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From the MacObserver …

Give Your WiFi Performance a Serious Boost with the Wi-Fire – An In-Depth Review by John F. Braun – Published May 3rd, 2010 at 9:50 AM

These tests show how the Wi-Fire performs relative to the MacBook Pro’s internal 802.11n adapter. It demonstrates how the Wi-Fire:

• See many more available connections – almost 3x as many in this case
• Connects where the internal adapter cannot
• Provides higher speeds than the 802.11n adapter as signal strength decreases due to distance and obstructions

At only 50 feet, the Wi-Fire was already beating the 802.11n in distance:  “This test demonstrates the benefit of the Wi-Fire at a moderate distance from the access point. Although the Mac was in 802.11n mode, which in theory is about four times faster than 802.11g, the Wi-Fire was actually a little faster, showing how the Wi-Fire’s directional, amplified antenna can make a big difference when compared to the omnidirectional antenna in the MacBook Pro. Also note the 802.11g performance of the MacBook suffered. Although it did reach about 1.6MB a second, the duty cycle was about 50%, resulting in an effective throughput of 800K/sec.”

At 300 feet, including obstructions, the difference was more dramatic:

MacBook pro 802.11n
No Connection

MacBook pro 802.11g
No Connection

Wi-Fire 802.11g
20 KB/sec (160 Kb/sec) throughput

MacBook Pro visible base stations : 14
Wi-Fire visible base stations : 39

“This scenario shows the clear benefit of the Wi-Fire. Our test base station was not visible in the AirPort menu, but the Wi-Fire was able to see it with a reported Signal Strength of 10%. Throughput for transferring our test file wasn’t spectacular, but other network tasks such as Email, Twitter were possible, as well as surfing, although slowly.”

Each review provides more and more reasons why Wi-Fire has become, and remains, the Long Range WiFi Adapter of choice around the world.

Whether around the house, at work, at the beach, or anywhere you go in the World, for the best in performance and ease of use, nothing beats a Wi-Fire.

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