Wireless networks today are faster, more secure, and more reliable than their predecessors. But to some extent Wi-Fi is a victim of its own success: Search for a Wi-Fi hotspot these days, and you may ...

Charliehendricks281 needs to extend his network across a large house. He asked the Networking forum if a Powerline solution would make more sense than wireless. [Email your tech questions to ...

Already have power-line Internet at home and now want to extend the reach of your Wi-Fi farther? The ZyXel PLA4231 500 Mbps Powerline Wireless N Extender is the answer. Dong Ngo Former SF Labs Manager ...

2016 is here, and the flying cars and hoverboards are disappointing, to say the least. Worse yet, we still can't get a decent internet connection in our man cave, but Netgear is at least trying to ...

Huawei is getting into the mesh router business, unveiling the Huawei WiFi Q2, a multi-unit networking system that combines wireless and powerline backhaul. Announced at CES 2018 today, the WiFi Q2 ...

They are fairly useful.

Faster broadband speeds and accomplished routers have changed the way in which web content is streamed across the home. Pair a 100Mbit Internet connection to an 802.11ac router and you have the best ...

More and more home theater devices are Internet-enabled, but sadly most of these new "networked" HDTVs, Blu-ray players, streaming media players, etc. are packing an Ethernet port that doesn't have ...

SAN JOSE, Calif. – Atheros Communications is rolling out three consumer reference designs that use a combination of Wi-Fi, powerline and Ethernet links as the first step in its hybrid home networking ...

Ah, now we're talking. Over the years, HomePlug and wireless HD / HDMI haven't exactly "taken off." Routing internet signals over a home's power network has been hampered by subpar transmission rates, ...