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Cisco Bulks Up Small Biz Product Lines

Tim Higgins — Thu, 12 Apr 2012 10:40:59 -0400

Cisco today added new routers, access points, switches and more to its small business offerings

D-Link Announces New Enterprise Gear

Tim Higgins — Wed, 28 Mar 2012 11:39:49 -0400

D-Link has announced new switches, enterprise wireless products and IP cameras.

Cisco Linksys PLE400 and PLS400 Powerline AV Adapters Reviewed

Tim Higgins — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 08:00:00 -0500

The Cisco Linksys PLE400 and PLS400 Powerline AV adapters provided us with a few surprises.

ZyXEL To Ship Gigabit Switches With Auto Traffic Priority

Tim Higgins — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 09:53:23 -0500

ZyXEL says it will soon ship Gigabit switches that automatically prioritize media streams.

Cisco Refreshes 200 Mbps Powerline Networking Family

Tim Higgins — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 11:15:50 -0500

Cisco has updated its powerline networking product line.

TRENDnet Expands Its Powerline Adapter Family

Tim Higgins — Thu, 01 Dec 2011 10:18:53 -0500

TRENDnet has announced a new 200 Mbps powerline adapter.

D-Link Adds Four Metal-Case Low Port Count Switches

Tim Higgins — Wed, 30 Nov 2011 11:59:41 -0500

If you like your switches hard and small, D-Link has some new ones for you.

HomePlug AV 500 Adapter Roundup

Tim Higgins — Tue, 15 Nov 2011 15:22:00 -0500

Our roundup of 500 Mbps HomePlug AV adapters shows they are more alike than different, with one exception.

Introducing SmallNetBuilder's Powerline Performance Charts And Product Finders

Tim Higgins — Tue, 15 Nov 2011 14:53:22 -0500

We are pleased to announce SmallNetBuilder's Charts and Product Finders for powerline networking products.

D-Link Adds Mini Powerline Adapter Family

Tim Higgins — Tue, 25 Oct 2011 11:23:55 -0400

D-Link has added a line of "mini" 200 Mbps HomePlug AV adapters.

ZyXEL To Ship 500 Mbps Powerline Switch

Tim Higgins — Thu, 08 Sep 2011 10:41:45 -0400

ZyXEL has announced a four-port 500 Mbps HomePlug AV adapter.

TRENDnet Shows Quad Gigabit Port Powerline Adapter

Tim Higgins — Fri, 02 Sep 2011 13:48:18 -0400

TRENDnet has announced a 500 Mbps powerline adapter with four integrated Gigabit Ethernet ports.

NETGEAR Shipping Affordable 10G Switch

Tim Higgins — Mon, 08 Aug 2011 09:41:46 -0400

NETGEAR has announced a 10 Gigabit smart switch.

ZigBee Internet Connection Standard Launched

Tim Higgins — Wed, 27 Jul 2011 09:44:39 -0400

The ZigBee Alliance has announced its tenth standard.

D-Link Baking OpenDNS Into Some Routers

Tim Higgins — Tue, 19 Jul 2011 12:53:23 -0400

D-Link said it starting to use OpenDNS to add cloud-based parental controls to some of its routers.

Cisco RV082 and RV016 v3 VPN Routers Reviewed

Tim Higgins — Mon, 11 Jul 2011 18:11:00 -0400

The RV016 and RV082 v3's bring higher throughput to Cisco's small business VPN router line.

HomePlug Group Backs Hybrid Network Standard

Tim Higgins — Tue, 21 Jun 2011 09:55:29 -0400

The HomePlug Alliance is throwing its support behind an IEEE group drafting a standard for hybrid home networks.

Cisco RV042 v3 Dual WAN VPN Router Reviewed

Doug Reid — Mon, 13 Jun 2011 12:40:00 -0400

The Cisco RV042 v3 is a definite improvement on the original version with higher speed and tunnel capacity.

LG-Ericsson Adds Three Gigabit Unmanaged Switches

Tim Higgins — Wed, 25 May 2011 13:49:28 -0400

LG-Ericsson has announced three new unmanaged Gigabit Ethernet switches.

Who Wants To Buy Linksys?

Tim Higgins — Thu, 19 May 2011 12:06:11 -0400

So if Cisco doesn't want Linksys, who does?

New Atheros Powerline Technology Uses Ground Wire Too

Tim Higgins — Wed, 18 May 2011 15:37:26 -0400

Atheros recently announced new powerline, Hy-Fi and 802.11n products and technologies, including an innovative powerline transmission technique.

New To The Charts: Cisco RV042 Dual WAN VPN Router

Tim Higgins — Tue, 12 Apr 2011 16:33:07 -0400

Updated - The Cisco RV042 Dual WAN VPN Router has been added to the Router Charts.

TP-Link Announces Compact HomePlug AV Kit

Tim Higgins — Thu, 31 Mar 2011 15:43:21 -0400

TP-LINK has rolled out a new HomePlug AV adapter kit.

New HomePNA Standard Could Compete With MoCA

Tim Higgins — Wed, 23 Mar 2011 16:34:47 -0400

The HomePNA Alliance has announced a new standard that could provide an alternative to MoCA for delivering high bandwidth data over coax cables.

Cisco Starts Cash Dividends

Tim Higgins — Fri, 18 Mar 2011 13:31:16 -0400

Cisco has announced that it will start to pay quarterly cash dividends to its shareholders.

Cisco Names First COO

Tim Higgins — Tue, 22 Feb 2011 11:42:55 -0500

Cisco has named Executive Vice President Gary Moore as Chief Operating Officer.

