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  1. Julio Urquidi

    Broadcom Takes The 4x4 Road For 802.11ax

    Broadcom is taking what it thinks is a more pragmatic approach to getting a slice of the 802.11ax pie. The company's Tuesday announcement of its Max WiFi 802.11ax device family unveiled three devices, two built with four stream architectures and one with two streams, instead of the eight stream...
  2. Julio Urquidi

    D-Link Adds More Business Class Products To Lifetime Warranty Program

    D-Link has expanded its lifetime warranty program to include the company’s lines of smart managed switches, and unified wireless controllers and controllers. The program previously covered only its enterprise managed Ethernet products. All products in the program are now protected by the...
    • Julio Urquidi
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    • Forum: Other LAN and WAN
  3. Julio Urquidi

    D-Link Adds New AC2600 MU-MIMO Router To EXO Line-Up

    Powered by a dual-core processor, the new AC2600 EXO series router (aka DIR-882) has a maximum link rate of 800 Mbps at 2.4 GHz and 1733 Mbps at 5 GHz, and 4x4 data streams. The DIR-882 is a MU-MIMO device that also features SmartBeam functionality, QoS, DLNA compatibility, and 80/160 MHz...
  4. X

    ASUS AC3200 - advise

    Hi Everyone looking a bit of advise, i have recently upgraded to an asus ac3200 but the wifi isn't the greatest, I'm considering sending it back and buying 2 routers (same brand and model) so i can put the second one upstairs as an AP as i cant mount a proper AP to the ceiling the reason my...
  5. Julio Urquidi

    Latest TP-Link Firmware Update Adds AV, New Alexa and IFTTT Skills

    HomeCare is a new security feature adding anti-virus and malware protection by TrendMicro. It detects network intrusions and quarantines infected devices, while enhancing parental controls and QoS operations. HomeCare will get its updates from TrendMicro, so supported devices such as TP-Link’s...
  6. Julio Urquidi

    AirTies Gets Quantenna Into Mesh Wi-Fi

    Wi-Fi chipmaker Quantenna announced it is partnering with AirTies to add mesh capability to products based on its chipsets. Based in Istanbul, AirTies has quietly been providing its mesh Wi-Fi technology to service providers in Europe and Asia for years. The company has only recently begun to...
  7. Julio Urquidi

    Would You Want A Wi-Fi Certified Home?

    The new Wi-Fi CERTIFIED Home Design certification helps home builders use enterprise practices to design homes that meet current and future wireless standards. Using certified hardware, the certification’s standards help dictate proper placement of devices, like access points, in new homes. The...
  8. Julio Urquidi

    Amped Wireless Introduces “Plug and Play” Range Extenders

    The two new dual-band extenders, Amped Wireless’ AC750 B750EX and AC1200 B1200EX (pictured), utilize a lighted signal strength indicator to help facilitate the best location to install and extend a home network. From there, a mobile app is used to continue the setup process and, per Amped...
  9. M

    Is mesh a good choice if the number one priority is stability?

    Typical use case of the home Wi-Fi: a) Speed (bandwidth) is not important, as long as something above 40 Mbps (or 5 MB/s) can be maintained; b) Online gaming: consistently low latency is very important, and intermittent droppings of packages cannot be tolerated; c) Video calls: it is not...
  10. Q

    Wi-Fi over Coax for better signal strength

    Has anyone seen the Kickstarter project that puts a Wi-Fi splitter on a home's coaxial cabling, and puts Wi-Fi antennas on unused cable outlets? Curious if this has been tried out by anyone yet. It's basically a distributed antenna system so it sounds like it might work out better for ping times...
  11. Julio Urquidi

    New AC4000 Max-Stream Router and AC1900 Cable Gateway From Linksys

    First, Linksys’ tri-band Max-Stream AC4000 MU-MIMO router (EA9300) is the latest addition to the Max-Stream line of wireless routers. Following the AC5400 EA9500 and AC2200 EA8300, the latest Max-Stream router is powered by a quad-core 1.8 GHz processor and delivers maximum data rates of 1625...
  12. iManuB

    [HELP] Asus RT-AC3200 and 5GHz-2 SLOW

    Greetings to everyone. Forgive my English. I bought this Asus RT-AC3200 router. I noticed, though, a "problem" with the second 5GHz (5GHz-2). Both with iPhone 7 and with Samsung Smart TV (the latter far from the router only about thirty centimeters) I have a low speed. With the Samsung TV...
  13. Julio Urquidi

    Actiontec Rolls Out Optim Wi-Fi Management Solution

    Service provider tech support usually stops at the managed broadband gateway, but Actiontec’s Optim management platform helps extend support so that customers can self-diagnose wireless problems, and let providers better troubleshoot wireless issues that were traditionally out of their reach...
  14. A

    What solution is best for wireless connection between many walls?

    Hello all :) I'm trying to upgrade my wireless speeds that I get in the upstairs area of my house. The router is located downstairs through many double brick walls. I'm currently using a Netgear dual band N600 router, and I'm using 40Mhz bandwidth on the 2.4Ghz channel to reach upstairs with a...
  15. Julio Urquidi

    TP-Link Mesh Wi-Fi System Now Shipping

    TP-Link just announced that the Deco M5, its entry in the distributed/mesh Wi-Fi system market, is now available. The Deco M5 comes in a three-unit pack and includes several security features, as well the usual router-based capabilities. TP-Link's announcement did not mention the Deco M5 Plus...
  16. KonoSuba

    RT-AC5300 x2 Wi-Fi Bridging Issue

    Current Network Setup: Central Router - RT-AC5300 Wi-Fi 2.4GHz Media Bridge 01 - RT-AC66U Wi-Fi 5GHz-1 Media Bridge 02 - RT-AC87U Wi-Fi 5GHz-2 Media Bridge 03 - RT-AC5300 <-- Issue being discussed *Each bridge is in a different room with similar RSSI Problem Summary: Bridge 03 has a...
  17. thiggins

    Sponsored: How To Gain Control And Visibility Over Your WiFi Network

    It's time to tame your WiFi. Read on SmallNetBuilder
  18. Julio Urquidi

    Tenda Announces New AC1900 Router, The AC18

    Powered by a Broadcom dual-core processor and 256 MB DDR3 memory, the new Tenda AC18 is an AC1900 dual-band Gigabit Wi-Fi router. For wireless features, the AC18 has three high-gain omni-directional external antennas, Beamforming+, Wi-Fi scheduling, and has maximum link rates of 1300 Mbps @...
  19. Julio Urquidi

    Living In A Synchronized World: Wi-Fi Certified TimeSync Announced

    The Wi-Fi Alliance introduced TimeSync at this year’s CES. Designed to deliver precise, sub-second time synchronization between Wi-Fi devices, TimeSync will play an important role in scenarios where timing is important and needs to be accurate. Initially targeting the home entertainment market...
  20. Julio Urquidi

    Netgear Releases New Nighthawk Router With MU-MIMO

    The AC2300 Nighthawk R7000P is a 3x3 Broadcom-based version of NETGEAR’s classic Nighthawk R7000, supporting MU-MIMO and maximum link rates of 1625 Mbps at 5 GHz and 600 Mbps at 2.4 GHz. Running off a 1 GHz dual-core processor, the R7000P wireless router also includes five GbE ports (four LAN...
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