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-Kevin

Canary Digital Wireless Hotspotter

Best Wi-Fi hotspot finder

Canary's hot spot finder is the best of the several stand-alone
Wi-Fi detectors that I've tried -- three of which I've gone so far as
to purchase. The Canary uses AAA batteries, rather than the button
cells that some detectors do (harder to replace in a pinch);
consequently it's not quite as svelte as some, but the extra goodies
are worth the chubbier, still-palmable housing. Canary's unit scrolls
across its 12-character LCD display the name, channel and signal
strength (4 bars is the highest) of the networks it finds, which makes
it truly useful for checking where your own access point's signal
reaches.

It also displays each network's encryption status. (Encryption isn't
the only means of preventing access, though, so an "open" network may
not be open to you if your MAC isn't on the "approved" list.) Bonus:
Canary's is the most sensitive of the detectors I've tried; my older
Kensington sometimes didn't want to light up unless it was nearly on
top of an access point. I've used the Canary to find the best parking
spot when working from Flying J truckstops around the country, which
sure beats walking around with an open laptop playing "find the
antenna."

-- Timothy Lord