The first gigabit speed 802.11ac ICs allow consumers to load web content on a mobile device or home wireless network 3x faster. The BCM4360, BCM4352, BCM43526 and BCM43516 chips are also said to be 6x ...

Sure, in a lab you can't already get 1 Gbps speeds. But most of us don't work in labs. We work in the real world. The best performance I've ever seen using my Linksys EA9200 tri-band router with a ...

Gigabit-speed wireless LAN equipment that uses the emerging IEEE 802.11ac standard is about to hit the market, with Netgear saying on Thursday that it will start shipping a consumer 802.11ac router in ...

Asus already makes one of the best routers in the land with the face-melting RT-AC68U, but the company’s not going soft just because it’s in the lead today. At Computex 2014, Asus announced the ...

I picked up a new 2013 MacBook Air and an updated Time Capsule with 802.11ac. My network speeds were barely better than 802.11n which I chalked up to the OS X issues: In my setup, Network Utility ...

The next generation of WiFi, 802.11ac Wave 2, has begun certification, promising features that dramatically improve wireless speed and range. Although 802.11ac was first approved all the way back in ...

ABI Research's Jake Saunders, VP and practice director of forecasting, is reporting that while "802.11n device shipments still dominate the market, accounting for more than two thirds of total device ...

A leading product testing and analysis organization, The Tolly Group, conducted performance testing of the My Net AC1300 router and My Net Bridge amongst comparable products on the market today.

Earlier this year we tested several consumer-level 802.11ac routers. Here, we take a look at two enterprise-level access points. They’re a part of the so-called “Wave 1” phase of the 802.11ac standard ...

Like lets say under "ideal" conditions, the 802.11n is transferring at 300Mbps. If a router is rated 900 for that band (5Ghz), does this mean there is still 600Mbps available for ac connections? Or ...

Qualcomm, though its Atheros subsidiary, has introduced the Qualcomm Internet Processor (IPQ) product line to boost the signal strength and throughput of next-generation wireless routers and access ...