SNIP: The Wi-Fire his a long range USB Wi-Fi adapter with drivers for OS X and Windows (Peter talked about it in September but I thought it might be good to give it a second look — they also reduced the price). It is about as big as a USB card reader and packs flat for portability. First, let’s look at some of the numbers. Using a standard G wireless card, I saw about 9mbps in speed tests. Using the Wi-Fire, I averaged about 9.5 to 10mbps — not an amazing improvement. I was, however, able to leave the house and go about 400 feet away from my access point and still maintain a strong connection. The numbers, as a whole, stood up to hField’s claims of 300-1000 foot range using the adapter.