802.11ac
As one of the leading makers of mobile Wi-Fi hotspots, for several years now Netgear has offered a comprehensive lineup of such products. So for this year's Mobile World Congress the company took to the show to demonstrate its latest 4G and 5G hotspots, as well as share their plans for the future. Netgear was among the first vendors to offer a Gigabit LTE mobile hotspot, when it launched the Cat 16 DL-capable Nighthawk M1 two years ago. Recently the company introduced its Nighthawk M2 (MR2100), a 2 Gbps LTE mobile hotspot powered by Qualcomm’s X24 modem. The M2 supports 5 CA (carrier aggregation) for downloads, 2 CA for uploads, and 802.11ac Wi-Fi for clients. This high-end router is currently available only in Australia, one...
Xirrus to Offer Low Cost 2x2 802.11ac Upgradable Enterprise AP
A good number of companies play in the enterprise Wi-Fi market: Aruba Networks, Ubiquiti and Ruckus Wireless to name a few. Enterprise Wi-Fi looks at markets that have...
21 by Ian Cutress on 3/11/2014
MSI Launches the Nightblade Gaming Barebones, a mini-ITX with OC
Traditional PC component manufacturers are moving into other areas of interest. For MSI that means devices such as tablets and notebooks, as well as moving forward with their traditional...
30 by Ian Cutress on 3/6/2014
Broadcom Announces BCM4354 802.11ac 2x2 MIMO Combo for Smartphones
Today Broadcom is announcing the newest member of their popular WiFi/BT/FM series of combo chips, the BCM4354, which adds 2x2 MIMO (two spatial stream) for smartphones and retains 802.11ac...
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Amped Wireless: 802.11ac WiFi with High-Gain Antennas
It’s been a while since we last looked at Amped Wireless, a company with a primary goal being the development of higher quality and longer range WiFi products. Wireless...
27 by Jarred Walton on 1/21/2014
D-Link at CES 2014: WiFi Router and Charger On-The-Go, WiFi Range Extenders too
In the name of connectivity, local networks, data sharing and charging, D-Link are showcasing their DIR-510L WiFi AC750 Portable Router and Charger at CES this week. The principle...
13 by Ian Cutress on 1/6/2014
The Joys of 802.11ac WiFi
We’ve had quite a few major wireless networking standards over the years, and while some have certainly been better than others, I have remained a strong adherent of wired...
139 by Jarred Walton on 7/8/2013
Apple Announces new AirPort Extreme and Time Capsule with 802.11ac WiFi
During the opening WWDC 2013 keynote, Apple announced a refresh of its AirPort Extreme and Time Capsule with support for 802.11ac. The two include 3x3:3 802.11ac with support for...
26 by Brian Klug on 6/10/2013
Broadcom Updates 802.11ac SoC Lineup with NAS-Friendly BCM5862x
The initial batch of 802.11ac routers shipped with the dated and inefficient BCM4706 (based on a 600 MHz MIPS32 CPU). Broadcom made some amends last year with the BCM4708x...
8 by Ganesh T S on 6/3/2013
Ubiquiti Networks Brings 802.11ac to Enterprise Wi-Fi APs
The enterprise Wi-Fi market is a hotly contested one with expensive offerings from companies such as Aruba Networks and Ruckus Wireless being the preferred choice of many IT administrators...
13 by Ganesh T S on 3/25/2013
Wilocity Bringing WiGig To Your Desk, Lap, Home and Office
We had a chance to meet with Wilocity to take a look at their progress in bringing WiGig to market. Let’s start with a primer. WiGig (802.11ad) is an...
10 by Jason Inofuentes & Cara Hamm on 1/12/2013
New from Buffalo Technology - Updated AC1750 802.11ac router, MiniStation Thunderbolt with SSD, and Thunderbolt Duo
Ganesh and I dropped by Buffalo Technology at CES 2013 to get a look at their upcoming products. I'll leave most of the MiniStation NAS news to him as...
6 by Brian Klug on 1/12/2013
TRENDnet Joins 802.11ac Bandwagon with AC1750 TEW-812DRU Router and TWE-805UB USB 3.0 Dongle
We have covered CES announcements from Netgear and D-Link already and we now move on to TRENDnet. Despite being headquartered in Torrance in southern California, they seem to have...
0 by Ganesh T S on 1/9/2013
Broadcom's pre-CES Sneak Peek: BCM 43341 NFC Combo Chip and More..
We were at Broadcom's press event in San Francisco on Tuesday, where they outlined their vision for the trends in the next few years. Covered aspects included location technologies...
8 by Ganesh T S on 12/13/2012
Qualcomm Atheros makes two 802.11ac solutions official - WCN3680 and QCA986x
Way back at MWC we saw Qualcomm Atheros demonstrating single spatial stream 802.11ac on a MSM8960 MDP, where it was pushing 230 Mbps to a nearby 802.11ac router. I...
7 by Brian Klug on 6/6/2012
Broadcom Announces BCM4708x and BCM5301x SoCs for 802.11ac routers
We've been talking about 802.11ac a lot lately, and today Broadcom is announcing a new family of SoCs with greater integration and performance specifically tailored to 802.11ac SMB and...
5 by Brian Klug on 6/5/2012
Netgear Announces 2-stream 802.11ac R6200 router and A6200 USB 2.0 adapter
We're at Broadcom and Netgear's joint press event today, where both are announcing the commercial availability of the R6300 three spatial stream 802.11ac router which was announced at CES...
16 by Brian Klug & Ganesh T S on 5/15/2012
Broadcom Announces New Combo Chips - BCM4334, BCM43241, Shows 802.11ac Once More
We've been covering the combo chip space for a while now, which is hugely important for both smartphones, tablets, and other form factors usually driven by ARM SoCs. Combo...
5 by Brian Klug on 2/28/2012
Qualcomm Atheros Demos 802.11ac on MSM8960
Among a bunch of interesting Krait features is a noteworthy change in connectivity that represents some of the first fruits of the Qualcomm Atheros acquisition. We touched on it...
6 by Brian Klug on 2/27/2012
802.11ac RF Hands-On with Buffalo AirStation WZR-1750H
We just stopped by Buffalo's booth at CES 2012, who were kind enough to let us use a WiSpy DBx from Metageek we're working on reviewing to look at...
16 by Brian Klug on 1/11/2012
Broadcom Announces Family of 802.11ac Chipsets & 5G WiFi Brand
If you've read our 802.11ac primer you already know that the fifth generation of WiFi is something to be excited about. At 433Mbps of bandwidth per stream with expected...
7 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 1/5/2012
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