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  1. Julio Urquidi

    Zyxel Targets The Smart Home With New MU-MIMO Range Extender

    The new Zyxel WRE6606 2x2 dual-band Wi-Fi extender is being marketed for homes using wireless networks with growing numbers of smart home devices. The new extender also takes advantage of MU-MIMO technology allowing compatible devices to simultaneously connect to MU-MIMO wireless access points...
  2. Julio Urquidi

    Securifi’s Almond 3 Mesh Router/Smart Home Hub Now Shipping

    Announced in May, the Almond 3 is a combination mesh network router combined with a smart home hub. Packaged as a “Smart home Wi-Fi System”, the Almond 3 is designed to provide better wireless coverage, thanks to its mesh networking capability, while helping home-owners control their home’s...
  3. thiggins

    Luma Adds Security Features

    Luma has expanded the feature set of its "Surround WiFi" mesh wireless system with two new features. The Security Alert feature has been enhanced with details about the alert including alert type, timestamp and other details. Bedtime rules allow setting a per-user time schedule for "paused"...
  4. thiggins

    NETGEAR Orbi Reviewed

    NETGEAR's Orbi Wi-Fi System brings a new and effective approach to curing your Wi-Fi woes. Read on SmallNetBuilder
  5. Julio Urquidi

    TP-Link Adds New Color Hub-Free Smart Wi-Fi Bulb

    The 60 W LB130 is the fourth model released by TP-Link in the past few weeks, joining the LB100, LB110, and LB120. Like the other TP-Link smart Wi-Fi light bulbs, The LB130 is controlled using the TP-Link Kasa app (iOS and Android); has schedule, timing and countdown settings; and doesn’t...
  6. Julio Urquidi

    Family Friendly Crowd Sourced Torch WiFi Router Goes On Sale

    After successfully getting $162,000 in its Kickstarter campaign last year, the makers of the Torch WiFi Router is ready to start regular sales of the product. The router is a 3x3 AC1750 or AC1900 class router with one each Gigabit Ethernet WAN and LAN ports and a USB 2.0 port that has no...
  7. Julio Urquidi

    Wi-Fi Alliance Announces Start of WiGig Certification

    The Wi-Fi Alliance yesterday announced the launch of its Certification program for 60 GHz 802.11ad products. 802.11ad is a short range / in-room standard that marries Wi-Fi authentication and connection management technologies with significantly higher bandwidth provided by using 60 GHz...
  8. Julio Urquidi

    Broadcom Latest 4x4 Radio Ups On Range and Efficiency

    Broadcom recently announced the BCM4366E, a new 4x4 wireless radio SoC to be used in upcoming MU-MIMO routers, gateways, and set top boxes. Aside from serving up current wireless AC services, the BCM4366E adds a couple of new Wi-Fi technologies to boost performance, including: RangeBoost –...
  9. Julio Urquidi

    Best Buy Wants To Fix Your Wi-Fi

    The growing numbers of consumers wanting to set up and manage their own wireless networks at home seems to have inspired Best Buy to launch a new service to meet a rise in demand. Geek Squad Wi-Fi Setup & Support will have two offerings, a one-year plan and a two-year plan, where the tech...
  10. Julio Urquidi

    Quantenna Debuts First 802.11ax Chipset, Launches IPO

    Quantenna announced the first 802.11AX chipset to enter the wireless market. The dual-band QRS10G-AX yields access point functionality and promises to continue to build upon the 802.11 IEEE wireless standard by adding more features and functionality to help cope with the rising number of online...
  11. Julio Urquidi

    Netgear Adds $99 SOHO / SMB Access Point

    The new NETGEAR WAC104 is an AC1200 class simultaneous dual-band 802.11ac access point designed for small office/home office environments. The WAC104 supports maximum link rates of 867 Mbps at 5 GHz and 300 Mbps at 2.4 GHz and includes a built-in four-port Ethernet switch for wired...
  12. Julio Urquidi

    New Edimax RE11 Gemini AC1200 Range Extender Kit Adds Seamless Roaming

    Edimax’s RE11 Gemini AC1200 Dual-Band Home Wi-Fi Roaming Kit is the latest Wi-Fi product to claim to enable "seamless" roaming in home Wi-Fi networks. The kit includes two dual-band AC1200 class extenders that provide maximum wireless link rates of up to 867 Mbps at 5 GHz, and 300 Mbps at 2.4...
  13. Julio Urquidi

    Google Gets Into Wireless Mesh Networking; Pre-Order Announced

    Google Wifi is the Cloud company’s entry into a growing category of mesh networking products for the home. Available in single-pack or three-pack quantities, the new AC1200 wireless solution is designed to maximize coverage at home by helping to strategically place each access point in different...
  14. thiggins

    Quantenna Files for IPO

    http://seekingalpha.com/article/4009594-quantenna-communications-100-million-ipo-video-ioe-play Guess they could not find a buyer.
  15. thiggins

    TP-Link LB120 Smart Wi-Fi LED Bulb with Tunable White Light Reviewed

    TP-Link's LB120 Smart Wi-Fi LED Bulb with Tunable White Light has pretty much all the features you'd want in a smart LED bulb. Read on SmallNetBuilder
  16. Julio Urquidi

    AT&T’s Project AirGig To Deliver Low-Cost Wireless Internet Services Through Powerlines

    AirGig is an AT&T project designed to transmit multi-gigabit wireless internet using urban, rural and underserved locations’ powerlines. Unlike previous internet-over-powerline efforts, AT&T's method uses "medium voltage" powerlines as waveguides for the millimeter wave RF signals (>30 GHz) that...
  17. Julio Urquidi

    Amped Wireless Announces Pre-Order for Apollo Wi-Fi Cameras

    Available in two styles, the Apollo and Apollo Pro Wi-Fi cameras include 10x digital zoom, high 3.5 dBi antenna, and night vision LEDs. Remote management and monitoring for the cameras are available via Amped Wireless’ IOS and Android compatible Apollo app. Between the two models...
  18. Julio Urquidi

    D-Link’s AC2600 MU-MIMO Range Extender Now Shipping

    D-Link's DAP-1860 Wi-Fi range extender is a dual-band AC2600 device that plugs directly into a wall socket. The quad-antenna configured DAP-1860’s MU-MIMO capability allows multiple wireless clients to connect and transmit data through the extender simultaneously, while D-Link’s SmartBeam...
  19. B

    Get radio status

    Hi guys, I'm currently running ASUS RT-AC68U with Asuswrt-Merlin 380.57 and I'm trying to find a way to fetch from the router the current WiFi status (on/off for each frequency) for some WiFi availability orchestration. My personal preference is to get the information using shell and do a...
  20. Julio Urquidi

    Tenda Announces New AC1200 Wi-Fi Router, the AC9

    Powered by a Broadcom ARM Cortex-A7 900 MHz CPU and 128 MB DDR3 memory, the new Tenda AC9 dual-band AC1200 router delivers a maximum link rate of 867 Mbps at 5 GHz, and 300 Mbps at 2.4 GHz. Sporting two high gain antennas for wireless connections, the new router also includes 4 GbE LAN ports, 1...
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