802.11n Wi-Fi Adapter For Tivo Lands At The FCC

An AN0100 802.11n wireless adapter for Tivo is up on the FCC's site. While there's not much information on what the add-on will bring to the DVR, the promise of increased bandwidth suggests more robust network streaming for Tivos in the future. Here's to hoping. [Engadget]

Atheros Wireless N for Smartphones Actually Uses Less Power Than Slowass G

Wireless N in cellphones, it's happening next year: Atheros's AR6003 802.11n/Bluetooth chip for cellphones is tiny, has serious range and uses less power than their current wireless G chip, which is in the Zune HD. It'll hit phones around the second half of next year. Such a long wait. [PC Mag]

Roku XR Slightly Less Underwhelming With Addition Of 802.11n and USB

Spy shots of the new Roku XR Netflix streaming box over at Engadget seem to indicate that upgrades like 802.11n and a USB port are on their way—but that isn't nearly enough to justify getting one. More »

The 802.11n Xbox 360 Wireless Adapter Might Be $100

Ars has a mole that just told them the updated 802.11n wireless adapter will be $100, with the older G adapter dropping down to $80. Still too expensive, compared to the price of regular Wi-Fi adapters. [Ars via Kotaku]

Xbox 360 Elite Holiday Bundle: Pure and Lego Batman?

Ars Technica's freakishly-reliable mole says the $300 Elite will include both games after its $50 rebate ends on October 5. [Ars Technica via Kotaku]

Which Flavor of Wi-Fi Do You Use?

The 802.11n spec has been in the news a lot lately. After six years, the spec has finally been approved, and we shall soon see wireless N coming to the Xbox and maybe even the iPod Touch. More »

Microsoft Confirms Xbox 360's 802.11n Wireless Adapter

Microsoft confirmed to gaming blog Joystiq that they will release an 802.11n wireless adapter for Xbox 360. Looks like it'll accompany rather than replace the current adapter, though MS was tight-lipped on price or release date, saying only "soon." [Joystiq]

Official Xbox 360 802.11n Wi-Fi Adapter Coming Soon

If you want to stream 1080p TV shows and movies from the Zune/video store this fall, your 360 needs to be hard wired to your router, or on an 802.11n network. Knowing this, Microsoft is readying an official 802.11n adapter. More »

802.11n Final Spec Is Final, Finally

Remember when I told you the 802.11n spec wasn't final, even though you've prolly owned a wireless N router forever? It's final now. You can carry on with your life now (since you don't have to buy new stuff). Feel better? [Signal2Noise]

Did You Know 802.11n Isn't a Final Spec?

Given that wireless N routers have been around for two years now, you'd be forgiven for thinking the 802.11n standard was set in stone a longass time ago. Not true! It'll be finalized by September, according to the chairman of the IEEE 802.15 working group on Personal Area Networks. Which doesn't mean a whole lot except a warm fuzzy feeling, since your wireless N routers will keep working like always. More »

Fonera 2 Router Upgraded With 802.11n, Support for YouTube, Flickr, Facebook, Others

FON has done some elective surgery on their Fonera 2 router, released just a few months ago with NAS, 3G and BitTorrent support. On top of those previous upgrades, the newest version includes 802.11n connectivity, web app upload support and reduced power usage. But first: What the hell is Fonera? More »

Sanyo LP-WXU700 Projector Utilizes Draft N Wi-Fi, FIRST!!

The Sanyo LP-WXU700 is the first projector on the market to integrate the no-longer-so-new 802.11 Wi-Fi. And it's happy to work in offices and home theaters alike. More »

Unconfirmed: Next-gen iPhone Includes Support for 802.11n Networks

AppleInsider is reporting that the wireless radio specs in the iPhone 3.0 firmware beta reveal support for a new chip and 802.11n. Current gen iPhones and the iPod touch support 802.11b/g networks. [Update] More »

Broadcom Launches 802.11n Wi-Fi Chip For Cellphones

The new chip, which also integrates Bluetooth and FM radios, can grab 802.11n data at speeds of up to 50Mbps, and Broadcom claims it can do it all without totally devastating your battery.

