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November 01, 2005
Very cool little travel device for road warriors
I just got the way cool little Linksys Travel Router, which lets me run wirelessly in my hotel room when the hotel only has wired hi-speed. And a great feature is when I travel with Kathryn, we both can use our two laptops wirelessly simultaneously through the one connection. It seems to speed it up, too. Had a problem with the retractable plug, but otherwise a great accessory.
Posted by David at November 1, 2005 07:03 AM
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its a pretty nice device...form factor is identical to the Apple Airport Express which has been available for a couple of years that does the exact same things as this and more (stream tunes, print server). I think the Apple device is still $129, not sure of the price on the Linksys.
Posted by: aaron at November 1, 2005 08:27 AM
I'm glad this worked out, David. Enjoy.
Posted by: Eric Mack at November 1, 2005 04:34 PM
Aaron and David,
I agree, it looks just like the AX, in the dark anyway. Out of interest, David, what had you choose this one instead? Dennis
Posted by: Dennis at November 2, 2005 10:59 AM
I have been using the WiFlyer, http://compnetworking.about.com/b/a/211063.htm
Works great, and allows you to share when using dial up.
Posted by: Buzz Bruggeman at November 3, 2005 09:46 AM
Beware that some hotels are catching on to this. The Westin in Charlotte last week, authenticated to the Airport Express but then wouldn't see the two laptops. The IT guy said that we would have to pay for three devices on the line. Made going to the lobby where the WiFi was free look really good.
Posted by: Cecilia at November 4, 2005 04:30 PM
The Airport Express is also my tool of choice for wireless on the road. http://store.apple.com/1-800-MY-APPLE/WebObjects/AppleStore.woa/72703/wo/rk30jdltdkKf3l6Sjvt17HmwIr9/1.0.17.1.0.8.25.7.11.0.3
An Apple tech support person told me the only difference between the Airport Express and the Airport Base Station is that the Airport Express supports only up to 10 simultaneous clients, while the Base Station supports up to 50.
Posted by: Dan McComb at November 7, 2005 08:25 PM
