One of the things that has always annoyed me about travel is the hit and miss internet connectivity. On top of this, in most hotels you cannot have multiple systems on their wireless connection ...

802.11 is a set of IEEE standards that control wireless networking transmission methods. They are used today in the following versions to offer wireless connectivity in different environments ...

Wireless networking is one the great technologies of the past decade. It gives us the freedom to move about in our lives while staying connected to the things we love. While wireless networking has ...

A hackintosh isn't that useful without internet connectivity and not every one of us can or wants to rely solely on ethernet for the job. The TP-Link 802.11n Dual-Band PCI Express card adds Wi-Fi ...

BearExtender PC is a device that addresses the number one bane of wireless networking—weak or dropped signals. This device is a wireless signal booster (or extender), but unlike many wireless ...

The MacWorld keynotes given this past January will probably go down in history for the announcement of the iPhone, but lost in the signal of that announcement was the launch of a very important ...

Illustration: Mick Wiggins What a difference a couple of years makes. In our first roundup of draft-802.11n Wi-Fi routers (see “Wireless Routers: The Truth About Superfast Draft-N“), we found so many ...

Having a phone with built-in Wi-Fi is handy for a number of reasons, from providing faster Web surfing to allowing you to make phone calls over VoIP instead of using cell phone minutes. Of course, the ...

Western Digital delivers an easy-to-use dual-band router endowed with a good feature set, but lacking in speed Sure, those fancy new 802.11ac routers are wicked fast, but the IEEE isn’t expected to ...

Earlier versions of the WiFi specification all used the 2.4GHz radio spectrum. The new 802.11n standard, supported in Time Capsule, the square AirPort Extreme, and recently shipping AirPort Express ...