From: "Hakan" Received: from [192.168.100.201] (HELO mail.2rosenthals.com) by 2rosenthals.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 5.1.3) with ESMTP id 1869038 for os2-wireless_users@2rosenthals.com; Sun, 20 Apr 2008 08:10:46 -0400 Received-SPF: none (secmgr-ny.randr: 74.208.4.196 is neither permitted nor denied by domain of meddatainc.com) client-ip=74.208.4.196; envelope-from=agents@meddatainc.com; helo=mout.perfora.net; Received: from mout.perfora.net ([74.208.4.196]) by secmgr-ny.randr with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1JnYNT-0001mi-U9 for os2-wireless_users@2rosenthals.com; Sun, 20 Apr 2008 08:10:45 -0400 Received: from localhost (static-192.0.0.177.addr.tdcsong.se [213.88.220.177]) by mrelay.perfora.net (node=mrus0) with ESMTP (Nemesis) id 0MKp8S-1JnYNQ2WnI-0005tP; Sun, 20 Apr 2008 08:10:38 -0400 To: "OS/2 Wireless Users Mailing List" Date: Sun, 20 Apr 2008 08:10:25 -0400 (EDT) Reply-To: "Hakan" Priority: Normal X-Mailer: PMMail 2.20.2382 for OS/2 Warp 4.5 In-Reply-To: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Re: [OS2Wireless] Hotspot Detectors Message-Id: <0MKp8S-1JnYNQ2WnI-0005tP@mrelay.perfora.net> X-Provags-ID: V01U2FsdGVkX1+PKsOPPOAkKGHarUa1FClyeEdBa84m4SvKpqZ 7W7IZmvVggPx5SaGF200fDwzposPZvn0Bm1exT33KXoqGSjHuw Rr8FjdbzTZjopmFl6pnSA== X-Spam-Score: 0.9 (/) X-Spam-Report: 0.9 MSGID_FROM_MTA_ID Message-Id for external message added locally A device that indicates the presence of a hotspot is useful but not as useful as a pocket device that allows you to scroll through SSIDs so I can easily check that e.g. a hotspot company is offering service where I am presently situated. On Sun, 20 Apr 2008 21:11:54 +1000, Ed Durrant wrote: >Ed Durrant wrote: >> Hakan wrote: >>> Can anyone suggest/recommend a device to detect the presence of public >>> WiFi-nets so that it is not necessary to turn on the computer and boot >>> in order to find out if there are any hotspots nearby? >>> >>> The ideal device should be small, have a display that shows the name(s) >>> of the available nets if any found, and be cheap... >>> >>> Any suggestions? Thanks. >>> >>> >>> >>> >> I've seen such devices advertised, but the ones I saw were not cheap. >> >> Cheers/2 >> >> Ed. >> >> >Hmm, I just checked the local eBAY website - $6-$7 for detectors that >ONLY indicate signal present and strength. I think you're going to need >an expensive device such as made by Fluke and other comapnies to be able >to indicate the SSID. > >Cheers/2 > >Ed. > > >=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= >This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to > the mailing list . >To unsubscribe, E-mail to: >To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to >To switch to the INDEX mode, E-mail to >Send administrative queries to >To subscribe (new addresses), E-mail to: and reply to the confirmation email. >Web archives are publicly available at: http://lists.2rosenthals.com > >This list is hosted by Rosenthal & Rosenthal, LLC >P.O. Box 281, Deer Park, NY 11729-0281. Non- >electronic communications related to content >contained in these messages should be directed >to the above address. (CAN-SPAM Act of 2003) > >=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= >