It’s been three years since I reviewed my favorite WiFi scanner / finder, Canary Wireless’s Digital Hotspotter. I’ve reviewed other scanners, but always liked the Hotspotter best due to its one button super fast scanning ability. That’s why I was very happy when the folks at Canary Wireless sent me their 2nd generation Digital Hotspotter HS-20 to review.

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Canary Wireless Digital Hotspotter WiFi Finder HS-20 originally appeared on The Gadgeteer on March 5, 2008 at 11:08 pm.

Wi-Fi finders or detectors are nifty little gadgets to keep in your gear bag for those times when you want to scope out nearby hotspots, without booting up your laptop or traversing menus on your WiFi enabled phone / PDA. These finders are typically small pocket friendly devices, whose sole purpose is to report information regarding detectable hotspots. I have one today from StarTech.com that not only will help you find nearby access points (hotspots), but can turn your computer into one.

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StarTech.com WiFi Detector with LCD (WIFIDETG) originally appeared on The Gadgeteer on August 14, 2007 at 8:00 pm.

We have had several WiFi finder reviews posted here on The Gadgeteer. They are great little tools that make finding a WiFi hotspot an easy task. At least easier than the chore of booting up your laptop and checking manually for available networks. Of the 3 reviews (Canary, Kensington and visit site to read more]

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ZyXEL AG-225H WiFi Finder and 802.11a/b/g USB 2.0 Adapter originally appeared on The Gadgeteer on January 16, 2006 at 12:46 pm.

Whoo hoo, another WiFi sniffer review! Come on, you can never get enough
reviews of WiFi detectors. Since this is my third such review, I now consider
myself a WiFi savant. Ok, not really… but I have learned a little bit about
these gadgets and it’s my job to convey that info to you.

The WiFi sniffer of the day is
Kensington’s WiFi Finder Plus. The most compact of the 3 detectors that I’ve
tested so far (visit site to read more]

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Kensington WiFi Finder Plus Review originally appeared on The Gadgeteer on April 15, 2005 at 12:00 am.

About a year ago, I reviewed the first of the stand-alone
WiFi detection devices to hit the market, the
Kensington WiFi Finder, a neat
little (3” long) product whose main drawback was that it didn’t work. 
Subsequently, I found (on The-Gadgeteer.com, of course!) the
Smart ID WiFi Detector, a
somewhat larger (4”x2.25”x.625”) and clunkier (1.82 oz) device which … [visit site to read more]

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PCTEL WiFi Seeker Review originally appeared on The Gadgeteer on May 28, 2004 at 12:00 am.

Fans of wireless networking (otherwise known as WiFi, 802.11b, or g) will
probably have heard the term Warchalking before. For those of you
that are unfamiliar with this term,
warchalking is the practice of marking a series of symbols on sidewalks and
walls to indicate nearby wireless access points. When these symbols are seen by
savvy users, they can use their WiFi enabled PDA or laptop to connect to the
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Smart ID WiFi Detector Review originally appeared on The Gadgeteer on December 3, 2003 at 12:00 am.

It is fairly annoying to try to locate new places where your WiFi equipped
laptop or PDA will pick up a signal, if you don’t want to continually set it up
and experiment (perhaps attracting curious onlookers who then smirk when you
can’t get a signal). My experience with Starbucks, hotel, and other hotspot
employees is that many have never heard of WiFi hotspots, don’t know if they
have them, and would rather tell you “no” than invite other questions they … [visit site to read more]

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Kensington WiFi Finder Review originally appeared on The Gadgeteer on August 14, 2003 at 12:00 am.