802.11ac
As one of the leading makers of mobile Wi-Fi hotspots, for several years now Netgear has offered a comprehensive lineup of such products. So for this year's Mobile World Congress the company took to the show to demonstrate its latest 4G and 5G hotspots, as well as share their plans for the future. Netgear was among the first vendors to offer a Gigabit LTE mobile hotspot, when it launched the Cat 16 DL-capable Nighthawk M1 two years ago. Recently the company introduced its Nighthawk M2 (MR2100), a 2 Gbps LTE mobile hotspot powered by Qualcomm’s X24 modem. The M2 supports 5 CA (carrier aggregation) for downloads, 2 CA for uploads, and 802.11ac Wi-Fi for clients. This high-end router is currently available only in Australia, one...
D-Link at CES 2019: Mesh-Enabled Exo Routers and Extenders with McAfee Security
D-Link introduced their Exo series of routers in early 2016. Since then, the traditional router form factor with middle-of-the-road specifications has become a mid-range product for all networking product...
12 by Ganesh T S on 1/7/2019
Wi-Fi Naming Simplified: 802.11ax Becomes Wi-Fi 6
In a bid to simplify the naming of the current and future Wi-Fi standards and ensure that even unexperienced users buy the right equipment, Wi-Fi Alliance on Wednesday introduced...
19 by Anton Shilov on 10/3/2018
The ASRock B360M-ITX/ac Motherboard Review: Tiny Take on B360, Sub $100
Everyone likes a good analysis of a Mini-ITX sized board, but this time we're looking at a B360 chipset version. This chipset offers users the ability to jump into...
24 by Joe Shields on 9/17/2018
Netgear XR700 Router Brings 802.11ad and 10G to the Nighthawk Pro Gaming Family
At the 2018 CES, Netgear had introduced the Nighthawk XR500 gaming router and the SX10 (GS810EMX) NBASE-T switch as part of the Nighthawk Pro family to server the needs...
26 by Ganesh T S on 8/30/2018
More Details on Intel's Z390 Chipset Exposed
A couple of days ago we revealed that ASUS had published a list of its upcoming motherboards on the currently unofficially announced Z390 chipset. While we know a little...
30 by Gavin Bonshor on 7/31/2018
The ASRock Z370 Gaming-ITX/ac Motherboard Review: Mini-ITX with Thunderbolt 3
There's a lot of love for mini-ITX, and our next review is the ASRock Z370 Gaming-ITX/ac. This gaming-centric board offers users a number of features which make it highly...
33 by Joe Shields on 7/13/2018
The GIGABYTE B360 Gaming 3 WIFI Review: A Cheaper Alternative at $120
One of GIGABYTE's first B360 series motherboards in the Gaming 3 WIFI. This is our first review of this new chipset, and it offers users a cheaper way into...
18 by Joe Shields on 7/11/2018
Intel Releases Z390 Chipset Product Information: New Motherboards Inbound
In an unexpected disclosure of information, Intel’s Z390 Product Brief documentation went online today. No prior warning was given, and we were expecting something similar to perhaps pop up...
35 by Ian Cutress on 5/14/2018
Huawei Pushes G.hn Powerline Networking with the WiFi Q2 Whole-Home Wi-Fi Solution
Mesh networking / whole-home Wi-Fi systems have seen rapid growth over the last couple of years. Almost all vendors in the consumer networking space have one or more offerings...
9 by Ganesh T S on 1/17/2018
Cypress at CES 2018 - CYW89359 Automotive 802.11ac Combo Solution
LAS VEGAS, NV — Cypress Semiconductor today announces a new WiFi combo chipset targeted at automotive applications. Car connectivity gets increasingly common-place and users enjoy the same media experience...
1 by Andrei Frumusanu on 1/9/2018
It’s Actually an Intel Chip: Rivet Networks Launches the Killer Wireless-AC 1550
LAS VEGAS, NV — One of the main criticisms about the Killer network controllers, either wireless or wired, is that they aren't Intel. The hardware isn't Intel, or the...
19 by Ian Cutress on 1/8/2018
ARRIS Announces 802.11ac Wave 2-capable SGB6950-AC2 & SBG7400-AC2 Cable Modem Gateways
ARRIS introduced two new Wave 2 Wi-Fi gateways to its Secure Home Gateway portfolio with its ARRIS SURFboard SBG6950-AC2 and SBG7400-AC2 gateways. The Secure Home Gateway series of devices...
12 by Joe Shields on 9/27/2017ASRock's X10 IoT Router Now Available: 802.11ac, GbE, ZigBee, and IR
ASRock has started sales of their new smart connected home router, the X10. The new device supports not only 802.11ac Wi-Fi and Gigabit Ethernet like any modern networking router...
18 by Anton Shilov on 9/7/2017
Netgear Launches Nighthawk X4S AC3200 DOCSIS 3.1 Cable Modem Router
The 2017 CES saw various vendors introduce their first cable modem based on Broadcom's DOCSIS 3.1 BCM3390 chipset. Netgear's CM1000 was one of the first out of the gate...
27 by Ganesh T S on 7/11/2017
TRENDnet Launches TPL-430AP AC1200 Wireless Access Point with HomePlug Powerline Backhaul
Extending the reach of Wi-Fi networks has become important with the rise in number and spread in usage location of Wi-Fi clients in a typical household. Typical range extenders...
4 by Ganesh T S on 1/5/2017
Amped Wireless Launches AC2200 HELIOS Family with Qualcomm's Tri-Radio 802.11ac Solution
At Computex 2016, Qualcomm Atheros announced the availability of a tri-radio 802.11ac platform with Wave 2 MU-MIMO capabilities. The firmware in the platform also supported Wi-Fi SON (Self-Organizing Networks)...
4 by Ganesh T S on 1/4/2017
Netgear Launches 802.11ad-Enabled Nighthawk X10 (R9000) Wi-Fi Router
The Wi-Fi router market has seen a yearly cadence of flagship releases since the first 802.11ac routers came into the market in early 2012. Starting with 3x3 solutions, the...
57 by Ganesh T S on 10/19/2016
IFA 2016: Qualcomm Announces VR820 Reference Platform, QCA9379
Following up the announcement of details on the Snapdragon 821, Qualcomm is also announcing a dedicated standalone VR HMD running Snapdragon 820 as a reference design which was designed...
3 by Joshua Ho on 9/1/2016
ASUS Unveils PCE-AC88 4x4 Wi-Fi Card with 2167 Mbps Bandwidth
ASUS has introduced its flagship dual-band AC3100 wireless PCIe x1 adapter with four antennas and a maximum supported throughput of 2167 Mbps (270 MB/s). The card is powered by...
26 by Anton Shilov on 5/11/2016
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