The Wi-Fi Alliance is finally kicking off a certification program for routers, adapters, and other wireless networking gear based on the IEEE 802.11ac draft standard. The organization has a strong ...

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Review updated 1/29/2013: If you need to connect just a single client, such as a laptop or a home-theater PC, to your 802.11ac network, a Wi-Fi client USB adapter is much cheaper than a wireless ...

The standard offers theoretical speeds ranging from 6.5 Mbps to 866.7 Mbps. There is always another standard coming. This one focused on high throughput wireless networks. It is the IEEE standard ...

The first thing you need to know about IEEE 802.11ac—the latest wireless networking standard—is that the standard isn’t actually finished. Today’s 802.11ac routers are based on a second draft. Early ...

Multi-gigabit 802.11ac is coming, and it will most certainly have an impact, both in the wired and wireless environments. One of the hottest topics on the mobility track at Interop last month was the ...

The growing number of mobile devices used by the average consumer — paired with the popularity of new wireless applications such as HD video streaming, mobile gaming, and high-speed wireless backup — ...

The new Wi-Fi 6 program is officially ready for device certification. The Galaxy Note 10 and S10, plus Apple's entire new iPhone family, are all already certified. Share on Facebook (opens in a new ...

DirecTV offers access point, set-top box with top-notch 802.11ac Wi-Fi DirectTV offers its customers nationwide a new generation of advanced TV and Internet equipment, including a set-top box and a Wi ...

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This vendor-written tech primer has been edited by Network World to eliminate product promotion, but readers should note it will likely favor the submitter’s approach. Of course, like any standard, ...