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Zyxel PL-100 Powerline Adapter

Posted 10/02/2006 at 3:54pm | by Will Smith

The Zyxel PL-100 uses the same Intellon INT 5500CS chipset that Netgear’s XE104 uses (reviewed May 2006), and the results are predictable: In our bandwidth tests, we managed a mere 1.2Mb/s—slower than our DSL line.

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Netgear WNR854T

Posted 09/17/2006 at 11:06am | by

Netgear's WNR854T commands a $10 premium over Linksys' WRT300N, a cost that's easily justified by the former products' features and performance.

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Linksys Wireless-N WRT300N Ver. 1

Posted 09/17/2006 at 10:56am | by

If you insist that your high-tech gear look the part, you'll dig the paddle-shaped antenna on Linksys' WRT300N.

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Belkin N1 Wireless Router

Posted 09/05/2006 at 3:14pm | by

Belkin picked Atheros' XSPAN Draft 802.11n chipset for the N1, which we tested with the company's matching N1 Wireless Notebook card.

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Buffalo Nfiniti Draft-N Wireless Router

Posted 09/05/2006 at 10:22am | by

A big yellow button on the Nfiniti's box screams "Exceed Wireless Limits!" But in our experience, the only limit Buffalo managed to exceed is the one governing hype.

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Powerline Networking That Doesn't Suck?

Posted 07/20/2006 at 11:17am | by

Just why is Will giddy as a Japanese schoolgirl? Maybe he's been checking out some anime online with his new network device.

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IOGear Multi-Function Print Server

Posted 07/11/2006 at 1:29pm | by

Host PC requirements keep 10Gear's otherwise handy multi-function printing device from living up to its full potential.

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Sprint PC-5740 EVDO Card

Posted 06/09/2006 at 1:08pm | by Gordon Mah Ung

If you’re the kind of road warrior who has spent an hour driving around aimlessly looking for an unsecured wireless router to check your email, it might be time to invest in EVDO service.

EVDO, which stands for evolution data optimized, offers “broadband-like” speeds using the CDMA mobile phone network. Such technology has been available for some time but never at the affordable prices it is today.

Sprint’s Mobile Broadband package is available two ways: $40 for 40MB of usage and one-tenth of a cent per additional kilobyte, or all you can eat for $60 (provided you have a voice account with Sprint.)

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