Access Point
Router
NAS
Mesh
Extender
Bridge
Powerline
Router (Old)
Access Point
Router
NAS
Mesh
Extender
Bridge
Powerline
Router (Old)
Access Point
Router
NAS
Mesh
Extender
Bridge
Powerline
Router (Old)

Wireless

Wireless Reviews

AirMagnet Surveyor reviewed

Up until now, being tapped to perform a wireless LAN survey might make you wonder what you did to get onto your boss' "favorites" list. But no more. Though AirMagnet's Surveyor site survey product can't eliminate all the walking around, it streamlines data gathering and produces reports that even your Mom could understand.

Wireless Reviews

Linksys Wireless Signal Booster Review

Discontinued Jan 2004Signal amplifier for 2.4GHz wireless products. Handles two antennas. FCC certified and compatible with the Linksys Wireless Access Point (WAP11) and Wireless Access Point Router (BEFW11S4) only.

Wireless Features

Wardriving: Taipei Style

By now everyone has heard of wardriving, or maybe even Warflying. Wardrivers find wireless access points (WAPs) by driving around and using laptops with wireless cards. They typically track the WAPs using free and simple programs such as NetStumbler for Windows or Kismet for Linux.

Wireless Features

NeedToKnow: WiFi PDAs’ Dirty Little Secret

Updated PDA manufacturers have been previously caught "optimistically" specing both available memory and the number of screen colors really available in their products. This NeedToKnow shows that they also have some work to do to convey to prospective buyers the wireless speeds that their 802.11b-enabled products can really deliver. We found some surprisingly slow products, but also some that deliver what you'd expect from a device with WiFi inside.

Wireless Reviews

NETGEAR WG602 54Mbps Wireless Access Point Review

Although NETGEAR was the first to launch the opening salvo in the tri-mode / dual-band wireless LAN wars, its WG602 54Mbps Wireless Access Point that it announced a few months ago represents the first-available draft-802.11g Access Point shipped by the company. It made its way into the SmallNetBuilder Test Lab pretty quickly, and our first-available review will give you our usual in-depth report.

Wireless Reviews

Quick View: PCTEL WiFi Seeker

Pocket-sized WiFi network detectors may seem like a dumb idea at first. But if the size and features are right, they can be a real time-saver for seeing whether it's worth it to pull out the ol' notebook. PCTEL's WiFi Seeker seems to succeed where previous devices have failed. Read our Quick View review and see if you agree!

Wireless Reviews

Draytek Vigor 2900g Broadband Security Router Reviewed

How much would you pay for a four-point SPI router with 802.11g access point, USB print server and built-in VPN endpoint? If you think about $200 is too much, would you change your mind if it handled LAN-LAN and Remote-LAN PPTP, IPsec and L2TP VPN tunnels on both the wired and wireless sides? And how about if it threw in VLAN and Bandwidth control? Come read our review to see how Draytek's Vigor 2900g Broadband Security Router does it all.

Wireless Reviews

Linksys WRT54GS Wireless-G Broadband Router with SpeedBooster Reviewed

The empire strikes back in the "enhanced" 802.11g wars! Linksys has introduced its first SpeedBooster products fueled by Broadcom's Afterburner technology. We rushed the WRT54GS Wireless-G Router with SpeedBooster onto our test bench and have the first-available in-depth review. How does Afterburner stack up against Super-G? Does more money really buy you more performance? All this and more will be revealed...

Wireless Reviews

ASUS WL-330 Pocket Wireless Access Point reviewed

At first glance, you might dismiss ASUS' tiny WL-330 as a wireless toy, but you'd be wrong. This mighty-mite packs good performance, WDS bridging / repeating and Ethernet-to-wireless adapter capabilities into a package that's sure to lend itself to some creative uses.

Wireless Reviews

AirMagnet Handheld 3.0 and Laptop Trio reviewed

AirMagnet's wireless LAN analysis products have consistently gotten good marks from reviewers since their debut almost two years ago. We finally got our hands on the latest versions of the Handheld and Laptop Trio products and have to agree... we liked them too!