It's tempting, isn't it? 802.11ac is a hot new wireless technology that boasts faster and at longer ranges than 802.11n, the current king of wireless standards. It does promise some seriously ...

The standard offers theoretical speeds ranging from 6.5 Mbps to 866.7 Mbps. There is always another standard coming. This one focused on high throughput wireless networks. It is the IEEE standard ...

When it comes to wireless networks in higher education, most campuses have weak points: places where the capacity of the initial network design does not match up to the rapidly increasing number of ...

Over the last decade, wireless networking has evolved from a new and somewhat unproven technology to a critical component in the enterprise IT arsenal. Today, virtually every organization operates a ...

The first thing you need to know about IEEE 802.11ac—the latest wireless networking standard—is that the standard isn’t actually finished. Today’s 802.11ac routers are based on a second draft. Early ...

The first routers based on the first draft of the next-generation wi-fi standard, 802.11ac, appeared at CES in 2012, sporting multiple antennas (the technical term is MIMO, standing for Multiple Input ...

Dazzling users with specification sheets is nothing new: screen sizes, resolutions, megapixels, memory sizes and processor speeds are just a few, but one of the most neglected and important is WiFi ...

Our team tests, rates, and reviews more than 1,500 products each year to help you make better buying decisions and get more from technology. 802.11ac is the latest wireless networking standard, one ...

Vendor tests and very early 802.11ac customers provide a reality check on “gigabit Wi-Fi” but also confirm much of its promise. Vendors have been testing their 11ac products for months, yielding data ...

A new wireless standard is set to be launched next year that will bring 3 times the speed when compared to the current fastest Wifi standard 802.11n. The new 802.11ac will transmit wireless signals on ...

That 802.11n router not keeping up with the gigabit pipe to your homestead? Netgear's latest may just give you a much-anticipated boost. The R6300 Dual-Band Gigabit WiFi Router is the first to utilize ...