Networking
Wi-Fi has seen rapid advancements over the last decade, starting with the introduction of 802.11ac (Wi-Fi 5). 802.11ax (Wi-Fi 6) came with significant improvements in total throughput. The Wi-Fi 6E standard brought 6 GHz operation (where allowed) to consumers. A few years back, Wi-Fi 7 silicon was announced with multi-gigabit throughput and significant latency improvements. On the device side, consumers grappling with range issues typically used to augment their networks with extenders, while prosumers opted for multiple access points backed by a single router. In recent years, we have seen the rise of a new category of products - Wi-Fi systems / mesh networking kits. These bundles consisting of a router with one or more satellites attempted to make the setting up of a...
Netgear Launches EasyMesh-Compatible Nighthawk Mesh Wi-Fi 6 System
Netgear's Orbi has enjoyed tremendous success in the Wi-Fi system / mesh networking market. Technically speaking, the Orbi kits can't interoperate with mesh nodes from other vendors or even...
4 by Ganesh T S on 1/6/2020
D-Link Announces New EasyMesh-Compatible Wi-Fi 6 Gateways and Extenders
The Wi-Fi system / mesh market has turned out to be very attractive for gateway vendors, enabling them to have higher ASPs and more revenue per user. On the...
14 by Ganesh T S on 1/6/2020
Wi-Fi Alliance Announces Wi-Fi 6E Moniker for 802.11ax in the 6 GHz Spectrum
Wi-Fi platform vendors have long been citing the lack of enough spectrum in the 2.4 GHz and 5 GHz bands as true gigabit wireless becomes commonplace. In fact, despite...
12 by Ganesh T S on 1/6/2020
TP-Link Expands Wi-Fi 6 Lineup, Introduces IoT Security with HomeCare Pro
TP-Link is announcing a slew of upgrades to their Wi-Fi 6 product stack at CES 2020. We have already covered the updates to the Deco Mesh Networking family in...
5 by Ganesh T S on 1/6/2020
TP-Link Updates Deco Mesh Networking Family with Wi-Fi 6
TP-Link is announcing three new products in their Deco mesh networking lineup at CES 2020 - the Deco X20, X60, and X90. All three come with Wi-Fi 6 (802.11ax...
0 by Ganesh T S on 1/6/2020
ASUS Brings Wi-Fi 6 to Desktops with PCE-AX3000 Card
ASUS has introduced one of the industry’s first Wi-Fi 6 cards for desktops. The ASUS PCE-AX3000 dual band PCIe 3.0 x1 adapter promises to provide up to 2.4 Gbps...
23 by Anton Shilov on 11/19/2019
Buffalo Releases LXW-10G2/2G4 Switch: Two 10 GbE + Four 2.5 GbE Ports
One of the big reasons for why faster-than-GbE networks have not gained traction in the consumer space is due to a lack of appropriate network switches. 10 GbE switches...
46 by Anton Shilov on 11/13/2019
Realtek 2.5 GbE PCIe Cards Now For Sale
A Japanese company has started sales of its 2.5 GbE network card that uses a Realtek controller. The adapter is a low-profile PCIe 2.0 x1 board that is compatible...
53 by Anton Shilov on 10/24/2019
Intel Quietly Mentions 2.5 GbE Ethernet Controllers
One of the parts that was quietly mentioned in yesterday’s Cascade Lake X-Series processor launch was support for new Ethernet controllers. Specifically it mentioned Intel’s i225 Ethernet controller range...
31 by Dr. Ian Cutress on 10/3/2019
Intel Ethernet 800 Series To Support NVMe over TCP, PCIe 4.0
Today at the SNIA Storage Developer Conference, Intel is sharing more information about their 100Gb Ethernet chips, first announced in April and due to hit the market next month...
48 by Billy Tallis on 9/24/2019
Wi-Fi 6 Is Officially Here: Certification Program Begins
Wi-Fi Alliance on Monday officially started its Wi-Fi 6 certification program, informally kicking off the widescale adoption of the new Wi-Fi standard. As with the group's previous certification programs...
36 by Anton Shilov on 9/16/2019
Netgear Expands 802.11ax Portfolio with Orbi Wi-Fi 6 Mesh System and Nighthawk EAX80 Extender
As part of IFA 2019, Netgear has a number of new announcements across different product lines. The wireless networking products are of particular interest to us. We had attended...
21 by Ganesh T S on 9/6/2019
Qualcomm Updates Wi-Fi 6 Lineup: Networking Pro Series for APs and FastConnect for Clients
Qualcomm is announcing an update to its Wi-Fi 6 portfolio today with a host of new access point solutions under the Networking Pro Series moniker. The client side solutions...
9 by Ganesh T S on 8/27/2019
Rivet Networks Launches E2600 Gigabit Network Controller
This year Computex is full of launches, and the land of network controllers is no exception. Rivet Networks, who makes the Killer line of enhanced NICs, is updating its...
20 by Ian Cutress on 5/30/2019
QNAP Launches QNA-UC5G1T: A USB 3.0 to 5 GbE Network Adapter
QNAP has introduced its USB 3.0 to 5 GbE network adapter, releasing the accessory for PCs and QNAP NASes to allow them to add support for faster Ethernet networking...
38 by Anton Shilov on 5/23/2019
Marvell to Acquire Aquantia, Eying Automotive Networking Market
Marvell on Monday announced that it had reached an agreement to buy the networking specialist firm Aquantia for $452 million. The acquisition will allow Marvell to significantly augment their...
21 by Anton Shilov on 5/6/2019
The Killer AX1650: A Wi-Fi 6 Chip Built on Intel
One of the core criticisms of the Killer networking hardware has been hardware reliability and drivers. On the last generation product, the company did away with those by working...
32 by Ian Cutress on 4/15/2019
Netgear Launches the Nighthawk RAX40 - An Affordable Intel-based Wi-Fi 6 Router
Netgear has been announcing new members in their Wi-Fi 6 802.11ax router family regularly over the last few months. We discussed the launch of the RAX80 and RAX120 in...
28 by Ganesh T S on 4/9/2019
Intel Launches Wi-Fi 6 AX200 Wireless Network Adapter
Intel has quietly launched its first Wi-Fi 6 (802.11ax) wireless network adapter, codenamed Cyclone Peak. The new WLAN adapter will deliver up to 2.4 Gbps network throughput when used...
13 by Anton Shilov on 4/3/2019
Intel Columbiaville: 800 Series Ethernet at 100G, with ADQ and DDP
Among the many data center announcements today from Intel, one that might fly under the radar is that the company is launching a new family of controllers for 100...
20 by Ian Cutress on 4/2/2019
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