Cheap Draft 802.11n Router Roundup

Who says that draft 802.11n routers have to be expensive to deliver improved Wi-Fi performance? Our round-up of six popular products are all under $100 and some are surprisingly comparable to more expensive alternatives.

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New to the Charts: Belkin N Wireless Router

The Belkin N Wireless Router (F5D8223-4) has been added to the Router Charts. The N Wireless is Belkin's entry-level draft 802.11n router.

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Slideshow: Belkin N Wireless Router

Belkin's entry-level draft 802.11n router is no-frills in the routing department, but has surprisingly good wireless performance. Read the review.

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Belkin adds desktop Skype phone

Belkin today introduced its new Desktop Internet Phone for Skype, which has an embedded Skype client for calling without needing a computer. Plug it into an Ethernet port on your Internet-connected LAN and you're ready to go.

Features include speaker phone, speed dial, call hold/release, call pickup/park, mute, redial, hold, call-timer display, and contact list.

The phone will be out in March at an MSRP of $100.

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Can a New WiFi Adapter Change Your Wireless Performance?

Our unprecedented testing shows one clear winner if you want to change your wireless adapter

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Legacy-friendly Draft 11n: Belkin N1 Vision Reviewed

Belkin's Certified Draft 2.0 802.11n wireless router is nice to nearby WLANs and supports jumbo frames, too!

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Slideshow: Belkin N1 Vision Wireless Router

The Belkin N1 Vision has a fancy front panel and a gigabit switch that supports Jumbo Frames. Read the review.

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Are You Playing the Draft 802.11n Shell Game?

Manufacturers keep us guessing about what's really inside the wireless networking products we buy.

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8 Port Gigabit Switch Roundup

There are many reasons to choose one gigabit switch over another. But performance isn't one of them.

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Slideshow: Six 8 port Gigabit Switches

Any of these eight-port gigabit switches, which all support up to 9k jumbo frames, will provide a speed boost for your LAN.

Read the review.

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Belkin Wireless USB Hub gets certified

Belkin announced yesterday that its Wireless USB Hub (F5U302) [previous story] now meets the USB-IF’s Wireless USB Specification requirements, ensuring compatibility with other Wireless USB devices.

The product is scheduled to ship starting next month in the US for $199.99 MSRP.

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Belkin quietly kills Pulse product

SmallNetBuilder has learned that Belkin has discontinued its Pulse network monitoring product, which was announced in April. A company spokesperson was not able to provide a specific reason for pulling the product.

Pulse might have been conceived as a natural extension of Belkin's Datacenter product line, which includes cabling, racks and UPS products. But the product never really got into distribution and was quietly cancelled sometime in the past month.

Pulse was based on technology from privately-funded JumpNode Systems, which is based in Minneapolis. JumpNode is actively selling its own version of the product, primarily through resellers.

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Belkin intros Certified Wireless USB hub

Belkin today announced its Certified Wireless USB hub.

The F5U302 provides a single Wireless USB connection between a host computer and up to four USB 1.1/2.0 devices. The product comes with an adapter for the host computer. Transfer speed is spec'd at 480 Mbps (raw data rate) with a 30 foot range.

Belkin did not say whether this product would replace its "Cable Free USB Hub", which is not interoperable with this new product or any other Certified Wireless USB products.

The product will be available in "late August" for $199.99 suggested list.

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Belkin adds new N1draft 11n router

Belkin today announced its N1 Vision wireless router that features a unique design approach.

The product features an interactive display that can be used to view a variety of router status information. Views include Download/Upload "Speedometer", network bandwidth usage and even the speed of individual connected clients.

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Belkin Pulse Review: NOC in a box

Looking to add monitoring and alerting to your network, but not looking forward to hassling with SNMP MIBs and apps? Belkin's Pulse may be the answer.

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