MiFi’s Access Manager has been spruced up from the more Spartan look in the one with the HP netbook. The only reason to return to the Access Manager on the host would be to switch connections or change settings. However, after that, MiFi makes the mobile broadband connection independently. Like the HP Mini 1151NR that Verizon offers with bundled mobile broadband ( see review), MiFi uses the VZ Access Manager software to make the initial broadband connection. The MiFi was located outside on a porch railing, serving up the Internet via Wi-Fi to my three netbooks about 60 feet away. I connected three netbooks running over MiFi’s Wi-Fi connection. Or, if you don’t want cable and a wireless router at your lake house, you, the family members and guests can use MiFi and you’ll still have the ultimate in Internet mobility everywhere else. Smaller than an iPod Touch, MiFi then behaves like any other WiFi mobile hot spot, albeit probably performing more slowly than the Internet access you have in your office or home.Ĭlick here to see a slide show of the MiFi 2200.įor companies with employees who work remotely in teams, the device means springing for a single mobile connection that can be shared by up to five users. The user simply switches on the MiFi to establish the mobile broadband connection to Verizon’s 3G network. To summarize, MiFi is mobile broadband in the back end and Wi-Fi out the front, giving up to five users/devices access to the Internet from anywhere. The MiFi 2200 “mobile hot spot” from Verizon is a nifty device.

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