NETGEAR XAVB5001 Powerline AV 500 Adapter Kit Reviewed

Tim Higgins — Thu, 17 Feb 2011 16:44:00 -0500

NETGEAR's "500 Mbps" powerline kit might finally satisfy 1080p HD streamers looking for an alternative to Ethernet.

Cisco Consumer Group Head Replaced

Tim Higgins — Fri, 11 Feb 2011 14:04:33 -0500

Cisco's Consumer Business Group now has a new boss.

HomeGrid Forum To Boost Zigbee For Smart Grid Networking

Tim Higgins — Thu, 10 Feb 2011 09:56:43 -0500

The HomeGrid Forum said it will be working more closely on Smart Grids with the ZigBee Alliance.

IPv6 Conversion Is A Plug And Play Away

Tim Higgins — Fri, 04 Feb 2011 12:51:08 -0500

gogo6 has announced a plug-and-play adapter that converts any IPv4 home network to IPv6.

Cisco Adds Small-Biz Switches, VPN Router, More

Tim Higgins — Tue, 25 Jan 2011 10:24:30 -0500

Cisco today announced new switch, VPN router and NAS cloud storage small business products.

Channel Master To Ship MoCA Products

Tim Higgins — Thu, 06 Jan 2011 12:17:25 -0500

Channel Master said it is launching a line of MoCA adapters.

LG-Ericsson ES-2026 Smart Switch Reviewed

Doug Reid — Wed, 29 Dec 2010 12:15:00 -0500

Updated - LG-Ericsson's ES-2026 has a nice admin interface, but needs a few minor fixes and slightly lower price.

500 Mbps Not! : TRENDnet TPL-401E2K 500 Mbps Powerline AV Adapter Kit Reviewed

Tim Higgins — Thu, 23 Dec 2010 14:45:00 -0500

TRENDnet's first-to-market "500 Mbps" powerline adapters may not be the best that they can be.

IEEE Launches Standards Group To Unite Home Networking Methods

Tim Higgins — Tue, 14 Dec 2010 15:26:22 -0500

The IEEE today announced the kickoff of a new draft standard aimed at uniting "hybrid" home networks.

Draytek Vigor 2920 Reviewed

Doug Reid — Thu, 09 Dec 2010 16:15:18 -0500

Updated - Draytek's Vigor 2920 has some welcome improvements over Draytek's older Vigor 2910.

Broadcom Buying Gigle

Tim Higgins — Tue, 23 Nov 2010 17:13:44 -0500

Broadcom announced that it is acquiring Gigabit powerline chip developer Gigle Networks.

TRENDnet To Ship 500 Mbps Powerline Adapters

Tim Higgins — Tue, 23 Nov 2010 08:36:03 -0500

TRENDnet said today it will start shipping 500 Mbps powerline adapters by the end of the month.

Trendnet Adds HomePlug AV Kit

Tim Higgins — Tue, 09 Nov 2010 10:29:44 -0500

Updated - Trendnet has announced a new HomePlug AV networking kit.

Slow HomePlug? Try A Powerline Filter

Tim Higgins — Tue, 02 Nov 2010 15:26:40 -0400

Updated - A quick test of powerline filters shows they can help combat throughput-robbing noise.

Atheros Enabling More, Cheaper Wi-Fi / Powerline Hybrids

Tim Higgins — Mon, 18 Oct 2010 10:32:25 -0400

Atheros has announced a new family of hybrid powerline / wireless networking solutions.

NETGEAR Rolls Out HD Media Players, UTM and Powerline Products

Tim Higgins — Tue, 31 Aug 2010 10:51:50 -0400

NETGEAR today announced two HD media players, a new UTM appliance and HomePlug AV connected 802.11n access point kit.

WD Rolls Out HomePlug AV Adapter Kit

Tim Higgins — Tue, 24 Aug 2010 11:08:11 -0400

WD today announced a HomePlug AV adapter kit.

HomePlug AV Adapter Roundup

Tim Higgins — Mon, 23 Aug 2010 11:45:00 -0400

Our roundup of the latest HomePlug AV adapters finds much more consistent and improved performance.

Marvell Follows Atheros Into Powerline, Buys DS2

Tim Higgins — Thu, 19 Aug 2010 10:05:37 -0400

Marvell said it has acquired Spanish powerline chipmaker DS2.

Ubicom Introduces Network Processor With USB 3.0 Support

Tim Higgins — Mon, 16 Aug 2010 11:30:47 -0400

Ubicom today announced its next-generation network processor that includes DDR3 RAM and USB 3.0 support.

NETGEAR GS110TP ProSafe 8-port Gigabit PoE Smart Switch with 2 Gigabit Fiber SFP Reviewed

Tim Higgins — Mon, 19 Jul 2010 14:52:26 -0400

NETGEAR has packed a lot of managed switch features, plus all-port PoE into an attractively-priced little switch in the GS110TP.

Slideshow: NETGEAR GS110TP ProSafe 8-port Gigabit PoE Smart Switch with 2 Gigabit Fiber SFP

Tim Higgins — Thu, 15 Jul 2010 16:00:08 -0400

The GS110TP is a smart switch with a feature set like the GS108T with PoE and two fiber uplink ports added. Read the full review.

NETGEAR Adds Gigabit PoE Smart Switch

Tim Higgins — Mon, 12 Jul 2010 09:44:08 -0400

NETGEAR has introduced an 8 port Gigabit switch with PoE aimed at small business applications.

CloudShark Brings Packet Capture Viewing Online

Tim Higgins — Tue, 22 Jun 2010 10:36:02 -0400

QA Cafe has launched a new free online service for viewing packet sniffer capture files.