Netgear’s Nighthawk 802.11ac router boasts a strong feature set, delivers exceptional range, and is reasonably priced. It’s the best Wi-Fi router on the market, at least for now. It’s been more than ...

Review updated 1/29/2013: If you need to connect just a single client, such as a laptop or a home-theater PC, to your 802.11ac network, a Wi-Fi client USB adapter is much cheaper than a wireless ...

Your 802.11n wireless network and devices are about to become passé. Although the official 802.11ac specification won’t be finalized until sometime in 2013, wireless equipment will soon appear on ...

Sure, in a lab you can't already get 1 Gbps speeds. But most of us don't work in labs. We work in the real world. The best performance I've ever seen using my Linksys EA9200 tri-band router with a ...

The Wi-Fi Alliance is finally kicking off a certification program for routers, adapters, and other wireless networking gear based on the IEEE 802.11ac draft standard. The organization has a strong ...

I have 2 Dell 2950 PE in my home (bought them used on eBay). They work well, but are too loud. I want to move them upstairs into an unused bedroom, but I have no network cabling upstairs. I've ...

Well, it took a while, but Apple has finally resolved whatever problem was causing wireless file transfers using its new 802.11ac MacBook Air and Time Capsule to be so slow. If you haven’t already ...

The C-65 AP is uniquely ready for the Internet of Things (IoT), and not just as it exists today. IDC predicts that 28 billion connected devices will exist by 2020 – how will network professionals cope ...

The mobile chipmaker expects to be moving to double-antenna 2x2 MIMO technology for mobile phones. Also: a new GPS chip for wearable devices. Stephen Shankland worked at CNET from 1998 to 2024 and ...