Extend the Wi-Fi range of your Mac!


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BearExtender n3 is a high power Wi-Fi radio with an external antenna that increases the range of your Mac’s Wi-Fi signal– up to four times as far as your internal AirPort card!

BearExtender n3 is a simple plug and play USB device that works with Macs running Mac OS 10.3 Panther, 10.4 Tiger, 10.5 Leopard, 10.6 Snow Leopard or 10.7 Lion.

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BearExtender’s 0.7 Watt (700 milliwatt) maximum power Wi-Fi radio is over 10 times as powerful as the internal AirPort card that shipped in your Mac (32mW)


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32 mW
700 mW

Check out the Benchmarks page for real world comparisons.

BearExtender n3 is named after its original goal of helping students at the University of California, Berkeley connect to their wireless network called AirBears.


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