Tag Archives: Networking

If there’s one thing everyone always seems to need, it is a new wireless router. Whether you’re using the mediocre solutions provided by your cable company, or an aging bargain model that you picked up at Target, chances are you could use a new one.  In fact, we’ll venture to say that your old wireless router is literally the cause of …

We had the chance to stop by TP-Link’s booth at CES 2015, TP-Link is a fairly well-known Router and Networking company that has created a reputation for itself for providing excellent performing routers and networking devices at very competitive prices. ARCHER C9 AC1900 ROUTER The first product we looked at today is their recently announced Archer C9 AC1900 dual-band wireless …

At CES 2015, Linksys has unveiled a slew of new products under the successful WRT brand as well as a new MU-MIMO Router – the EA8500, AC6200 Dual-Band Smart Wi-Fi Router. Following the success of the hugely popular WRT1900AC, which brought back the classic Linksys WRT blue and gray styling and stack-able function. Linksys has decided to double down on …

QNAP announced the release of TS-x20 and TS-x21 series for home users and home offices. TS-x20 comes equipped with Marvell ARM 1.6 GHz processor and 512 MB DDR3 RAM, and the TS-x21 series comes with a Marvell ARM 2.0 GHz processor and 1GB DDR3 RAM. Both series come in easy-swappable 1, 2 and 4 bay models (“hot swappable” in 2 …

LSI Corporation today announced its first live demonstration of a 28G SerDes transceiver at the 2013 Optical Fiber Communication Conference and Exposition and National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference (OFC/NFOEC). The 28G SerDes solution is a serial NRZ transceiver designed for both long- and sort-reach applications and is designed to reduce networking costs by using Ethernet over copper backplanes and optical fibers. LSI …

TRENDnet today announces the availability of the Powerline 200 AV Nano Adapter, model TPL-308E, and the Powerline 200 AV Nano Adapter Kit, model TPL-308E2K, which comes with two TPL-308E adapters. The adapter’s ultra-compact form factor saves space around crowded electrical outlets and is about half the size of standard Powerline 200 units. The Powerline 200 AV Nano Adapter Kit, model …

DISTREE EMEA has presented TRENDnet with the coveted Home Networking Vendor of the Year award for the EMEA region. DISTREE EMEA gathers senior executives from EMEA’s ICT, telecoms, and consumer electronics channel. DISTREE EMEA is a powerful business platform for brands looking to manage, build, or launch routes-to-market within EMEA. More than 1,000 senior channel executives gathered at the Salle …

Cisco has successfully completed its move out of its failed foray into consumer goods with the sale of its Linksys unit to Belkin.  Belkin, maker of a multitude of consumer products including cables, power strips, web cams, networking products, etc. will gain an approximately 30% share of the retail home and small business networking market with this acquisition.  This pits …

Cisco Systems, Inc. (CSCO), the world’s largest computer networking equipment maker, has hired Barclays Plc to find a buyer for its Linksys division, according to a Bloomberg.com article.  Linksys makes routers and networking equipment for home wireless access, whereas Cisco’s primary business is enterprise and business-related networking equipment. Cisco would like to sell Linksys as part of a strategy to …