D-Link said today it has started shipping its DGL-4500 Draft 802.11n Xtreme N Gaming Router.
The router combines a single dual-band Draft 2.0 802.11n radio based on Atheros XSPAN technology with D-Link’s "GameFuel" technology—D-Link’s branding of Ubicom’s "StreamEngine" auto-QoS technology.
Buffalo Technology has issued an official statement about its battle with Australia’s Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO). Visitors to the Wireless Products section of Buffalo’s website are now redirected to a page that states “Buffalo cannot offer for sale, sell, import, or use its IEEE 802.11a and 802.11g compliant products in the United … Read more
Skype and UK mobile operator 3, have launched a 3G phone that includes the ability to make free Skype to Skype calls and send free Skype instant messages.
The 3 Skypephone is a fully-featured 3G Internet phone with Skype built-in. In addition to Skype calls, the phone makes conventional calls and can be used to access 3’s broad range of other Internet services. Unlike previous Wi-Fi based Skype phones, the 3 Skypephone works on WCDMA (2100MHz ) GSM and GPRS (900/1800 MHz) mobile networks and includes text-based messaging capability. The phone has built-in Bluetooth, but not Wi-Fi.
Jumbo frames can help you extract more throughput from gigabit Ethernet, but they require more than flipping a bit. Our tutorial will get you up to speed on Jumbo Frame basics.
Cisco today said it has a definitive agreement to purchase Navini Networks, described as “a leader in the Mobile WiMAX 802.16e-2005 broadband wireless industry”. Cisco’s announcement noted Navini’s “Smart Beamforming” MIMO antenna technology as one of the reasons for the acquisition. Navini also brings to the table a portfolio of broadband wireless WiMAX solutions including … Read more
Linksys today announced the first of its Ultra RangePlus wireless networking products.
The Ultra RangePlus Dual-Band Wireless-N Gigabit Router (WRT600N) and Dual-Band Wireless-N Notebook Adapter (WPC600N) are 802.11n Draft 2.0 Wi-Fi Certified and operate in the 2.4 GHz and 5 GHz Wi-Fi bands. The WRT600N has two radios for simultaneous dual-band coverage. Both products are based on Broadcom Intensi-Fi draft 11n chipsets.
The second installment of our series shows you how to use equipment you already have to scan the airwaves for problems.
Powerline networking chipmaker DS2 announced today that it has developed a new powerline technology that operates at a 400Mbps peak data rate. The new technology is said to be compatible with existing 200 Mbps products from DS2 and will be available sometime in 2009. Demonstration of the new technology will be featured at an invitation-only … Read more
SmallNetBuilder has discovered a hole in the Wi-Fi Alliance‘s 802.11n Draft 2.0 test suite that can allow Wi-Fi Certified products to interfere with existing wireless networks, in direct violation of a mandatory Certification requirement.
A long-running battle in the standard has been whether to allow the use of "wide-channel" operation in the 2.4 GHz band that is used by the majority of Wi-Fi products. The mode, also referred to as "channel bonded" or "40 MHz bandwidth" mode, uses up two of the available three non-overlapping channels in the band, making it impossible to avoid interfering with other wireless networks operating in the center of the band.
Interference from draft 802.11n channel-bonded networks can, at worst, render 802.11b and g wireless networks inoperable and, at minimum, cause slowdowns and unreliable connections.
There are many reasons to choose one gigabit switch over another. But performance isn’t one of them.
DigiTimes today said that D-Link has revealed its WiMax product strategy and plans for European rollout of draft 802.11n products. The WiMax information is short on details, but includes plans for “network cards with different interfaces such as integrated wireless LAN, Bluetooth and WiMAX support”. The draft 802.11n report said that the company plans to … Read more
Clearwire announced today the availability of its first Clearwire PC card in its markets across the U.S. The card expands the company’s product portfolio to provide greater portability, requiring only the power provided by the customer’s notebook computer. Clearwire uses Motorola’s pre-WiMAX OFDM technology to provide up to 2.0 Mbps download / 256k upload speeds. … Read more
