Home networking has been a frequent topic that I pursued for personal reasons to get the best coverage in my house. My last house was a ranch style with the cable Internet coming in the center of the house. With cheap routers, this meant the signal dropped off at either end of the house. I first used powerline adapters to distribute the Internet to the ends of the house and … [Read more...]
ARRIS introduces their first DOCSIS 3.1 cable modem with the SURFboard SB8200, available on Amazon
ARRIS (the company designing and selling the cable modems formerly under the Motorola name) introduced its flagship DOCSIS 3.1 cable modem available for retail sale from their website and Amazon.com. The cable modem brings the DOCSIS 3.1 standard to market, which means you can enjoy the higher speeds of cable Internet (if your ISP provides it) and not have to pay the modem … [Read more...]
Intel explains 5G ahead of MWC ’17
Intel is increasing their coverage of 5G ahead of the next Mobile World Congress event. They want to position themselves to be a leader in the 5G space. Check out their video below for their angle on where 5G will take us. The 5th generation of wireless data technology is (arguably) more than just faster than 4G, it is redesigned to work for the billions of connected … [Read more...]
AmpliFi will bring mesh wifi to your existing router
AmpliFi, the consumer-side of Ubiquiti, will announce at CES 2017 that the "meshpoints" part of their AmpliFi system will be available separately AND that they can be used with your existing wireless router to add the benefits of mesh wifi to your home network. By working with your existing WiFi, this can actually solve the criticisms I have seen that the router is not … [Read more...]
Bluetooth 5 now available after official specification adopted
Back in June, the Bluetooth Special Interest Group (SIG) announced the specification for Bluetooth 5, the next generation for the Personal Area Network technology. This week, that specification was officially adopted according to the announcement made yesterday on Bluetooth.com. The Bluetooth Special Interest Group (SIG) officially adopted Bluetooth 5 as the latest version of … [Read more...]