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Wi-Fi's cookin' now!

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By Adam Gaffin
Network World Fusion 07/28/04

Pringles Can antennas are so last week. From New Zealand comes the

$5 Chinese cookware parabolic antenna, designed to boost your Wi-Fi performance to multi-mile (well, three, anyway) range:

"Make 2.4GHz parabolic mesh dishes from cheap but sturdy Chinese cookware scoops & a USB WiFi adaptor! The largest (300mm diam)shows 15-18dB gain (enough for a LOS range extension to 3-5km), costs ~US$5 & comes with a user friendly bamboo handle that suits WLAN fieldwork- if you can handle the curious stares!"

Via Ken Novak.

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