Home networking is almost always a bitch. But Netgear's new (and first of its kind) wireless N and powerline networking combo might simplify the process, adding a high-throughput Wi-Fi bubble, riding along your home wiring, to any free electrical outlet.
The Nexus One's hardware supports wireless N networks. The phone's software, well, sort of. But! Super-fast Wi-Fi may hit the Nexus one in the next Android update—and if you're feeling adventurous, you can have it sooner.
The E3000 is Cisco's new king of Linksys routers, replacing the WRT610N. It's a pretty minor upgrade to the previous simultaneous dual-band beast, with a major exception.
D-Link's little wireless N router can create a Wi-Fi point, or add one to a wired network. The dual-band Rush uses a 4x4 antenna design to push stuff at 600Mbps, supposedly with the best range of any D-Link router.
Gamestop never released that new Xbox 360 wireless n dongle on 11/3 for $100. Meanwhile, Costco just listed the product for $88 with a November 10th ship date...right before pulling the page. Tracking this thing has become unnecessarily difficult. [Engadget]
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]
If you haven't upgraded to wireless-N yet, now is a great time. The spec is finally ratified and Netgear is celebrating by dropping the WNR3500L with USB networking and pre-loaded Linux for open source tinkerers.
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]
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…
The Mvix Nubbin protrudes less than 2cm from your computer as it adds 802.1n Wi-Fi to your computer, making it the world's smallest Wireless-N adapter. It's also competitively priced at $40.
Trendnet has unveiled what they are calling "the world's smallest wireless N travel router" with the TEW-654TR. There have been other pocket-sized routers of course, but not one this small with Draft N support.
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…
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…
Slowly but surely we're seeing Wireless-N Wi-Fi become more established in the marketplace, and it's a good sign to see Netgear refreshing their line. Their new WNR2000 ($89) is a standard N router and the DGN2000 ($119) is the same router with a built-in DSL modem. Both systems feature Netgear's password-less Push…
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.
If you are looking for a serious solution for your home media streaming needs, D-Link's new DIR-855 Wireless N Router is offering simultaneous full-on dual 802.11n transmissions over both 2.4GHz and 5GHz channels. So, for those with heavy bandwith needs—this router will allow two people to go to town using their own…
Click to viewWe've been fiddling with Time Capsule since it arrived this AM, and so far it works as billed, clean and easy. The star of the show is really the new AirPort Utility software, which now comes with some neat tricks for the network-phobic. Most of all, we're learning the ins and outs of adding external…
Belkin's latest N1 series router, the N1 Vision, isn't just hands-down the smokiest 802.11n draft 2.0 router we've seen—it tries to one-up everyone else with a built-in LCD screen that displays info ranging from a bandwidth speedometer to the number of neighbors leeching your internet. At $200, the sexiness doesn't…
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…
IEEE's 802.11n working group has given Draft 2.0 of the spec a thumbs up, sending it off to members for approval by the end of this month. The upshot is that once it's okayed by all members, work on Draft 3.0 starts in earnest, to be sent out for voting by June. As long as everything goes off without a hitch over the…
