Posted 07/01/08 at 07:50:11 AM by Chris Moody

Netgear may have found a winner with it’s newly announced WGR614L wireless-G router that provides open source developers with an appliance platform that can be customized. Linksys has been enjoying a certain amount of popularity from the open source community since it released its original Linux based WRT54G router back in 2003. Since then a number of projects to change the firmware on the WRT line have come about like Tomato and OpenWRT. Of course flashing the firmware to anything other than the Linksys designed firmware voids your warranty. Netgear has chosen to embrace this community with their new WGR614L, rather than fight it.

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Posted 06/24/08 at 06:04:07 PM by Mark Edward Soper

D-Link's new DIR-628 offers support for 802.11n 5GHz as well as 2.4GHz support with a street price of around $100. 5GHz support enables 802.11n networks to escape the channel congestion inherent in 2.4GHz networks (where only three of the 11 channels theoretically available do not overlap) and achieve faster throughput through the use of double-width (40MHz) channels.  Find out what's included, as well as what features hit the cutting room floor to help the DIR-628 make its price point.

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Posted 03/27/08 at 07:39:31 PM by Michael Brown

If you can’t afford to upgrade your network to 802.11n Draft N 2.0, you might consider purchasing Trendnet’s Easy-N-Upgrader TEW-637AP. Instead of throwing your existing router in the trash, plug it into the Easy-N-Upgrader access point to gain many of the benefits of a Draft N router for about half the price.

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Posted 01/25/08 at 07:00:43 PM by Michael Brown

We installed the Linksys DMA2200 in the media room at Maximum PC Lab North.

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Posted 10/17/07 at 01:56:04 PM by Michael Brown

We test wireless routers based on Draft 2.0 of the IEEE 802.11n at Maximum PC Lab North

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Posted 08/24/07 at 08:22:07 PM by Chris Adcock

Inspiration can't be taught or bought - but you can go looking for it. That's just what the Manta did. On a beach no less.

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Posted 08/09/07 at 12:17:34 PM by Michael Brown

Belkin's new Network USB Hub delivers a sweet solution for an all-too-common problem.

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Posted 03/12/07 at 02:38:44 PM by Michael Brown

Asus has solved one of the most common problems download junkies face: By marrying a Wi-Fi router with a hard drive and built-in BitTorrent client, the company has eliminated the need for you to leave your power-hungry PC running 24/7.

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wireless, Router, wi-fi, download, nas, network attached storage, bittorrent, client, on-board, Asus WL-700gE, hardware, reviews, nas boxes