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...

Verizon Communications Inc. reportedly intends to move into Canada's cellular telephone business, potentially fulfilling the government's hopes of having a fourth major wireless company. The U.S.-based carrier is currently considering a plan to acquire a smaller carrier in Canada and then compete to buy wireless spectrum Canada is auctioning off this year to strengthen its position in the...

The Obama administration is set to announce new wireless broadband initiatives aimed at enhancing the country's digital infrastructure, enabling innovation and creating jobs. These new initiatives are the latest in a series of actions the Administration has taken over the past four years to ensure American businesses and workers have the infrastructure they need to compete in the 21st century...

The Wireless N 150 ADSL2+ 4-Port Ethernet Router is a versatile, high-performance router for home and the small office. With integrated ADSL2/2+ supporting download speeds up to 24 Mbps, firewall protection, Quality of Service (QoS), fast wireless LAN, and four Ethernet switch ports, this router provides all the functions that a home or small office needs to establish a secure and high-speed link...

AirStation Pro 802.11n Gigabit Dual Band PoE Wireless Access Point is a versatile wireless solution offering selectable dual band 802.11n operation and gigabit Ethernet for high performance networking. Selectable dual band technology allows users to create a
Wireless-N network on either the 2.4GHz frequency or on the less congested 5GHz frequency.

Multiple SSID support with VLAN tagging...

The Linksys WAP300N is a 4-in-1 device which functions as an access point, access point client, bridge or as a range extender.

With Wireless-N technology and selectable dual band of 2.4 GHz and 5 GHz you will be able to gain more speed and range while minimizing any interference. Equipped with the detachable antennas, built in DHCP server and IPv6 support, you will be guaranteed the latest in...

The Huawei MT882a is an ADSL2+ based router. It can reach downstream speeds of up to 24Mbps and upstream speeds of up to 1Mbps.

The MT882a has one 10/100Base-T LAN port and one USB 1.1 port for client devices.

The router can act as a DHCP server. It provides a Web-based configuration...

The EW-7238RPD complies with wireless IEEE 802.11a/b/g/n standards, providing concurrent dual-band wireless speeds up to 300Mbps (2.4GHz + 5GHz). The 5GHz frequency band is significantly less crowded than 2.4GHz, meaning less interference, less lag and more stable, robust Wi-Fi.

A WPS (Wi-Fi Protected Setup) button allows the EW-7238RPD to join an existing wireless networking at the simple...

D-Link's Cloud Gigabit Router N600 with SmartBeam™ Technology extends the coverage of your wireless network, giving you a strong and stable Internet connection in every corner of your home.

Concurrent dualband 802.11n brings you high-bandwidth wireless connectivity allowing you to stream HD video, make Internet calls, and surf the Internet from every corner of your home without interruption....

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...