News

Windows 10 and Mac OS El Capitan 10.11 Compatibility Information

Posted by BearExtender Staff on

For our PC products BearExtender PC and BearExtender Outdoor for PC, we now have Windows 10 updates available for download. Visit our support page and select your product to be taken to the respective download page. For BearExtender Turbo we expect a El Capitan compatible beta update by December 2015 (update 12/9/2015, our 10.11 Turbo update can now be downloaded from the Turbo Support page).For BearExtender Edge owners, the product is compatible with both Windows 10 and Mac OS El Capitan out of box with no update needed. For users of our legacy Mac USB products including BearExtender original, Mini,...

Read more →

BearExtender PC case study: Midwest Truck Campers Rally

Posted by BearExtender Staff on

Recently our friends at Midwest Truck Campers (MWTC) contacted us to see if our BearExtender PC long range USB Wi-Fi extender may be a good fit for attendees of their 2015 rally who were looking to boost Wi-Fi reception inside campers. They found the product to be quite useful. According to their blog, BearExtender PC offered a substantial range boost in their test environment. Read the full report here. And thanks MWTC for checking out our product!

Read more →

BearExtender PC, BearExtender Outdoor Windows 10 update

Posted by BearExtender Staff on

Windows 10 is coming July 29th. To keep your BearExtender PC and Outdoor units humming, a driver update is required. If you are dependent on your BearExtender for Internet access and do not have an alternative option, we recommend downloading the update below before updating to Windows 10, as BearExtender PC and Outdoor will not be usable on your computer after Windows 10 is installed until this update application has been installed. You do not need to actually run the downloaded update until after you have finished upgrading to Windows 10.1. Download this update application.2. Once downloaded, run the program....

Read more →

BearExtender Edge goes live, new product comparison page is up, and we are hiring!

Posted by BearExtender Staff on

It's been a busy 2015 here on BearExtender mountain, and we are excited that BearExtender Edge is now available for purchase on our site. We thank all of you who waited patiently. After announcing the product in March 2014 at the Macworld Expo, we began taking reservations and had several thousand in April alone. As we experienced some production-related delays in the fall we continued to see the reservations pile up, and we began working through the list early in 2015. We had way more reservations than units produced. It has been a good lesson in scaling for us, and...

Read more →

BearExtender Outdoor for PC- Examiner.com rates 4 stars!

Posted by BearExtender Staff on

If you have outdoor travel plans this spring or summer, your to-do list probably includes getting some new outdoor gear. Top on the list should be BearExtender Outdoor, our new long range outdoor Wi-Fi range extender for Microsoft Windows. It was just rated 4 stars by Examiner.com! BearExtender Outdoor combines a high power Wi-Fi amplifier and a high gain 10 dBi directional antenna inside a durable IP65 certified water and dust resistant enclosure. Use BearExtender Outdoor to turn weak Wi-Fi signals into stronger, more reliable connections. It mounts easily using the included velcro strap, or pole mounting band and can...

Read more →