January 14, 2007Wireless in your pocketBegin addicted to wireless networking, one would always wanted to keep wireless in the pockets just incase you might be travelling and were stuck fixing your laptop to the telephone jack or Ethernet cables in a hotel room, library or dorm room. It's also possible that you might just be carrying your big sized wireless router with you all the time. If this is your current situation then you might just want to take a look what Always On Wireless has created. The most elegant PDA sized WiFlyer wireless access point. This device is capable of connecting to any broadband wireless service through either Ethernet or a DSL type dial-up resource.
Looking at the picture, one can start to get the felling how easy this devise would be configure in reality and due to its small size, it carries great features as well which we would now discuss briefly. WiFlyer wireless is compatible with 802.11b & 801.11 G enables radio frequency which is what most of the computer laptops, PDA other wireless compatible devices uses. Its signal strength can reach up to 200 ft with a speed of 11Mbps which is absolutely fine as a normal internet connection bandwidth does not cross over 10 Mbps. Apart from that its support the 128-bit WEP (Wired Equivalency Privacy) encryption standard which is why it can be used with Windows, Linux, Macintosh and UNIX systems. WiFlyer works efficiently and similarly with respect to other popular devices already in the market and due to its small size its becoming more and more popular these days. In order to connect the device to your home or office network, use the Ethernet RJ-45 socket and plug an Ethernet cable (CAT-5 or 6) to your networked hub or switch. Point every PC's default gateway to the Device's IP address manually or let them get an IP address (DHCP) from the WiFlyer itself. By default, when you plug the WiFlyer to your network it Auto detects the settings and is up and running within seconds. Incase you have a DSL connection with a RJ-11 or 12 socket then, there are additional setting to be configured on the device in few simple steps. Use the software that came along the device and connect to you WiFlyer. Enter all relevant user information like the phone number, username, password etc. Once done, click on the 'connect' button and done. One more thing, don't forget to connect the antenna port with the small size antenna to the side of the unit which will boost up the wireless signal strength significantly. | ||

By looking at this picture you shall automatically start to feel what this device can do for you. With wireless internet picking up with great speed and becoming more and more popular, major companies have released there products like Linksys wireless router, D-link wireless router etc, which are easy to configure. Every consumer wants to go by the wireless technology and the challenge today is to make these big sized products into smaller and portable ones.
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