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Ruckus updates 802.11n Wi-Fi portfolio
News Ruckus Wireless has updated its 802.11n Wi-Fi range to include dual-radio technology, which it says will offer simultaneous support for older and newer Wi-Fi clients. The wireless technology firm expanded its ZoneFlex Enterprise Smart Wireless LAN...
[March 10, 2009, 16:18]
Broadcom introduces combo 802.11n chip
News Broadcom on Monday announced a chip integrating 802.11n Wi-Fi, Bluetooth and FM radio into a single silicon die, a move designed to expand the range of features available in mid-range mobile-phone handsets.
[December 9, 2008, 12:46]
Fritz!Box 7270 review
Reviews DECT and 802.11n may be the headline features, but the Fritz! Box 7270 — which can be had for £159 (inc. VAT) from Sipgate — has an impressive list of other added or enhanced features. These include an answering machine, fax handling, USB storage...
[December 2, 2008, 13:34]
Proxim: 802.11n to bring back 'fat' access points
News Wireless LAN veteran Proxim has launched a fast 802.11n system for businesses, which goes against an industry trend by having no central controller. The Orinoco AP-8000, introduced on Monday, can give up to 320Mbps throughput, which Proxim said...
[November 17, 2008, 16:01]
Birth of a new Wi-Fi
Blog Hot news from Hawaii! The IEEE working group which brought 802.11n into the world is about to push that particular chick out of the nest and is already getting broody with the next egg. That egg is currently called VHT, for Very High Throughput...
[September 13, 2008, 23:52]
Did you correct for your own radio properties?
Talkback Human bodies absorb radio waves. Is it possible that the two of you have different radio characteristics that might have altered the results and given 5GHz an unfair advantage?
[August 26, 2008, 8:16]
Netgear WNDR3300 review
Reviews Sleek, compact and affordable, the Netgear WNDR3300 is one of the first Wireless-N routers on the market that offers hybrid dual-band supporting both 2.4GHz and 5GHz wireless client simultaneously, although not exactly in the way we would like to...
[August 18, 2008, 12:57]
Strange Skype Network Activity - Even on Linux
Blog I have a few contacts with whom I still chat on Skype, so I still start it from time to time. Yesterday I started it in the morning, and then got distracted and forgot to stop it when the person I was looking for was not around (at least according...
[August 18, 2008, 8:03]
Netgear WNDR3300 RangeMax Dual Band Wireless-N Router
Blog Having been inspired by the Dialog Box video about Dual Band Wireless-N, and encouraged by David Long's comments on both the Intel 4965 Wireless Adapter and Netgear Routers, I decided to give it a shot.
[August 4, 2008, 9:32]
Makes even bigger difference for the home user
Talkback In the office their is probably 1-2 other wifi signals at the 2.4ghz frequency and a few people that have bluetooth turned on on their phones or laptops. At home I have so many competing devices: a cordless home phone baby monitor
[July 29, 2008, 13:20]
Cryogenics chilled systems at CeBIT
News This liquid-cooled system put together by cooling company Zalman is suitable for noise-sensitive environments, where air-conditioning or fans may be too disruptive, the company claims. Korea-based Zalman didn't have a figure for the decibels, but...
[March 4, 2008, 18:22]
802.11-ngratitude
Blog Comment Hi there J A Looking at the specs of the routers you mention, it seems like you are still on the 2.4GHz band. I tend to agree with Rupert, that I'm not likely to move to 802.11n until I can get a reasonably priced dual-band router, to take...
[February 27, 2008, 15:08]
Meru claims first European 802.11n campus
News Meru Networks, a small Wi-Fi vendor, has claimed to have beaten behemoth Cisco to the Wi-Fi punch, by becoming the first supplier to announce the installation of an 802.11n-based Wi-Fi campus network in Europe.n is the latest evolution of Wi-Fi...
[November 27, 2007, 15:11]
Hotspot providers ignoring 802.11n Wi-Fi
News Notebook users have not being showing much interest in the latest iteration of Wi-Fi, according to the remote connectivity firm iPass. Speaking to ZDNet.co.uk on Thursday, the company's director of global product marketing, Piero De Paoli, 802.11n...
[November 2, 2007, 14:42]
Aruba warns against 802.11n deployments
News Wireless LAN vendor Aruba Networks has warned enterprises against deploying the latest generation of Wi-Fi equipment until a number of issues have been ironed out. Many vendors are producing wireless LAN equipment based on the draft 802.11n...
[October 18, 2007, 10:47]
Wi-Fi gets onboard Asia's trains
News Wireless internet services, currently available on Japan's Tsukuba Express, are slowly making their way onto other public train networks in Asia. Chris Koeneman, senior vice president of wireless technology provider Colubris Networks, said that his...
[June 22, 2007, 11:07]
Why there is no traffic on ZDNet.co.uk?
Blog Comment I have to say that ZDNet is probably the slowest site that I browse. Admittedly I am using a rather old slow PC, but compared to every other site that I browse, it still retains last place. However, much of the waiting around for the page to load...
[June 12, 2007, 15:51]
Dell defends draft Wi-Fi standard
News Dell is to upgrade its wireless cards to support an unratified standard. The much-hyped 802.11n Wi-Fi standard promises transmission speeds of up to 300Mbps when it is finalised in two years' time. Dell said it would join a growing list of vendors...
[May 31, 2007, 17:05]
High-speed wireless kit to be certified next month
News High-speed wireless networking equipment will be certified in June, despite the fact the standard for the technology will not be finalised for two years. The Wi-Fi Alliance — whose membership consists of wireless-equipment vendors — will certify...
[May 16, 2007, 16:08]
A Software and Hardware Evaluation of Revolutionary Turbo MIMO OFDM Schemes for 5GHz WLANs
White Papers Globally, WLANs operating in the 5GHz band have been standardized by the IEEE (North America), ETSI (Europe) and ARIB (Japan). A harmonized physical layer is specified offering up to 54 Mbits/s using rate adaptive Coded Orthogonal Frequency...
[April 11, 2007, 1:01]
