Fon FON2100B La Fonera Wireless Router

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Product Description The La Fonera Router from FON is a WiFi router that allows users to share WiFi in a safe and secure environment. It also lets you connect all your WiFi-ready devices (laptops, phones, PDAs, and other gadgets) to your broadband connection. The router comes equipped with an Ethernet WAN port for Internet connection. While the Ethernet LAN port allows for connecting a computer or other device (network printer, storage, etc). With 2 SSIDs, one public (named FON_AP by default) non-encrypted, and one private (named MyPlace by default) encrypted with WPA-PSK, it offers enhanced security. The 128/64-bit WEP and WPA/WPA2 encryptions further fortifies the security feature. The Automatic Channel support allows selection of optimum wireless channel at boot up. The included external detachable antenna enhances the range of your WiFi signal and offers a gain of 1.5 dBi. With the La Fonera, you get WiFi at home and can roam FON Spots around the world too! .com P.when('A').execute(function(A) { A.on('a:expander:toggle_description:toggle:collapse', function(data) { window.scroll(0, data.expander.$expander[0].offsetTop-100); }); }); From the Manufacturer From the Manufacturer The La Fonera+ wireless router by FON gives you wireless access to your internet connection like other major brand routers, but also comes with free access to thousands of WiFi hotspots around the world. It's a WiFi router, but also a global WiFi sharing community The La Fonera+ is a cool looking router about the size of your hand. When connected to your internet connection, La Fonera+ creates a wireless network for your laptop and other WiFi enabled devices to connect at speeds up to 54 Mbps. What's even cooler, La Fonera+ is not just any router, it is also a WiFi sharing community. La Fonera+ lets you share a bit of your broadband internet connection with others, and in return, you get free access to the WiFi hotspots of everyone else who is sharing. That's more than 180,000 locations worldwide and growing fast. With La Fonera+, you join the world's largest WiFi community! It's as easy as 1-2-3 It's incredibly simple how FON's WiFi community works. Just three steps:1. Buy a La Fonera+ wireless router 2. Connect it to your existing internet connection (cable, DSL, fiber) and register 3. Enjoy wireless roaming for free. Each person that uses a La Fonera+ for WiFi at home or office creates a WiFi hotspot for the FON Community. The more people sharing, the more WiFi hotspots for all. Now that's good WiFi karma.Share a little bandwidth, Gain a lot of access Did you know most people use a very small percentage (2-10%) of the bandwidth they have available? With La Fonera+ you can dial up or down the amount of internet bandwidth you want to share, so you can always be sure you have enough for your needs. Dial it up when you are gone and make money from those connecting in your absence, dial it down when you download movies or stream videos online. Cha-ching! Make money with your WiFi With La Fonera+ you can also make a little money when you share your WiFi with others. Put a paypal account into your FON profile, and when non-sharing members connect and buy access passes--you get 50%! Use the cash to subsidize your broadband service, or give the proceeds to your favorite charity. Safe and Secure Open hotspots can be risky, that's why the La Fonera+ makes it possible to share bandwidth safely. The router protects your connection by creating two secure WiFi signals. One encrypted, password protected WiFi signal that is only for your own private or business use, and a second WiFi signal that requires authentication and is for all other registered FON members to connect. The two separate signals insure your network & data stays safe and private. More Internet in More Places Do you surf the web, check email, listen to Pandora, upload pictures to flickr, watch YouTube or make Skype calls? Want to be able to do that when you're out and about? For free?? WiFi liberation is here. Get your La Fonera+ and help make internet access available anytime, anyplace! About FON FON is building the world's largest WiFi network though a global community of 'Foneros'. FON's 'La Fonera' wireless routers enable people to share a small part of their broadband internet service with the FON Community. In return for sharing, Foneros gain free WiFi access at FON hotspots worldwide. FON, whose investors include Google & Skype, has grown virally to a membership of 700,000+ since its founding in 2006.Talk about for FON "Top 10 Startups worth watching in 2008" --Julie Sloane, Wired"FON has quietly built the world's largest Wi-Fi network—without the slow, expensive process of having to string up hotspots in light poles and coffee shops. Instead, the company is trying to capitalize on the community-minded ethos of the Web. To become a FON member, people either purchase one of the company's routers or install its software in their existing cable modems. The technology turns every "FONero" household into a Wi-Fi broadcasting station." --Spencer E. Ante, Business Week See more