The mobile wireless router is mainly used in a cottage in which there is only in certain places adequate reception. Of course, these sites were unsuitable to sit comfortably with laptop and surf stick. For this reason it was purchased and he does a great service. The reception quality is significantly better than that of surfsticks (the Stick 3 bar, the router 5 bars) and you can sit with the notebook completely relaxed one where you just want to. The range is better than expected, even in adjacent rooms the wireless signal is very strong. In advance I was told that it may be difficult for mobile wireless routers, if not the "big" operating systems from Windows or Apple computers are used. Our Linux-Notebook with Lubuntu the WLAN but recognized immediately without problems.