Networking
Wi-Fi has seen rapid advancements over the last decade, starting with the introduction of 802.11ac (Wi-Fi 5). 802.11ax (Wi-Fi 6) came with significant improvements in total throughput. The Wi-Fi 6E standard brought 6 GHz operation (where allowed) to consumers. A few years back, Wi-Fi 7 silicon was announced with multi-gigabit throughput and significant latency improvements. On the device side, consumers grappling with range issues typically used to augment their networks with extenders, while prosumers opted for multiple access points backed by a single router. In recent years, we have seen the rise of a new category of products - Wi-Fi systems / mesh networking kits. These bundles consisting of a router with one or more satellites attempted to make the setting up of a...
The Wireless Future: Bluetooth and HomeRF in depth
At this year's fall IDF, we had the opportunity to look at two technologies that vow to change wireless data communication from a dream to...
1 by Matthew Witheiler on 8/29/2000Home PNA "Phoneline Networking" Round Up
Back in February of this year, we reviewed the D-Link DHN-910 Home Phoneline Network In A Box. Since then, we have gotten several emails expressing interest in this technology...
0 by Greg Hanna on 7/21/2000Network Switch Roundup
As the cost of networking equipment drops further and further, the accessibility of such equipment to the consumer increases inversely. That is, where only a few years ago...
0 by Jason Clark & Greg Hanna on 6/14/2000Netopia R9100 Ethernet Router
The router performed fantastic. No question here, far better performance than the Linksys Etherfast, although the current bandwidth available through cable or DSL doesn't come close to taxing either...
0 by Jason Clark & Greg Hanna on 4/27/2000Linksys Etherfast Cable/DSL Router
The Linksys Etherfast Router offers almost every feature the average user will need and some that he/she won't, all configured with an easy-to-use web interface.
1 by Jason Clark & Greg Hanna on 3/23/2000D-Link DHN-910 Phone Networking Kit
As one of the first HomePNA 2.0 kits we have tested, the D-Link kit stacked up very well to a standard twisted pair network in our tests. For...
0 by Greg Hanna on 2/10/2000
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