WiFi Seeker, Finder, Detector Roundup

captainJam points to this review at handtops.com of five reasonably priced hardware WiFi finders. A snippet: "If you're not using a WiFi enabled PDA, you either have to turn on your handtop or laptop, or wake it from standby just to check if there's a network in the area. While a WiFi Finder / Seeker won't make a connection out of thin air, it will conveniently tell you whether there is a WiFi network in the area."

Comments

Laziness

[mr deprecation]

This seems to me to be an incredible waste of money. Is it really that difficult to just turn on your laptop and check? I mean, is the 10-30 second effort worth $30? I really don't think so. Also, if you think about it, what about all the times when you do find a Wi-Fi signal? You're gonna have to pull out your laptop anyways. Guess what, I would have already beat you to it by just turning it on in the first place.(yay) You also have to figure that most people travel the same route over and over again and once you find out where signal is, why would you ever use it again?

Been Around

[ReeprFlame]

I have seen these around. If only they were a bit more powerful and useful. Such as if they decoded a ESSID and displayed it on an LCD screen with the signal strength and if it was encrypted. Maybe thats the next project for me...

Re:Home Depot selling these?

[Afrosheen]

In Soviet Russia, Wife finds you!