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  1. thiggins

    First Draft 11ax Gateways Move Into Japanese Homes This Month

    Updated - Qualcomm and Japanese telecom service provider KDDI and broadband equipment provider NEC Platforms announced delivery of the "world’s first commercially available draft 802.11ax carrier gateway" to Japanese subscribers this month. The BL1000HW will be used to provision KDDI's au...
  2. K

    MIPS vs ARM? Which is better?

    I am trying to decide whether or not ARM-based router systems are better than MIPS based ones? I am looking getting another system and came across the difference chipsets. Here's my setup. I have gigabit internet. We don't have cable tv. We pay for live tv Hulu, Netflix, etc. When I got my...
  3. Julio Urquidi

    Origin Wireless Announces Wi-Fi Based Position Detection For Qualcomm Mesh Networks

    Origin Wireless has announced that its TRM (Time Reversal Machine) now supports Qualcomm's Wi-Fi Mesh Platform. TRM uses two Wi-Fi devices that send and receive echoed multipath pulses within an interior space, like an office or home. The pulses are used to detect movement/location within one...
  4. thiggins

    Wi-Fi Alliance Announces Roaming Assist Certification Program

    The Alliance's Wi-Fi Agile Multiband Certification program is based on IEEE 802.11 k, v, u and r standards plus "Wi-Fi Alliance defined technologies". It is intended to establish a standard use of these technologies vs. the piecemeal approach currently taken by most makers of Wi-Fi product and...
  5. thiggins

    Linksys EA8300 Max-Stream AC2200 Tri-Band Wi-Fi Router Reviewed

    Linksys' EA8300 Max-Stream AC2200 Tri-Band Wi-Fi Router is a less expensive two-stream, tri-band router that still delivers surprisingly good Wi-Fi performance. Read on SmallNetBuilder
  6. Killhippie

    Qualcomm exploits in wifi drivers for Netgear routers

    I just noticed this article in The Register which seems to point fingers at new bugs in Qualcomm chipsets which are used in Android devices and of course routers. Will this have any effect on Netgear routers using Qualcomm chipsets like the R7800? Quote and link are below "Scotty Bauer, a...
  7. thiggins

    Plume In a Three-way On Carrier Wi-Fi Mesh Systems?

    Plume Design today announced collaborations with both Broadcom and Qualcomm for development of multi-node distributed Wi-Fi systems. The Broadcom deal focuses on integration of Broadcom's Air-IQ and ZeroWaitDFS features with Plume's Adaptive WiFi Cloud Control and Management Platform. Also...
  8. thiggins

    Qualcomm Touts Mesh Video Solution

    Qualcomm Technologies has announced its Video-Over-Mesh end-to-end video over wireless (VoW) solution that optimizes the delivery of video over mesh networks. The feature set is aimed at enabling broadband carriers to produce whole-home Wi-Fi systems, with a specific eye toward providing...
  9. thiggins

    Why You Don't Need MU-MIMO

    Delays, missteps and over-aggressive marketing have made this once promising technology something you can live without. Read on SmallNetBuilder
  10. thiggins

    Norton Core Router Reviewed

    Symantec thinks better security can sell its first Wi-Fi router, the Norton Core. Read on SmallNetBuilder
  11. thiggins

    EnGenius EnMesh Whole Home Wi-Fi System Reviewed

    EnGenius' EnMesh Whole Home Wi-Fi System doesn't make a compelling case for buying it. Read on SmallNetBuilder
  12. thiggins

    Open Mesh A40 & A60 Access Points Reviewed

    Open Mesh's new access points and free cloud-based management system are an attractive Ubiquiti alternative. Read on SmallNetBuilder
  13. thiggins

    Huawei Announces 802.11ax Enterprise Access Point

    Chinese telecom equipment giant Huawei just introduced the first 802.11ax enterprise grade access point. Not many details were revealed about the AP7060DN, aside from using Qualcomm's 8x8 802.11ax chipset, supporting a maximum link rate of 4.8 Gbps in 5 GHz and having a 10 GbE port. The...
  14. thiggins

    D-Link COVR AC3900 Whole Home Wi-Fi System Reviewed

    D-Link's Covr is an extender type Wi-Fi System like NETGEAR's Orbi, but takes a different approach. Read on SmallNetBuilder
  15. thiggins

    Wi-Fi System Retest: NETGEAR AC3000 Orbi And Linksys Velop

    We retested NETGEAR's Orbi and Linksys' Velop and were pleasantly surprised by one of them. Read on SmallNetBuilder
  16. thiggins

    NETGEAR Announces DIY Orbi Extender

    NETGEAR's new EX8000 Nighthawk X6S AC3000 Tri-band Wi-Fi Range Extender makes the technology used in the company's best-selling Orbi family of Wi-Fi Sytstems available to those of us who can't or don't want to swap out our current routers. The EX8000 creates a single SSID extended network...
  17. thiggins

    Wi-Fi System Roundup

    We finally have our new Wi-Fi System test process up and running and ran the latest products from NETGEAR, TP-Link and eero through it. Read on SmallNetBuilder
  18. thiggins

    Qualcomm Announces Mesh Wi-Fi Platform With Built-In Voice Control

    Those of you waiting for the logical next step in mesh Wi-Fi may not have to wait long. Qualcomm today announced its Mesh Networking Platform. The new platform and reference design build on Qualcomm's Wi-Fi Self-Organizing (SON) technology that powers many of the current generation of...
  19. thiggins

    Will Wi-Fi Make 5G LTE Irrelevant?

    Wi-Fi may have a better shot than 5G LTE in the race to be the next mobile technology. Read on SmallNetBuilder
  20. thiggins

    NETGEAR Expands Orbi Family

    NETGEAR today unveiled two less-expensive additions to its Orbi Home Tri-band WiFi System family. The RBK30 (left, above) and RBK40 (middle, above) retain the dual-band 2x2 AC1200 class device-connect radio but change the dedicated 5 GHz backhaul radio from 4x4 to 2x2. NETGEAR has assigned the...
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