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Interop 2012 Las Vegas Report

Tim Higgins — Thu, 17 May 2012 16:12:00 -0400

A brief report on what I discovered at Interop 2012.

Iomega Previews 12 Bay Rackmount NAS, Adds McAfee AV

Tim Higgins — Thu, 17 May 2012 09:39:13 -0400

Updated - Iomega has introduced a more powerful Intel-based twelve-bay rackmount NAS and added McAfee anti-virus protection to many of its business-class NASes.

LaCie Refreshes Two Bay NAS

Tim Higgins — Wed, 16 May 2012 16:06:56 -0400

LaCie has announced a faster version of its two-bay NAS.

QNAP Adds Pair of Intel Rackmount NASes

Tim Higgins — Wed, 16 May 2012 15:38:45 -0400

Update - QNAP has announced two Intel-based 16 bay 3U rackmount NASes.

Draft 802.11ac Revealed! Buffalo WZR-D1800H AirStation Reviewed - Part 1

Tim Higgins — Wed, 16 May 2012 14:06:00 -0400

In Part 1 of our coverage of Buffalo's first-to-market WZR-D1800H draft 802.11ac router, we look at how much more wireless throughput you can really get from a "1300 Mbps" router.

NETGEAR Unveils More Draft 802.11ac Products

Tim Higgins — Tue, 15 May 2012 14:00:00 -0400

NETGEAR today set the ship timeframe for its R6300 draft 802.11ac router, and added two members to its draft 11ac product line.

Cisco Says 'Me Too' For Draft 11ac Router

Tim Higgins — Mon, 14 May 2012 17:50:52 -0400

In an unsurprising move, Cisco says that they too will be shipping a draft 802.11ac router before school bells ring.

Ruckus Wireless Announces High and Low End APs

Tim Higgins — Mon, 14 May 2012 11:55:07 -0400

Ruckus Wireless has announced two new 802.11n access points.

Amped Wireless Adds Simultaneous Dual-Band Router

Tim Higgins — Mon, 14 May 2012 10:45:00 -0400

Amped Wireless has added a simultaneous dual-band 802.11n router to its line of "long-range" wireless products.

Buffalo Is Shipping Draft 802.11ac Router, Bridge Today

Tim Higgins — Mon, 14 May 2012 09:56:17 -0400

You can buy both Buffalo's draft 802.11ac router and bridge right now.

Screw HD Video! Apple and Mobile Carriers Have Other Plans For 802.11ac

Tim Higgins — Wed, 09 May 2012 18:00:00 -0400

The forces driving 802.11ac aren't really what you think they are.

Cisco RV180 VPN Router Reviewed

Doug Reid — Wed, 09 May 2012 08:50:00 -0400

Cisco's RV180 features damn fast routing and decent IPsec throughput, but very slow PPTP.

Data Recovery Tales: RAID Is Not Backup

Elena Pakhomova - ReclaiMe.com — Tue, 08 May 2012 03:00:00 -0400

We're starting a series on data recovery with a reminder why you should not rely on RAID alone to keep your data safe.

Bye Bye 40 MHz Mode in 2.4 GHz - Part 2

Tim Higgins — Mon, 07 May 2012 09:00:00 -0400

In Part 2 of our short series, we check to see if some popular routers and access points back off from 40 MHz bandwidth when they are supposed to.

TVersity Pro Media Server Reviewed

Scott DeLeeuw — Wed, 02 May 2012 11:19:00 -0400

TVersity oversells itself as a do-it-all UPnP/DLNA media server.

Bye Bye 40 MHz Mode in 2.4 GHz - Part 1

Tim Higgins — Tue, 01 May 2012 16:35:00 -0400

Updated - If you've been wondering why your new 802.11n router won't link higher than 130 Mbps in the 2.4 GHz band, we have the answer.

Cisco Linksys EA2700 Retest

Tim Higgins — Fri, 27 Apr 2012 16:08:00 -0400

We found the key to enabling 40 MHz mode in 2.4 GHz and retested the EA2700 to add those results.

NETGEAR Antes Up With Its Draft 802.11ac Router

Tim Higgins — Thu, 26 Apr 2012 10:23:58 -0400

Updated - NETGEAR has announced its draft 802.11ac router.

Cisco Linksys EA2700 Gigabit Dual-Band Wireless N600 Router Reviewed

Tim Higgins — Wed, 25 Apr 2012 14:29:00 -0400

Updated - Cisco's new entry-level "app-enabled" router features ho-hum wireless performance.

Axis Adds More Low Cost IP Cams

Tim Higgins — Wed, 25 Apr 2012 11:49:01 -0400

Axis has added two new models to its "most affordable" IP camera line.