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Over the last generation of computing, there has been an explosion of devices that no longer have or need the capability of connecting to a hard-wired Ethernet connection, and that trend shows no intention of slowing down. When Personal Computers first started to utilize wireless Network Interface Cards (NICs) they would almost always be the sole device on the network. Fast forward to today, and practically every home has multiple devices, if not dozens, where the devices communicate using radio waves, either over a cellular connection, or over a home wireless network featuring Wi-Fi.
D-Link Announces New EasyMesh-Compatible Wi-Fi 6 Gateways and Extenders
The Wi-Fi system / mesh market has turned out to be very attractive for gateway vendors, enabling them to have higher ASPs and more revenue per user. On the...
14 by Ganesh T S on 1/6/2020
Netgear Expands SMB Networking Lineup at CES 2019
In addition to the consumer product announcements, Netgear is also releasing a number of new products targeting commercial deployments. The company has been heavily pushing cloud-managed devices in this...
29 by Ganesh T S on 1/7/2019
ASUS Announces a Complete Lineup of 802.11ax Routers
ASUS has announced a family of new routers designed to satisfy the ever-increasing bandwidth demands of the modern household. ASUS unveiled the ROG Rapture GT-AX11000 (ASUS says is the...
20 by Joe Shields on 6/4/2018
Netgear at CES 2018: Nighthawk Gaming Router, N-BASET Switch, and More
Netgear is introducing a number of new products at CES 2018 in hitherto untapped market segments within the networking domain. Netgear is introducing the Nighthawk Pro family at CES...
24 by Ganesh T S 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 9/27/2017
Netgear Nighthawk M1: LTE Cat 16 Router up to 1 Gbps
Netgear this week announced the Nighthawk M1 mobile router, which is the industry’s first 4G LTE device with download speed up to 1 Gbps. The Nighthawk M1 is powered...
51 by Anton Shilov on 2/2/2017
Netgear Nighthawk X8 R8500 AC5300 Router Brings Link Aggregation Mainstream
The average consumer equipment's wired ports have been stuck at 1 Gbps for quite some time. On the other hand, 802.11ac enables router manufacturers to market multi-gigabit Wi-Fi. Power...
67 by Ganesh T S on 12/31/2015
ASRock at Computex 2015: Pre-Show PR gives Z170 Motherboards and 4T4R Router
Next week is the annual Computex trade show and we have a substantial number of meetings booked, but as part of the regular pre-show ritual, companies are coming at...
38 by Ian Cutress on 5/29/2015
Isolated Internet Outages Caused By BGP Spike
The day was Tuesday, August 12th 2014. I arrived home, only to find an almost unusable internet situation in my home. Some sites such as AnandTech and Google worked...
12 by Brett Howse on 8/14/2014
Computex 2014: The ASUS RT-AC3200, a six-stream 802.11ac Router with MIMO
Part of the market in WiFi communications is calling out for more bandwidth. The advent of high-resolution video and the limitations of gigabit Ethernet mean that in an...
22 by Ian Cutress on 6/2/2014_carousel.jpg)
Amped Wireless: 802.11ac WiFi with High-Gain Antennas
It’s been a while since we last looked at Amped Wireless, a company with a primary goal being the development of higher quality and longer range WiFi products. Wireless...
27 by Jarred Walton on 1/21/2014
D-Link at CES 2014: WiFi Router and Charger On-The-Go, WiFi Range Extenders too
In the name of connectivity, local networks, data sharing and charging, D-Link are showcasing their DIR-510L WiFi AC750 Portable Router and Charger at CES this week. The principle...
13 by Ian Cutress on 1/6/2014
Broadcom Updates 802.11ac SoC Lineup with NAS-Friendly BCM5862x
The initial batch of 802.11ac routers shipped with the dated and inefficient BCM4706 (based on a 600 MHz MIPS32 CPU). Broadcom made some amends last year with the BCM4708x...
8 by Ganesh T S on 6/3/2013
Securifi's Almond+ 802.11ac Touchscreen Wi-Fi Router Integrates ZigBee and Z-Wave
It isn't often that we write about products seeking crowd funding. We had written about ioSafe's Indiegogo campaign for the N2 NAS back in September 2012, and the review...
20 by Ganesh T S on 3/5/2013
New from Buffalo Technology - Updated AC1750 802.11ac router, MiniStation Thunderbolt with SSD, and Thunderbolt Duo
Ganesh and I dropped by Buffalo Technology at CES 2013 to get a look at their upcoming products. I'll leave most of the MiniStation NAS news to him as...
6 by Brian Klug on 1/12/2013
Open Source Router Platforms - Part 1: The Hardware
Open Source Router Spotlight A few months ago we asked a simple question - what do you use for your router, and what would you look for in a router...
46 by Brian Klug on 8/22/2012
Western Digital Enters Router Market with My Net Series
We recently had the opportunity to take a meeting with Western Digital in San Francisco, California while a good chunk of the press were out in Taipei for Computex...
25 by Dustin Sklavos on 6/14/2012
Broadcom Announces BCM4708x and BCM5301x SoCs for 802.11ac routers
We've been talking about 802.11ac a lot lately, and today Broadcom is announcing a new family of SoCs with greater integration and performance specifically tailored to 802.11ac SMB and...
5 by Brian Klug on 6/5/2012
Buffalo Technologies Announces Availability of 802.11ac Router and Media Bridge
At the 2012 CES, we reported on one of the first public 802.11ac technology demonstrations at the Buffalo Technologies booth. Fast forward a few months, and Netgear seemed to...
11 by Ganesh T S & Brian Klug on 5/14/2012
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