802.11N

Apple’s New AirPort Extreme No Longer Shaped Like a Boob

While everyone’s eyes were transfixed on the new iPhone (and we can’t blame them), Apple’s new AirPort Extreme quietly slipped through the cracks making it straight into the store without being noticed. So what’s new? For starters, it’s an 802.11n base station, meaning it’s 5x faster as the previous Base Station and delivers greater range.…

Tech News Louis Ramirez Jan 9

Inside Linksys’ CES Vault

We got a first hand look at Linksys’ army of gadgets at CES. From a Wireless-N gaming router to an entry-level NAS drive—these guys have everything covered. Here’s a look at what you can expect from them later this year. Updates on individual products to come.

Gadgets Louis Ramirez Jan 7

D-Link Brings 802.11n Speeds to Your ExpressCard Slot

Here’s one more device you can slide inside your notebook’s ExpressCard slot. D-Link’s DWL-643 Xtreme N adapter supercharges your throughput by hitting speeds that max out at 300Mbps when connected to an Xtreme N router. The card was designed to automatically detect and connect to any of D-Link’s wireless products and is also backwards compatible…

Tech News Louis Ramirez Dec 29

Buffalo Delivers Wireless N Over USB 2.0

It may look like some sort of three-pronged torture device, but the WLI-U2-G144N is actually Buffalo’s USB 2.0-based wireless N adaptor. It lets your desktop hook up to your Wireless N router via USB 2.0 instead of having to crack open your PC and install a PCI-based card. Wireless N adaptors for desktops aren’t that…

Tech News Louis Ramirez Nov 22

D-Link DIR-655 Xtreme Draft 802.11n Router

D-Link’s jumping into the Draft 802.11n pool with the DIR-655 Xtreme N router, which has three antennas that are, coincidentally enough, not used for MIMO. The router is supposed to be the first Gigabit Draft N router that has “Intelligent Wireless Quality of Service” technology to prioritize bandwidth, meaning your VoIP calls are of higher…

Tech News Jason Chen Oct 18

Linksys WRT350N Gigabit 802.11N MIMO Router

Both a 802.11N wireless router and a gigabit ethernet router, the Linksys WRT350N also has Storage LInk, which lets you add additional storage to your network. Attach any USB 2.0 hard drive to the router and it becomes accessible to the WRT350N’s media server so you can access all your files anywhere in the home.…

Tech News Jason Chen Oct 13

Reviewed: D-Link RangeBooster N 650 DIR-635 Wireless Router (Verdict: Wait For Finalized 802.11n Specs)

Santa’s little helpers over at C|Net got their hands on some of D-Link’s draft N equipment and, overall, it looks like you’re better off actually waiting for the Wi-Fi Alliance to ratify the actual 802.11n specifications rather than be an early adopter. That’s not to say that the router (along with the associated notebook adapter)…

Gadgets Nicholas Deleon Jul 21

Dell Releases Draft 802.11n Wireless Card

The Dell Wireless 1500 card is available now for Dell XPS laptops and certain Inspiron laptops, but judging from the all the problems that draft N has been facing, we’re glad they’re releasing this as an addon card and not embedding it in the laptop itself. The card supports 802.11n as well as 802.11a/b/g, which…

Tech News Jason Chen Jul 17

802.11 pre-N Routers Running Into Issues

Not only are most of the the pre-N and draft-N routers on the shelves today going to be incompatible with the final spec, they’re incompatible with 802.11b/g products (and with each other). Three chipsets are on the market today that are being used in these N routers: Airgo, Broadcom and Marvell. In tests, Airgo received…

Tech News Jason Chen Jun 17

WSJ Discovers Wi-Fi Flavors

Sometimes its so cute to watch the big guys discover the Interwebs. Take this story from the WSJ, for example. The news peg, as they call it in the biz-snazz, is that 802.11n is coming out sometimes soon. But in order to churn up a whole feature, they rock the old “something new is happening,…

