Originally Posted by ByrdluvsAWACO
Now please explain why I would want to boot up my laptop just to see if a wireless network exists. Suppose the network doesn't exist where I'm sitting. This is the case in many airports. Do I want to walk around with my laptop powered on looking for the presence of a network?
I wanted a simple device that would tell me if 802.11 is present without having to boot up.
Let me see if I understand this. You want to buy a second piece of equipment, one which you will need to carry around in addition to your laptop, and one which not only requires batteries, but probably non-rechargeable batteries. And you want to do this only so that you don't have to boot up your laptop?
To each his own, I suppose.