Everyone has them; those places where Wi-Fi just won’t go. PePwave seems to have an easy to use answer.
Siemens Communications today announced its HiPath Wireless 802.11n solution that it claims is the first to provide full dual-band 3×3 MIMO draft 802.11n functionality that complies with the 802.3af Power-over Ethernet (PoE) standard. The product line includes the new AP3610 (internal antenna) and AP3620 (external antenna) 802.11n HiPath Wireless Access Points, V5 R1 of HiPath … Read more
QNAP today announced a 4-bay, hot-swappable NAS aimed at business users.
The TS-409 Pro Turbo is a Linux-based BYOD SATA NAS supporting RAID 0/ 1/ 5/ 6/ 5+spare disk redundancy, online RAID capacity expansion and level migration.
With the New Year comes changes and resolutions and procrastination. I had wanted to have a new look to re-launch SmallNetBuilder now that we are back on our own, right as the calendar turned January 1. But CES and other things got in the way.
But, better late than never, I say. Things are a bit different, so here are a few tips for navigating the new layout:
Digitimes today reported that Zyxel Communications has filed a complaint against D-Link and Waveplus Technology for switch-related patent infringements. Chip supplier Waveplus is being blamed as the cause of the dispute. The dispute is over a < $20 D-Link switch that is sold only in Russia and that Zyxel claims is “very similar” to a … Read more
NETGEAR’s FVS336G ProSafe Dual WAN Gigabit Firewall is its latest small business secure gateway doesn’t make you choose between IPsec and SSL remote access. Dual WAN and all-gigabit ports too!
Apple today introduced Time Capsule, a networked backup appliance that automatically backs up everything on one or more Macs running the latest Leopard OS. Time Capsule comes in 500 GB and 1 TB versions and looks like an Apple Airport Extreme. It works in conjunction with Leopard’s Time Machine feature to continuously and automatically back … Read more
Wireless networks secured by WPA / WPA2 can be cracked. But it’s not as easy as cracking WEP.
Contest #14 has ended. The winner of the Belkin N1 Vision Router and card is Karl Zuckett with the correct answer of 54 Mbps. Congratulations, Karl!
Data Robotics today announced the launch of DroboShare, a companion product for its Drobo “storage robot” that enables users to share files over a Local Area Network. DroboShare allows clients to access its shares on Windows, Apple or Linux networks and supports NTFS, HFS+, EXT3, FAT32 file systems. The Drobo device can still be disconnected … Read more
A simple explanation of the benefits of Netgear’s new “metamaterial” antennas.
Promise’s entry into the SOHO / SMB NAS market is less expensive than its competition, but has middle-of-the-pack performance and a cheap and unfinished feel.