Tag Archive for 'networking'
Belkin have unfurled a new range of ETL-Verified CAT6a cabling, boasting up to 10-gigabit transfer speeds. Intended for data centers and structured cabling systems, the new cables and hardware are rated for 10Gbps transmission on up to 100m runs, and have gold-plated connectors with molded, snagless guards.
D-Link have announced the DIR-825, a WiFi-N router capable of simultaneous dual-band use. The DIR-825 Xtreme N can sustain both a 2.4GHz and a 5GHz network at the same time, intelligently differentiating between bandwidth-intensive applications such as VoIP and online gaming and assigning them to the more stable 5GHz frequency. Meanwhile general network traffic uses [...]
Logitech have introduced the Squeezebox Boom, in effect the company’s Squeezebox network music player with built-in amplification and speakers. Setup is straightforward - plug into the mains, enter your WiFi password - and then you have the pleasure of bi-amped 3-inch woofers and 3/4-inch tweeters (with a 24-bit Burr Brown D/A converter behind the scenes) to enjoy [...]
Problems appear to be afoot with Acer’s recently announced Aspire X1200 HTPC. Several users are complaining that their network cards would go into sleep mode and then refuse to wake up without a restart; when told by Acer’s tech support team to update the BIOS, the network issue is resolved but the HDMI output no [...]
WiFi is great until you start reaching the fringes of your router’s range, at which point throughput slows to a trickle and you start dreaming of nice, reliable ethernet cables. Happily there’s an alternative to snaking CAT-5 around your skirting boards; Open-Mesh makes Mini-Routers that, when plugged in and registered, automatically create a mesh-network and thus [...]
TRENDnet have begun shipping their 300Mbps Dual Band Wireless N Gigabit Router, the TEW-672GR. Capable of using either the 2.4GHz or 5GHz bands, the TEW-672GR also has four gigabit ethernet ports and a “double firewall” using both Network Address Translation (NAT) and Stateful Packet Inspection (SPI) protocols.
Belkin is about to put a 200Mb/s powerline Ethernet adaptor in the market. The Powerline AV+ uses an integrated hub to share the connection between the three devices plugged in. These three ports however are not gigabit ports, they are 10/100 Mb/s Ethernet ports.
Linksys have released their latest WiFi router, the WRT610N, the claim to fame of which is its ability to simultaneously maintain WiFi band-N connections on both 2.4GHz and 5GHz. The benefit is in being able to use each band for separate, bandwidth intensive applications; 5GHz has a shorter range but higher throughput, while 2.4GHz is [...]
Hopefully VIA know - and sanction- what their marketing team is up to, as Tim Brown could be in some trouble otherwise for taking apart the company’s OpenBook reference budget ultraportable and filming the whole operation. Tim’s intention is to show off the flexibility of the design; rather than soldering all of the connectivity options [...]
First spotted back in January at CES, HP networked media player - then known as the MediaSmart Receiver - is finally available for pre-order. Now called the MediaSmart Connect, it still has WiFi a/b/g and dual-band draft 802.11n, two USB ports for plugging in removeable storage and a bay for HP’s Pocket Media Drives. [...]