Proxim Orinoco AP-8000 Doubles Wi-Fi Throughput With Two 802.11n Radios

This one's more for the IT dudes, but is interesting as an indication of how we may see more speed squeezed out of the 802.11n wi-fi spec: a new enterprise access point from Proxim uses two 802.11n radios simultaneously, effectively doubling throughput to 320 Mbps (a single wireless N radio maxes out at around 170 Mbps). But it can't just be that simple, right? More »

Planex GW-USMicronN: A Teeny, Tiny Wireless-N Adapter

Wireless-N speeds sound great and everything (74Mbps!), but who wants to buy a bulky new adapter? The GW-USMicronN from Planex makes the upgrade painless, assuming you have an N router. Possibly the smallest 802.11n USB adapter to date (1/6 the size of the D-Link beside it), early testing shows that its range and transfer speeds are competitive with its class, and it features all of the security measures found in bulkier adapters. Arriving in the US for $30 next month, this Planex is definitely worth keeping an eye on. [CNET and Planex]

Quantenna Claims 1Gbps Wi-Fi Speeds By Next Year

Higher latency and much lower speed are keeping Wi-Fi out of a lot of business settings, even considering massive performance increases of new 802.11n over previous standards. Quantenna says it can remedy these problems with existing technology, and using techniques that are already part of the 802.11n standard. Though there is pretty much no way to tell if their throughput claims are at all reasonable, the basic idea behind the system is simple, and probably doable: lots and lots of parallel connections. More »

D-Link DIR-825 Dual-Band N Router Gets USB over Wi-Fi (and So Can You)

D-Link announced a new router yesterday which sounds a lot like other flagship home routers that have already hit market: The $200 DIR-825 is dual-band 2.4GHz and 5GHz N plus Gigabit ethernet. These are all great features, but the surprising one is that the USB port in the back uses a new protocol that lets networked PCs treat it as a local USB port, even if they're all the way across the house. The good news for your broke ass is, if you have one of several D-Link routers listed below, you can inject your router's USB port with the same virtual connectivity... for free. More »

Geek License Plates Show Just How Geeky the Road Can Get (Very)

While this is by far our favorite geek vanity plate, we don't pretend that others don't exist. And frankly, if I pulled up behind someone repping a wireless radio standard for all to see on the back of their Hyundai, I think there's a great chance I might spit-take my Big Gulp and risk a rear impact collison. And that's not the only one—Pingdom's blog has a great roundup of geek flags flying high and hard on back bumpers around the world. More »

Official: Apple Updates $99 AirPort Express to Wireless N

We first caught wind of this baby on Saturday, an AirPort Express based on 802.11n. This makes Apple's whole networking family N-capable, though this upgrade doesn't entirely solve the fact that AirTunes is not the best way to stream music in the home. Jump for press release. More »

Time Capsule Shipping, Barely Makes Deadline

It looks like Apple will keep their Time Capsule "February" shipping estimate with only a day or two to spare. Pre-order customers just received word their shipments are being prepared. [AppleInsider]

Netgear HD/Video 5 GHz Wireless-N Kit Reviewed

PCMag got their hands on Netgear's new 802.11n streaming rig, the The Netgear HD/Video 5 GHz Wireless-N Networking Kit. Essentially a wireless bridge with access point (no router included), the setup is intended to enable full HD streaming room to room (for ethernet-enabled media devices) or just a better wireless gaming experience (so you don't get pwnd in Halo). More »

ASUS' Nova P22 PC Is Small, Sleek, and Powerful

ASUS' new PC, the Nova P22, has solid specs for a small machine. A Core 2 Duo processor, 802.11n wireless, Bluetooth, built-in speakers and a slot-loading disc drive round out the 122-cubic inch package. The P22 also supports 5.1 speaker configurations if surround sound is your thing. It will retail for $800 when it sees release at the end of January, and it looks like it would be a great complement to their new LCD monitor. [ASUS]

HP MediaSmart Receiver x280N Doubles As HD Media Center Extender

If you lack the wherewithal to afford one of HP's dandy new MediaSmart TVs, you can get the next best thing, a $300 HP x280N MediaSmart Receiver for your plain old non-connected HDTV. More »

