Wireless Router Ratings - Interactive Advisor
Sunday May 29, 2005
| Utility | Answer a few (actually, six) simple questions about your home networking needs and buying preferences, and this interactive advisor will provide leads to suitable wireless routers, ranked ... Read More
"Home Networking Simplified"
Friday May 27, 2005
| Book | This week, Cisco Press released a new book titled "Home Networking Simplified." I served on the technical review team for this book and recommend it for ... Read More
Linksys WRT54G Wireless-G Wi-Fi Router
Tuesday May 24, 2005
The WRT54G is a very popular wireless router based on the 802.11g Wi-Fi standard. It supports all of the essential features one expects from a modern home network router, ... Read More
What Is a Passphrase?
Saturday May 21, 2005
| Definition | A passphrase is one or a few small words chosen for use as a security setting. In computer networking, the passphrase represents a long password. In Wi-Fi ... Read More
Top 802.11n (Pre-N) Wireless Network Routers
Sunday May 15, 2005
| Reference | The 802.11n Wi-Fi standard offers speeds comparable with Fast Ethernet and supports greatly increased wireless range over 802.11g and earlier home WiFi networks. Note that 802.11n wireless ... Read More
How Many People Have Broadband Internet?
Saturday May 14, 2005
| News | How many millions of people already have broadband Internet? In the U.S., estimates generally fall in the 30-35 million range, with about another 20 milliion expected to ... Read More
DNS - The Internet's Achilles' Heel?
Tuesday May 10, 2005
| Commentary | Every time a major Web site like Google experiences a DNS outage, critics of the Internet DNS system get a bit more vocal. Still, DNS does ... Read More
Why Does the Data Rate on My WiFi Wireless Network Keep Changing?
Sunday May 8, 2005
| FAQ | Wi-Fi network connections automatically adjust their data rate (connection speed) based on the quality of the communication signal. Sometimes called dynamic rate scaling, this feature of Wi-Fi ... Read More
XBox 360 Wireless Network Adapter from Microsoft
Friday May 6, 2005
| Commentary | The Xbox 360 is designed to be a home network appliance, not simply a video game console. With the Xbox 360 wireless network adapter accessory, the device ... Read More
Free BearShare and BearShare Pro P2P Clients
Wednesday May 4, 2005
| Reference | BearShare clients connect to the Gnutella P2P network. The free BearShare client does not contain any bundled spyware programs. BearShare Pro, the paid version, eliminates advertising contained ... Read More
Sony PSP Wi-Fi Encryption Not So Hot
Monday May 2, 2005
| Commentary | A ZDNet blog post has opened the debate on the merits of Sony PSP Wi-Fi. Seems this hot little gadget only supports WEP encryption instead of the ... Read More