Networking
One of the more subtle trends at this year's Computex was that the majority of high-end motherboards now come equipped with a 5GbE network controller. At present, this might be considered a limited benefit as 5GbE and 10GbE switches and routers are still pretty expensive. But Realtek is planning on tackling the issue from both ends, as the company is preparing a hardware platform for sub-$100 5GbE switches. Realtek’s quad-port 5GbE switch platform consists of five key chips: one RTL9303 switch system-on-chip, and four RTL8251B 5GbE physical interfaces (PHYs). The chips are accompanied by various other components, such as power management ICs, but in general it relies solely on in-house developed components, which is why it can be made so cheap. RealTek's platform is...
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
Securifi's Almond Routers Get Subscription-based IoT Device Security Service
We have been following Securifi's offerings in the home networking space over the last few years. They have stood out in the crowded consumer Wi-Fi market by being one...
8 by Ganesh T S on 1/4/2017
Linksys Enters Mesh Wi-Fi Market with Velop Whole Home Wi-Fi, Expands MAX-STREAM Lineup
Linksys has updates in three different product lines as part of CES 2017. The new product line is the Velop Whole Home W-Fi mesh networking kit. Linksys is definitely...
7 by Ganesh T S on 1/3/2017
Aquantia Launches New 2.5G/5G Multi-Gigabit Network Controllers for PCs
Frequent readers of AnandTech will have recognized that our coverage of higher speed network interfaces over copper, particularly 10G, for the home and business has increased recently. This is...
32 by Ian Cutress on 12/14/2016
Extending Home Networks - A Comparison of G.hn, HomePlug AV2 and Wi-Fi Mesh
Over the last decade or so, we have seen a rapid increase in the number of devices connecting to the home network. The popularity of IoT has meant that...
56 by Ganesh T S on 12/7/2016
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_carousel.jpg)
ASUS XG-U2008 10GBase-T Network Switch Released: 2x10G + 8x1G for $249
Back at CES, we saw what looked like a first budget-style entry into the 10GBase-T networking arena for low-cost, high-speed RJ-45 networking that would be backwards compatible with most...
23 by Ian Cutress on 10/10/2016
NBASE-T Alliance Receives Boost with IEEE P802.3bz Approval for 2.5G/5G Ethernet
Wired networks relying on traditional Cat 5e and Cat 6 cables (at their maximum channel length of 100m) have been limited to 1 Gbps so far. At the other...
37 by Ganesh T S on 10/3/2016
GIGABYTE GB-BSi7HAL-6500 Dual LAN Skylake BRIX Review
Ultra-compact form factor (UCFF) PCs have become quite popular after Intel introduced the NUCs. They have become powerful enough to be the primary computing platform for many households. However...
25 by Ganesh T S on 9/21/2016
Rivet Networks Launches the Killer E2500 Network Controller: Website Detection, New UI
The Killer brand of network controllers is evolving. The original company, Bigfoot Networks, launched on FPGAs over a decade ago, with super large heatsinks (that are now collectors’ items)...
50 by Ian Cutress on 9/15/2016
Netgear Introduces Second-Gen ProSAFE 10GBase-T Switches for SMBs
NetGear has introduced four new ProSAFE 10 GbE switches for small and medium businesses, upgrading their first generation of XS708E and XS712T parts. The new switches support both copper...
46 by Anton Shilov on 5/17/2016
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
Comtrend PG-9172 Powerline Adapter Review: G.hn Gets Primed for Retail Push
The battle between HomePlug and HomeGrid to emerge as the de-facto powerline networking standard was quite interesting between 2010 and 2013. However, despite silicon getting demonstrated at various trade...
49 by Ganesh T S on 5/3/2016
Compulab fitlet-XA10-LAN Review: A Fanless AMD UCFF PC for Networking Applications
Passively cooled computing systems carry many advantages. Most of these turn out to be very important for industrial and embedded applications. The attention paid by AMD and Intel to...
50 by Ganesh T S on 4/19/2016
Securifi Updates Smart Home Hub Lineup with New Almond 3 Wireless Router
Securifi is famous for bringing out the world's first commercially available touchscreen router. We have covered them a couple of times in the past. They were one of the...
10 by Ganesh T S on 1/20/2016
ASUS Booth Tour at CES 2016: 10G Switches, External GPU Dock, USB-C Monitor and more
When ASUS emailed a couple of weeks before CES announcing that they had cancelled their press event for the show, we had a few question marks. Previous shows involve...
50 by Ian Cutress on 1/19/2016
D-Link Demonstrates Innovative Networking Solutions at CES
D-Link had two major core networking announcements at CES along with a host of updates for their home automation product line. There are a number of things to discuss...
14 by Ganesh T S on 1/18/2016
New GIGABYTE Server Motherboards Show Xeon D Round 2
The Xeon D platform, as reviewed by Johan back in June, put together eight Broadwell cores, 24 PCIe 3.0 lanes, dual 10 Gbit Ethernet and USB/SATA control all into...
23 by Ian Cutress on 1/18/2016
Amped Wireless Launches APOLLO IP Cameras and Updates Networking Lineup at CES
Amped Wireless is popular for marketing equipment with long range, high-performance power amplifiers and high-gain antennas. At CES, they had the usual updates to the networking lineup - new...
4 by Ganesh T S on 1/17/2016
TRENDnet Announces AC2600 Router and AC1900 USB 3.0 WLAN Adapter at CES
TRENDnet's CES suite had plenty of networking equipment ranging from outdoor long-range access points to industrial switches. It made clear that TRENDnet is focusing more on SMB, particularly in...
18 by Ganesh T S on 1/15/2016
Facebook
Twitter
RSS
