Your Guide To Wireless

Aztech HomePlug AV Wireless 802.11n Router/Extender

Powerline technology that using the electrical grid within the home to extend Internet coverage has been around for a while. It is relatively cheap and does away with the need for additional wiring. But while WLAN might well extend reach, it often cannot penetrate thick walls, whereas the electrical grid covers an entire house. Now powerline has also gone wireless. Aztech's HL109RN HomePlug 4-port Wireless N router has a built-in 200Mbps powerline chip. This means while it can connect to o...

Creative Wi-Fi Zen Soon

Although nothing was official at press time, signs were pointing toward Creative working on a new Zen X-Fi packing built-in Wi-Fi. Fan site Epizenter.net posted photos of the rumored device in June, and speculation indicates the X-Fi will forego a touchscreen but offer a numeric keypad to complement the onboard support for IM (possibly Yahoo! Messenger, Google Talk, and MSN Messenger). Throw in media streaming, built-in speakers, and premium bundled earphones with such standard Ze...

NetGear Open-Source Router

NetGear has released what’s being called the world‘s first native open source consumer router. Officially,the router is known as the Open Source Wireless-G WGR614L, and NetGear writes that the router is aimed at Linux developers and open-source experts and includes a comprehensive open-source guide available for developers. To that end, NetGear accompanied the release of the WGR614L with the launch of a My Open Router Web site that provides its community members with scads of config...