Qualcomm Atheros
At the 2018 CES, Netgear had introduced the Nighthawk XR500 gaming router and the SX10 (GS810EMX) NBASE-T switch as part of the Nighthawk Pro family to server the needs of gamers. Today, they are launching the XR700 router that brings the capabilities of the router component to be a more powerful complement to the SX10 NBASE-T switch introduced earlier. Similar to the XR500, the new XR700 router runs the DumaOS firmware developed by Netduma. DumaOS has been receiving frequent updates to enable compatibility of features such as geo-filtering with the latest games. The capabilities of DumaOS have been well-marketed by Netgear earlier. The main difference between the XR500 and the XR700 lies in the internal hardware. While the XR500 was an AC2600 router with the Qualcomm-based...
Netgear Nighthawk X6S EX8000 Brings Orbi Tri-band Wi-Fi to Range Extenders
Netgear's Orbi system has proved to be one of the most popular kits in the emerging mesh / Wi-Fi system market. While Wi-Fi systems are not for everybody (for...
3 by Ganesh T S on 8/29/2017
D-Link's Covr Whole-Home Networking Solutions - Wi-Fi SON with Wi-Fi and HomePlug Backhauls
D-Link is launching a few IP cameras and a couple of Wi-Fi home networking solutions at CES 2017. More relevant to our recent coverage are the two new whole-home Wi-Fi...
6 by Ganesh T S on 1/5/2017
TRENDnet Launches TPL-430AP AC1200 Wireless Access Point with HomePlug Powerline Backhaul
Extending the reach of Wi-Fi networks has become important with the rise in number and spread in usage location of Wi-Fi clients in a typical household. Typical range extenders...
4 by Ganesh T S on 1/5/2017
Amped Wireless Launches AC2200 HELIOS Family with Qualcomm's Tri-Radio 802.11ac Solution
At Computex 2016, Qualcomm Atheros announced the availability of a tri-radio 802.11ac platform with Wave 2 MU-MIMO capabilities. The firmware in the platform also supported Wi-Fi SON (Self-Organizing Networks)...
4 by Ganesh T S on 1/4/2017
Extending Home Networks - A Comparison of G.hn, HomePlug AV2 and Wi-Fi Mesh
Over the last decade or so, we have seen a rapid increase in the number of devices connecting to the home network. The popularity of IoT has meant that...
56 by Ganesh T S on 12/7/2016
Netgear Launches 802.11ad-Enabled Nighthawk X10 (R9000) Wi-Fi Router
The Wi-Fi router market has seen a yearly cadence of flagship releases since the first 802.11ac routers came into the market in early 2012. Starting with 3x3 solutions, the...
57 by Ganesh T S on 10/19/2016
Qualcomm Launches New GigaDSL, 802.11ac Wave 2 Chipsets
At Computex today, Qualcomm Atheros announced a few new chipsets, and it seems that as a part of their Ikanos acquisition they’ve entered the wireline business in the hopes...
3 by Joshua Ho on 5/30/2016
TRENDnet Announces AC2600 Router and AC1900 USB 3.0 WLAN Adapter at CES
TRENDnet's CES suite had plenty of networking equipment ranging from outdoor long-range access points to industrial switches. It made clear that TRENDnet is focusing more on SMB, particularly in...
18 by Ganesh T S on 1/15/2016
Blossom Smart Watering Controller Review
Home automation has garnered renewed attention, thanks to the Internet of Things (IoT) revolution. Many vendors targeting this market look to deliver solutions for aspects appealing to a broader...
47 by Ganesh T S on 8/28/2015
LIFX White 800 Smart Bulb Review
The Internet of Things (IoT) revolution has sparked an increased interest in home automation. Lighting is one of the major home automation aspects. LIFX is one of the popular...
55 by Ganesh T S on 6/12/2015
Linksys EA8500 - First MU-MIMO Enabled 802.11ac Router Set to Ship
Readers following our wireless networking coverage must be quite familiar with the developments in 802.11ac land. As a recap: The first 3-stream 802.11ac routers (based on the Broadcom BCM4706 chipset...
83 by Ganesh T S on 5/7/2015
Qualcomm @ MWC 2015: Cat 11 LTE, Cat 6 Dual-Sim LTE, & LTE/Wi-Fi Link Aggregation
Not to be outdone by Qualcomm’s SoC group, Qualcomm’s communication groups are busy at MWC 2015 as well. Though Qualcomm Technologies and Qualcomm Atheros are not announcing any major...
8 by Ryan Smith on 3/2/2015
Quantenna Maintains 802.11ac Technology Lead as Broadcom and Marvell Launch New Chipsets
Quantenna was the first to bring a 4x4 MU-MIMO 802.11ac chipset to the market (with the Asus RT-AC87U and the Netgear Nighthawk X4 R7500). It has a number of...
7 by Ganesh T S on 1/11/2015
TP-LINK's Networking Solutions at CES 2015
TP-LINK is one of the leading networking solutions vendor in the Asian market. They have been slowly trying to build up a presence in the US, but there has...
2 by Ganesh T S on 1/7/2015
802.11ac with Killer: MSI’s Teaming Technique coming to ACK Branded Motherboards
One of the many interesting ways in which motherboard companies diversify their product ranges is with networking opportunities. In most product stacks, manufacturers use Realtek and Intel network ports...
12 by Ian Cutress on 11/4/2014
Netgear R7500 Nighthawk X4 Integrates Quantenna 4x4 ac Radio and Qualcomm IPQ8064 SoC
The high-end 802.11ac router market has seen two introductions in the recent past. The first was the Netgear Nighthawk X6 which was based on the Broadcom 5G Wi-Fi XStream...
10 by Ganesh T S on 9/2/2014
ZyXEL Launches SISO and MIMO HPAV2-based Gigabit Powerline Adapters
Last year, we saw the introduction of HomePlug AV2 (HPAV2) silicon from both Broadcom and Qualcomm Atheros. In conformance with the usual product development cycle, we saw the announcement...
8 by Ganesh T S on 8/28/2014
Qualcomm Atheros Launches FSM90xx SoCs for LTE Neighborhood & SMB Small Cells
Today, Qualcomm Atheros is announcing a new line of SoCs targeted at residential deployments, along with small and medium business. The FSM90xx line is similar in purpose to the...
0 by Joshua Ho on 6/11/2014
Qualcomm Announces MU-MIMO 802.11ac Family: Increasing the Efficiency of 802.11ac Networks
At the beginning of 2012 Broadcom announced its first 802.11ac chipsets under the banner of 5G (5th generation) WiFi. Since then we've seen the latest high end notebooks adopt...
19 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 4/3/2014
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