminating the need for a battery. Righteous!

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Price: US$60-$80
Availability: Japan at Rakuten and Taiwan at PC Home
Device: Wi-Fi finder
Basic specs: Standard: IEEE 802.11g/b, LCM size 96 x 32 with EL backlight, 4.2V rechargeable Li-polymer battery, USB 2.0, frequency band 2.4000~2.4835GHz, 64/128/256-bit WEP data encryption, WPA (IEEE 802.1x with TKIP) and AES, internal antenna, Windows 98SE/Me/2000/XP/2003 Server, transmit power of 16dBm, 14 x 28.5 x 91mm, 30g

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