Tech News John Biggs Jun 13

Netgear DG834N 802.11n ADSL2+ Modem Router

We have to hand it to Netgear. When they say they’re going to support something, say the 802.11n draft, they really support it. Never mind the bollocks difficulties, they’re releasing the first draft 802.11n-compliant ADSL2+ Modem Router whether people ratify the standard or not. https://gizmodo.com/802-11n-delayed-even-further-175496 With an ADSL 2+ mode, a router, a four-port 10/100…

Tech News Jason Chen May 22

802.11n Delayed Even Further

Wi-Fi Networking News got tipped off by an anonymous IEEE member (it wasn’t us, we only joined for the magazines) that the 802.11n draft is going to be very delayed. Instead of receiving the standard 2,000 comments on the draft, the committee received 12,000. Thus, the vote is again going to be nowhere near the…

Tech News Jason Chen May 22

802.11n Draft Fails Vote

Remember what we said about 802.11N? Well, Draft 1.0 of the wireless standard was voted on, and it failed to get the 75% necessary to move onto the next stage. This could spell bad news for the companies that just released Draft-N devices, and even worse news for the people who bought them. Not getting…

Tech News Jason Chen May 4

Belkin 802.11n N1 Router

Now that we roundly panned 802.11n, we got word of yet another pre-release device, the N1. The N1 should have a throughput of up to 150MBps and “network status indicator LEDs,” which probably aren’t as great as they sound. Should be available June 2006. Price unknown. https://gizmodo.com/wireless-802-11n-questions-is-it-time-to-upgrade-169609 Belkin Page [Belkin]

Tech News Johnb Apr 26

Wireless 802.11N Questions: Is It Time To Upgrade?

With the arrival of the first 802.11n routers from Buffalo Technology, Belkin, D-Link and Netgear, early adopters are wondering whether it’s time for them to upgrade their home networks. With speeds hovering around 12x and range around 4x compared to 802.11g, there seems to be a significant improvement over current technology. But is it time…

Tech News Jason Chen Apr 25

Linksys Jumps Hops Aboard the 802.11n Train With Router and Notebook Adapter

Not to be outdone by Netgear, which a few weeks ago announced its very own foray into the unexplored world of 802.11n Wi-Fi, Linksys today announced the Wireless-N Broadband Router (WRT300N) and the Wireless-N Notebook Adapter (WPC300N). No longer making grandiose claims of 802.11n’s capabilities, Linksys now says that the new Wi-Fi standard is “up…

Tech News Gizloco Apr 24

Netgear Gets Speedy with 802.11n

Netgear has announced the availability of its latest Wi-Fi products. The RangeMax NEXT series of product that operates at 802.11n speeds. Being fast can be pretty damn expensive, The RangeMax NEXT Wireless Networking Kit Gigabit Edition—that includes a Wireless router and wireless notebook adapter—has a blistering $349 price tag. At least it is still backwards…

Tech News Travis Hudson Apr 14

Apple’s New AirPort Extreme No Longer Shaped Like a Boob

Inside Linksys’ CES Vault

D-Link Brings 802.11n Speeds to Your ExpressCard Slot

Buffalo Delivers Wireless N Over USB 2.0

D-Link DIR-655 Xtreme Draft 802.11n Router

Linksys WRT350N Gigabit 802.11N MIMO Router

Reviewed: D-Link RangeBooster N 650 DIR-635 Wireless Router (Verdict: Wait For Finalized 802.11n Specs)

Dell Releases Draft 802.11n Wireless Card

802.11 pre-N Routers Running Into Issues

WSJ Discovers Wi-Fi Flavors

Netgear DG834N 802.11n ADSL2+ Modem Router

802.11n Delayed Even Further

802.11n Draft Fails Vote

Belkin 802.11n N1 Router

Wireless 802.11N Questions: Is It Time To Upgrade?

Linksys Jumps Hops Aboard the 802.11n Train With Router and Notebook Adapter

Netgear Gets Speedy with 802.11n

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