Buffalo Banned from Selling 802.11a and 802.11g Gear in the US

Australia-based Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation has won a patent infringement suit against Buffalo in a US district court, enjoining sales on all 802.11a, g and n products made by Buffalo as of Oct. 1 (full list here). CSIRO is apparently suing the entire wireless LAN industry, so Buffalo has the quite the list of friends filing briefs on their behalf: Microsoft, 3COM Corporation, SMC Networks, Accton Technology Corporation, Intel, Atheros Communications, Belkin International, Dell, Hewlett-Packard, Nortel Networks, Nvidia Corporation, Oracle Corporation, SAP AG, Yahoo, Nokia, and the Consumer Electronics Association. If Buffalo doesn't win its appeal, it clears the way for CSIRO to take on the rest of the industry, which could result in licensing fees being tacked on to all 802.11a, g and n products. Booooo fees. [Buffalo via Wi-Fi Networking News, Flickr]

Linksys Outs Long Awaited WRT600N Router and WPC600N PC Card for Notebooks

It's been a long time in the making, but Linksys is finally officially pulling the shroud off of the Ultra RangePlus line, including its dual-band draft-N/A/B/G router, the $280 WRT600N, and its $100 PC-card companion, WPC600N. The highlights: More »

Belkin N1 Vision Wireless Router Hands On

Who knew a lowly router could be so sexy? We got our hands on one of these 802.11n draft 2.0 Belkin N1 Vision routers today, and it looks just as smooth, aerodynamic and downright alluring in our hands as it does in its publicity photos. We're especially attracted to its interactive network display, showing us exactly what's going on all over our local net—who's downloading what and how quickly—blasting out more info than we've ever seen on a consumer router. Nice. More »

FIRST! D-Link Goes All 802.11n Draft 2.0

The Wi-Fi Alliance has passed their first two draft 2.0 applicants in the never-ending race to full 802.11n certification. The D-Link Xtreme N Router and Xtreme N Notebook Adapter both passed the Alliance's testing, and now tower over their wireless kingdom, mocking all of the 1.0-certified brethren with full 2.0 certification. And 2.0 matters to you because it's guaranteed compatible with the final draft. More »

Wi-Fi Alliance Will Start Certifying Draft N 2.0 Products in June; Worrywarts Rejoice

The Wi-Fi Alliance is going to start certifying 802.11 Draft N 2.0 products late next month. While the final standard won't be set in stone until 2008, certified Draft N 2.0 products will have guaranteed interoperability with future N versions so you can get your N on without worry and will sport the fancy sticker on the right. CNET estimates that badge-bearing equipment will hit stores in July, so if promises and rainbow stickers are your thing, you've got about six weeks to go. – Matt Buchanan More »

Fresh Pics of Belkin 802.11n Network USB Hub

Unfortunately for a few commenters, Belkin hasn't introduced new finishes. Like the Model T, the $130 hub still just comes in any color you want, as long as it's black. But after every blog posted the same low-light diagonal shot last week, we thought you might like some new views. You can refer back to our story for initial specs, or jump for a shot of the rear. (I don't think that came out right.) More »

Buffalo Brings High Gain to 802.11G and N

Buffalo's two latest high gain routers bring the answer of three antennas to the question of "How do I get more range on my wireless router?" Their WZR2-G300N 802.11N router has the standard features just about all routers have, including an external switch to flip between router and access point modes, in case you've already purchased a router with Gigabit Ethernet (this one doesn't have it) and want to use this only for your wireless needs. More »

Belkin Extends USB via 802.11n Wi-Fi

If you ever wanted to get five USB devices onto your 802.11n network, the Belkin Network USB Hub is the way to do it. It's not quite the same as the Belkin CableFree wireless USB hub that uses ultra-wideband, since this uses 802.11n and hooks into your WLAN network so any PC within range can access the devices. More »

NYT Pulp Bite: Pogue on 802.11n-ightmare Routers

Not an easy two weeks for the Poguester. First, he pulls an all-nighter putting together last week's video. And this week, he spends four days trying to get the N routers from Belkin, Linksys and Netgear running at the claimed speeds. That 300Mbps rating? It must have been measured on the moon, he quips. More »

802.11n Draft 2.0 Approved, Will Be Fully Compliant With Final Draft

Good news for wireless fans, as the 802.11 Working Group has just approved Draft 2.0 of the 802.11n spec. What's left before you can hop down to the store and get your own certified gear? Just Draft 3.0 and the final spec. More »