Wireless Features

The latest wireless networking technology that just got the FCC's go-ahead may help for some applications. But it's not the ultimate solution that you may be hoping for.

I was briefed by both Atheros and Ralink last week on their announcements at this week's Computex over in Taipei. While it wasn't the sole reason for the calls, I was able to get a feel for why we still haven't seen any three-stream N routers, even though the first were announced well over a year ago.

Updated 5/10/2010 3:30PM EDT

With a flurry of announcements, the WiGig Alliance shows that it has learned the lessons of past failed wireless technologies.

Besides easier setup, is there anything new in Cisco's six new N routers?

Updated In the second and final part of this series, we look at two technologies aimed at whole-home wireless HD distribution.

It seems like every year brings the promise of glitch-free wireless HD streaming throughout our homes. But there may be hope that it actually becomes reality this year.

Intel and NETGEAR tried to puff up their announcements of the Intel Wireless Display technology and NETGEAR's PTV1000 Push2TV, the first adapter to support it. But it doesn't seem like much of an advance to me.

It looks like those crafty folks at Apple have equipped the latest Airport Extreme with three stream 802.11n capability, just waiting to be enabled. But they also threw in a manufacturing defect.

You'll have to jump through plenty of hoops to get any benefit from the optional features added in the released 802.11n spec.

I've been getting an unusually high number of requests for a review of Apple's latest tweak of its Airport Extreme. But you probably won't be getting a review, at least not any time soon.