Tim Higgins, Author at SmallNetBuilder

HomePlug Turbo Adapter Round-Up

HomePlug "Turbo" technology prominently touts that it delivers data at "up to 85 Mbps" rates. But Tim Higgins found that the usual games that manufacturers play with throughput claims has been taken to new lows with these products.

Wireless Reviews

Netgear WPNT834 RangeMax 240 Wireless Router

We have seen the future of high speed wireless and it's not all bright. Tim Higgins drills down deep into what makes the Netgear RangeMax 240 Wireless Router tick and finds some things that don't bode well for current owners of 802.11b/g gear.

Wireless How To

How We Test Wireless LAN Products – Five Location Open Air Method

In late 2005, I moved into a new home and had to establish new test locations. Since this essentially wiped the slate clean in terms of being able to compare wireless test results going forward to those from my previous reviews, I also decided to establish new test methodology and add a scoring system.

Smart Home How To

How To: Building an Embedded Asterisk PBX

The Asterisk open source Voice over IP (VoIP) PBX is usually set up on a standalone PC. But Michael Graves shows how the combination of a special Asterisk distribution and a single board computer can provide a compact, quiet and low-power alternative.

Smart Home Reviews

Quickview: Actiontec VoSKY Chatterbox

Actiontec's VoSKY Chatterbox is supposed to let you conduct Skype chats without being tethered to your computer via a headset. But Tim Higgins found that he'd rather wait for version 2 of this little speakerphone.

Smart Home Reviews

Squeezebox For In Home Music Distribution

If you want to listen to your digital music collection in your bedroom or in your living room, you don't want to have to fire up a PC.

Wireless Reviews

MIMO Router Face-Off

About a year ago we looked at three products representing three technologies that claimed to deliver higher wireless speed and extended range. This time it's eight MIMO and one non-MIMO product that Tim Higgins put to the test, with surprising results.

Smart Home Reviews

Tim Higgins

HomePlug Turbo Adapter Round-Up

Netgear WPNT834 RangeMax 240 Wireless Router

How We Test Wireless LAN Products – Five Location Open Air Method

How To: Building an Embedded Asterisk PBX

Quickview: Actiontec VoSKY Chatterbox

Squeezebox For In Home Music Distribution

MIMO Router Face-Off

Verizon VoiceWing BroadBand Phone Service

Linksys WIP330 Wireless-G IP Phone

How To: Diary of a New Home Network- Part 2

Linksys Product Preview – WAP54GPE Wireless-G Exterior Access Point

Linksys Product Preview – WRTSL54GS Media Storage Link Router