Wireless USB Hub from Icron

Written by Richard Blanchard on April 2nd, 2007. Posted in Icron, Networking, USB Hub, USB News, Wireless

The WiRanger from Icron is a wireless USB hub making it easier than ever to unclutter your desk and redistribute that crap to the credenza, filing cabinet or your buddies cubical.

“Icron’s flexible ExtremeUSB technology is the engine that enables USB 1.1 or 2.0 connections over any media: wireless, cable, power line or fiber optics.”

so given Icron are experts with USB, jumping into WUSB is a logical move.

WiRanger Icron

What I like about this solution is no software is needed for configuration so Windows, Linux, Unix, Mac users can benefit from this product. The hub uses a USB dongle from the host computer which communicates with the remote hub.

Using the 802.11g radio frequency the WiRanger can transfer data up to …well, Icron just says high speed. Speed will be determined by the peripheral product and radio frequency output of about 58Mbps – not the performance of the hub. The range is about 30 meters from base unit to hub unit.  The WiRanger is a 4 port hub and has a set MSRP of $395. Icron said the WUSB hub to be available this spring, which should be any day now. Icron also eludes to other high-end WUSB solutions coming to market for the military, pro-sumer and medical markets in the coming months.

Follow Up:  Brigitta of Icron also pointed out the dongle mentioned above is the LEX unit and the USB hub unit is the REX unit.  She included a high resolution photo you can see below.  Last, the WiRanger is correctly powered for UK, Euro, Asia and US power outputs.  So this is truly a global solution.

Icron LEX REX WiRanger

Source: ICRON

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