As you know, the AC technology is the latest trend in the networking realm and it has been slowly, but steady, implemented with every WiFi capable device, in order to replace the older, but more commonly found N-technology. Routers that support the 802.11n technology, usually operate using the 2.4GHz radio band and you would be … Read more
TRENDnet is a Californian company specialized in networking devices, like modems, routers, and IP security cameras. It is relatively well known for its inexpensive routers but it actually went in the centre of attention (infamously) when a simple IP camera exploit left a lot of people open to hacker attacks. Well, that was in 2012 … Read more
If three years ago, the 802.11ac was something exotic, expensive and not many devices were supporting it, now it’s equally widespread to the older 802.11n and is a necessary feature to consider when acquiring a new router. But, the 80.211ac technology has evolved to unimaginable levels and now, we have ultra routers which feature AC3200 … Read more
There is now an increased trend to ship laptops and phones compatible with 802.11ac technology and it is known that router manufacturers like to equip their routers with technology, sometimes, way ahead of their time (3×3, 4×4, MU-MIMO technology). But finally we see that the AC technology becomes widespread and you need to upgrade your … Read more
I am sure most of you are familiar with the Linksys WRT54G, a router that appeared in 2002 and was one of the first reliable devices of its kind, it was easy to use, affordable and most important, the software was open source. So, you could install DD-WRT, for example, and use the router as … Read more