The Wi-Fi Alliance officially launched today a certification program for routers, adapters, and other wireless networking gear based on the IEEE 802.11ac draft standard. "We want to ensure that the standard is substantially mature," said Wi-Fi Alliance senior marketing manager Kevin Robinson in an embargoed interview last week. "There is work that we have to go through to ensure...

The United States and Russia have signed a cyberspace communication pact to reduce the risk of conflict on issues including counterterrorism and weapons of mass destruction. President Obama and Russian President Vladimir Putin inked a deal on the sidelines of the G-8 summit in Northern Ireland, agreeing to use a nuclear "hotline" to communicate in realtime during a cyber-crisis. "We affirm the...

Following companies such as Facebook, Microsoft and Apple, Yahoo has released a statement, disclosing the number of requests for user data from government agencies the company has received. The Internet company said that from Dec. 1, 2012, to May 31, 2013, it received between 12,000 and 13,000 requests from the government, related to everything from local crimes to terrorism investigations under...

Sprint on Monday filed a lawsuit in the Delaware Court of Chancery claiming that the $6.3 billion deal for the acquisition of Clearwire by Dish violates the rights of Sprint and other Clearwire shareholders and is against Delaware law. Sprint owns a majority stake (50.2%) in the 4G wireless carrier and, in December, offered to buy the remaining shares for $2.2 billion or about $2.97 per share. ...

Today D-Link announced the pre-order availability of its most advanced Gaming Router to date, the D-Link® Gaming Router with Qualcomm® StreamBoost™ technology* (DGL-5500). The D-Link Gaming Router offers AC1300 wireless speeds with unique traffic shaping and bandwidth management coupled with four gigabit Ethernet ports to deliver the ultimate in gaming performance, media streaming and network...

The TL-WDR4900 N900 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router integrates 4-port Switch, Firewall, NAT-Router and Wireless AP. Powered by 3x3 MIMO technology, it delivers wider range and faster speed, which can fully meet the need of Small Office/Home Office (SOHO) networks.

The TL-WDR4900 N900 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router provides up to 450Mbps (2.4GHz) + 450Mbps (5GHz) wireless connection with...

Asus RX3041 B is a broadband router designed for use on home or SOHO networks and includes feature-rich firewall and network management technology.

The router supports QoS packet management to prioritize the traffic over the network.

With Asus' Quick Internet Setup and Graphical User Interface, users are able to quickly configure the router and connect to the Internet, share files, play...

With the Air 4410 and its 802.11n technology, you can transport wireless data at 300Mbps, expanding the limits of wireless networks through MESH technologies.

AirTies MESH Technology resolves the problem of signal weakening that is experienced inside multi-storey reinforced concrete buildings and over wide areas.

With VLAN (Virtual LAN) and Multiple SSID support, guest users can connect to...

With this router you can easily create a wireless network and share a broadband Internet connection, files and peripheral devices.Thanks to the integrated ADSL2+ modem, you can connect the router, which is compatible with all Internet Service Providers, directly to your ADSL line.

The router provides maximum wireless speeds of up to 300Mbps. It comes secured with an individual pre-set WPA2...

The Air4420 is a dynamic and revolutionary product, focusing on media it operates as a wireless access point / wireless repeater. Using the latest in wireless technology it is capable of delivering data at high speeds of up to 300 Mbps, which is enough to wirelessly stream 3 High Definition films all at the same time.

5GHz support provides 22 channels for interference free, high speed 300Mbps...

The Tenda W568R Wireless N900 Concurrent Dual Band Gigabit Router provides maximum speed of up to 450Mbps at 2.4GHz and 450Mbps at 5GHz, simultaneously.

Also, four gigabit Ethernet ports offer wired connectivity, 10x faster than standard Ethernet. With full 3x3 MIMO technology, the W568R spans wireless signal in virtually any area of the files and media from a USB storage device attached to...

Windows Vista introduces a number of new features to the TCP/IP stack, including CTCP, and TCP Window Auto-Tuning. This new implementation works much better by default than previous Windows versions with broadband internet connections, and is able to adjust the RWIN value on the fly, depending on the BDP (bandwidth-delay product). This, however, introduces some problems with older routers and restricts the user from tweaking some of the TCP/IP parameters. Still, there is always some room for...

Introduction With the popularity of wireless networks and mobile computing, an overall understanding of common security issues has become not only relevant, but very necessary for both home/SOHO users and IT professionals alike. This article is aimed at illustrating current security flaws in WEP/WPA/WPA2. Successfully cracking a wireless network assumes some basic familiarity with networking principles and terminology, as well as working with command-line tools. A basic familiarity...

I've often found it useful to get just the wireless functionality out of a WiFi router and reuse it as an access point. Wireless routers seem more common, and are often priced even lower than wireless access points. Adding an access point to a wired network already in place, or to one where the main NAT router is provided by the ISP is usually the easiest solution. However, introducing a second NAT router on the network is not a good idea, especially without some tweaking to set it...

Microsoft enforces a limit on half-open TCP/IP connections that is hard-coded in tcpip.sys. The maximum simultaneous half-open (incomplete) outbound TCP connection attempts per second that the system can make is intended to limit the spread of malicious viruses and worms, as well as limit the possibility of launching a DDoS attack. However, it has proven to also limit some applications using many TCP connections, such as P2P and P2PTV programs. When the OS reaches the half-open...

This article is intended as a primer on some TCP/IP networking concepts and factors that determine an optimal TCP Receive Window.   The TCP Window  The TCP Window is the amount of outstanding data (unacknowledged by the recepient) that can remain in the network. After sending that amount of data, the sender stops and waits for acknowledgement back from the receiver that it has gotten some of it. As such, this value is probably the single most important...

Solid State Drives (SSDs) have a great potential to speed up your system, and they're becoming mainstream with prices dropping and the technology maturing. SSDs are faster, have no moving parts, use less power, are quieter, less succeptible to physical shock, with lower access time and latency than traditional mechanical hard disk drives (HDDs). However, SSDs use memory chips to store data, which makes them quite different than traditional mechanical drives and most current...

Introduction The Travel Mate 292XC is a part of the 290 Series laptops from Acer. There is a large range of models within the 290 series with different specifications, some Centrino based, and others just Pentium M. This particular model being reviewed, the LX-T3505.455, is a Celeron M 330 processor version and it is a very well priced for its specifications. This model was purchased for about $599.99 CAD and has the following specs: Processor: Intel Celeron M 330 Processor...

Introduction D-Link was founded in 1986, and since then has catered to both consumer and SOHO users. D-Link is already a well known name in the home networking market, however in the past D-Link products have been considered inferior to those of their competitors such as Linksys (Cisco) and Netgear (Bay Networks). Recently this stigma has begun to disappear with D-Link taking a large portion of the home and SOHO markets. The D-Link DI-524 is one of the company's new series of Wireless-G routers,...

Introduction Compex is an established, yet forward-thinking company in the networking, wireless and telecommunications industry. The company was founded in 1987 and focuses on designing, development and manufacturing a complete line of networking products for the home, SOHO, broadband, and WLAN market needs. The NetPassage 26G is a notable addition to the wireless wave of broadband routers that is sweeping the current home/SOHO market. It comes with a...

Netgear is well known in the networking market.  Originally a consumer-oriented subsidiary of Bay Networks, they have since been spun off to become their own company.  Some of the first consumer routers came out of Netgear, and they have been a major player in the home networking scene.  Their latest line of products sports a new sleek look, a major change of the square purple boxes for which they were known.  Personally, I was a fan of the old box, but then again, not everybody wants a...