Hercules WiFi Extender (HWGEXT-54)
- The ideal solution to extend your home WiFi network
Description
- Extended (x2) WiFi coverage for enhanced wireless Internet access within your home*.
- A comprehensive setup wizard that helps users ensure optimum positioning of the Extender within their home.
- Compatible with available 802.11g & 11b routers and modem routers.
Technical specifications
- WiFi Extender unit enabling users to extend their network to computers that are located too far away.
- WiFi Extender unit enabling users to extend their network to computers that are located too far away.
- Precisely replicates the WiFi network: it connects to the router’s or modem router’s WiFi network and extends it further.
- At last - a solution that enables users to connect computers that are located beyond their router’s range to the Internet, over a wireless connection!*
- Once set up, the WiFi Extender offers seamless WiFi coverage for users within their home. It relays the router’s WiFi network without altering it (identical network name and safety key). Computers automatically connect to the closest access point (either to the router, either to the Extender).
- Precisely replicates the WiFi network: it connects to the router’s or modem router’s WiFi network and extends it further.
- At last - a solution that enables users to connect computers that are located beyond their router’s range to the Internet, over a wireless connection!*
- Once set up, the WiFi Extender offers seamless WiFi coverage for users within their home. It relays the router’s WiFi network without altering it (identical network name and safety key). Computers automatically connect to the closest access point (either to the router, either to the Extender).
- For users connecting via a wired router (i.e. without a WiFi connection), the Hercules Extender provides a WiFi Access Point.
- Simply connects to the Ethernet connector located behind the router to generate a home WiFi network.
- Comprehensive manual in EN/FR/DE/SP/IT/NL/POR
- Uses the official WiFi 802.11g standard: up to 54 Mbits/s
- Proven interoperability with available WiFi 802.11b and 802.11g devices
- Quickstart guide and comprehensive manual in PDF format, entirely in EN/FR/DE/SP/IT/NL/POR/RU
- Dedicated hotline available 7/7, open until 10.00 PM on weekdays... Just when users need it most!
* Network coverage and bandwidth obtained may vary according to your environment, to the configuration of rooms and to the construction materials used within your home and to other interferences.
Box contents
- WiFi Extender (HWGEXT-54)
- 2dBi removable antenna (SMA connector)
- Cat5 Ethernet cable
- Power adapter (+12VCC/0.5A)
- Quickstart guide in French
- Setup CD-ROM containing the setup wizard and the comprehensive manual in French, in PDF format
Minimum configuration
For setup:
- Intel PentiumTM III / AMD AthlonTM or compatible CPU
- 64 MB RAM
- CD-ROM Drive
- Windows® XP / Vista® 32 & 64 bits
- 10/100Mbps Ethernet LAN network adapter
For WiFi connection:
- WiFi computer or device compatible with standard 802.11b/g or above
Technology
- WiFi
- Technology allowing users to connect a variety of devices in a network, such as computers, game consoles, PDAs... without any wires. The main use is wireless sharing of a home high-speed Internet connection.
- 802.11g
- WiFi standard allowing for data rates of up to 54Mbps using the 2.4GHz frequency band.
- 802.11b
- Earlier generation WiFi standard allowing for data rates of up to 11Mbps using the 2.4GHz frequency band.
- WiFi access point
- Device allowing for the addition of a WiFi function to an Ethernet network.
- Router
- Device allowing for the sharing of a high-speed Internet connection (via an ADSL or cable modem external to the router) between several computers. A router may be either "wired" (sharing only with computers connected via a cable) or WiFi (can also share with computers connected wirelessly via WiFi)).
Press
05/05/08 - FR - Micro Actuel teste la Station Relais WiFi
Choix de la rédaction : 18/20
"Incontournable pour accéder au réseau WiFi dans toute la maison ! Un paramétrage ultra-simple, un prix abordable : nous avons été séduits."
