We have a computer running Windows 8.0, soon to be running v8.1. It has NO native WiFi so there's nothing to EXTEND. Will this device work with it?
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Hi, BearExtender PC does not require your computer to have a built-in WiFi card to function. BearExtender contains both a transmitter and receiver.BearExtender PC is great for computers that never shipped with a built-in WiFi card or, if your internal WiFi card has become damaged.If you have any other questions please do not hesitate to contact us at support@bearextender.com or by calling (678) 971-9367.Thank you!RogerBearExtenderUS Technical Support
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I can only say that the building that I work in has wifi. My computer is wifi accessible. The signal in my building wasn't strong enough so I bought the extender to make the weak signal stronger and it worked.
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If you have a modern computer, it has wifi built in. Go to Control Center and find Internet Connections to set up. The extender is connected via usb port and sets on your desk. Run the software from your DVD drive in your computer (or external DVD drive). My Bear Extender works great.
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Hi, BearExtender PC does not require your computer to have a built-in WiFi card to function. BearExtender contains both a transmitter and receiver. BearExtender PC is great for computers that never shipped with a built-in WiFi card or, if your internal WiFi card has become damaged. If you have any other questions please do not hesitate to contact us at support@bearextender.com or by calling (678) 971-9367. Thank you! Roger BearExtender US Technical Support
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I am using bear extender with my windows 8.1. It has works well. I just ordered a 16 foot. extension so I can put the extender in a window.
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My guess is probably not. You have to be in an area where you can at least pull in some signal strength without it. If you can pull in one bar signal strength without it, the extender could boost it up to five bars. If you have zero bars, you're S.O.L.
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can't say for sure, as I don't have a W8 system to try it out on....but my guess is yes....its a very basic device and is worth a try at its very inexpensive pricetag.
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It has worked with all Windows versions up to 7; I don't know about 8. It is not wireless.
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Have an HP Pavilion with Windows 8.1 and it works perfectly.Just plug in the small wireless USB unit into a port and away it goes. Perfect.
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Yes and no. The wireless feature will work fine. However, you will need a wired connection after installing it (usually) in order to let Windows install the latest drivers. It can be a bit of a pain to get it to working at first, but that's it. The Bluetooth function is another story all together. You must have a Bluetooth function in your BIOS, IOT( in order to) turn it on. Hope that helps! Good luck!
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No. It doesn't support anything, not even Windows. It has proven to be of very unwanted obstacles during installation. Windows doesn't have native drivers for it.
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I use win7 and my gotU 120 works just fine but I don't see why it shouldn't work with win8.
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I suppose it will support Win 8 as long as driver for device is properly installed. I don't have Win 8 and beside my usb 2.0 to Ethernet dongle is defective and unable to contact seller. I had used similar model at work and had no issue. In case id the driver you loaded does not work, you can go to OEM web site to down load even for Win 7 will work. Good luck.
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I have been unable to get it working on an HP Z420 workstation with Windows 8 (not 8.1). Windows installs a driver automatically but the device stops before the Bluetooth stack looks like it ever gets loaded. Perhaps a driver would fix it, but I have yet to find one that works.
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I have two of these. I have plugged them into three Windows 8.1 computers. All thee recognize the device and download the drivers automatically, but return the error "this device cannot start (code 10)." Thus, I am sad to say, No. I would note that both work just fine on the Windows 7 and Vista machines here.
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There is no way anyone including myself can answer if it will work with something not even created yet; however, I am running Windows 8.1 and it works fine with that OS.
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yes, there is no reason why it should not work. The real question is does windows 7 support this type of modem. Most systems are backwards compatible so this should work even with window 8. If you have program that will do this like the program that magic jack uses then there is no reason that this would not let you do this.
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There is no reason why not, I have booted from many devices. The only issue is that the new boot must be UEFI capable and needs to have power management drivers to keep from overheating the ventless design. I do not know of any Android distros like that.
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not at all.see my commentsit does not work with windows 8.1 untill you 'reconfigure it' even cad told the hp tech
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I also can't answer at this moment. It doesn't work yet because I'm fighting against Win8 and it's hardware to install Linux.
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Yes, we are running Windows 8.1 and I haven't had any issues. Granted, I use the wifi portion, but it works fine.
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I could never get it to work with my windows 7 laptop. I have 2 elm327's neither worked not enough instruction on how it works. Bought a Bluetooth device of my laptop still no connection. I bought a direct connection that I use to connect to laptop and that works good. I really haven't tried any other version of windows.