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Best Wi-Fi Routers: Top Ten Wireless Wi-Fi Routers Reviewed

Finding a suitable wireless Wi-Fi router can be challenging. Prices can be outlandish, short range connections atrocious, and we know there is nothing more irritating than getting thrown off the Web due to a bad connection. Well put all of those worries aside because we rounded up a grand selection of top-rated wireless routers. Here are our top picks for the best wireless Wi-Fi routers of 2009.


Netgear WNDR3700

NetgearWNDR3700Netgear’s speedy WNDR3700 is a dual -band (2.4- and 5GHz) router with 8MB flash memory and 64 MB of RAM.

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GM Expands Dealer-Installed Wi-Fi Hotspot Offerings

Ever feel a compulsive need to check your Facebook status, tap into YouTube, or Tweet your status from a moving vehicle? (We’re talking about doing these things safely, not while driving!) American automaker General Motors wants to help those dreams come true: the company has just expanded its partnership with san Francisco’s Autonet Mobile to offer Wi-Fi Internet routers as dealer-installed options on selected Buick, Cadillac, Chevrolet, and GMC vehicles. The systems will be available from GM dealers, as well as from gmextras.com.

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Testing Clear’s WiMax Internet Service

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We’ve huddled under awnings on the sidewalk in the rain to tap weak Wi-Fi signals, slipped into hotels as “guests,” and paid big bucks from cell carriers for a wireless modem, all to get our mobile Internet fix. And every option seems to suck in its own way. Whether you’re being hounded by an impatient barista and force fed soft jazz, or waiting 20 seconds for every page to load from a 3G modem, neither comes close to matching the silky-smooth connection and freedom you have at home. Why can’t you just get broadband speeds everywhere?  Read more...

AT&T Offers Free Wi-Fi for iPhones, Again

AT&T Offers Free Wi-Fi for iPhones, Again

After giving iPhone users free access to its nationwide Wi-Fi network then pulling it away several times in the past year, AT&T has yet again opened up its network of Wi-Fi hotspots to smartphone users for free. On Thursday, the carrier announced that both BlackBerry and iPhone users would have access to all 17,000 of its locations for no additional charge.  Read more...

AT&T Opens Wi-Fi HotSpots to Notebooks

AT&T Opens Wi-Fi HotSpots to Notebooks

AT&T is once again expanding the pool of customers that can connect to the Internet using its network of Wi-Fi hotspots: now customers subscribed to its LaptopConnect mobile broadband offering can use AT&T’s network of 17,0000 Wi-Fi hotspots at now additional charge. AT&T operates Wi-Fi hotspots in McDonalds and Starbucks locations, as well as some Barnes & Noble locations and a few airports.

“The combination of the nation’s largest wireless and Wi-Fi networks is unbeatable,” said AT&T’s VP for business and mobility products Michael Woodward, in a statement. “It’s the ultimate in mobility for laptops—AT&T’s wireless network plus more than 17,000 Wi-Fi locations.”  Read more...

Free Wi-Fi: They’re Lovin’ It

Free Wi-Fi: They're Lovin' ItAh, they’re lovin’ it. McDonald’s has announced that it’s going to offer free Wi-Fi in all 1,200 of its UK outlets by the end of2007.   So, along with your Quarter Pounder and fries, you can flip open the laptop and surf; in fact, the company claims, you won’t even need to make a purchase (although, of course, theyhope you will). It’s part of a strategy by the chain to move McDonald’s into a more upmarket position similar to Starbucks, which has a Wi-Fideal with T-Mobile at its stores.  Read more...

802.11n Products Coming in Late June

802.11n Products Coming in Late June

The alphabet soup surrounding Wi-Fi standards is set to get a little thicker. In addition to the 802.11a, 802.11b and 802.11g standards, 802.11n will be making its way to store shelves in late June. The Wi-Fi Alliance, the industry association which keeps track of such standards, announced the products and reference designs for 802.11n draft 2.0 on Wednesday.

The Alliance claims that 802.11n should allow for up to five times the throughput and twice the range of previous generation Wi-Fi products. The intent is to accommodate for new home applications, such as streaming high-definition video, online gaming with multiple users sharing the same network, and faster file sharing. The Wi-Fi Alliance’s certification will ensure interoperability between all 802.11n gear, and backward compatibility with previous standards.  Read more...

802.11n Clears Another Hurdle

The Wi-Fi world of wireless networking technologies has been dominated by lowercase letters: first we had 802.11a and b, which were both comparatively pokey a tremendous pain in the tuchus for users, but were enough to get entire industries worried about unwiring their notebooks, desktop systems, speakers, displays, and media players. Things got more bandwidth—and, sometimes, easier to configure—with 802.11g, and these days they rage is all about 802.11n wireless networking, which promises to offer real world speeds well in excess of 100Base-T Ethernet. However, the process of creating the 802.11n standard has been rocky, with competing proposals vying for approval and manufacturers jumping the gun with “pre-N” gear which wasn’t necessarily compatible with each other or existing 802.11 wireless networks. So far, 802.11n has been in the works for over four years, and we still aren’t “there” yet.  Read more...

802.11n Debate on Middle Ground

“According to one source, the TGN Sync proposal garnered just under 50 percent of the vote, far short of the 75 percent “supermajority”.

The standards battle was supposedly resolved in March, when TGN Sync was approved by a bare majority. The 802.11n standard, if agreed upon, stands to replace the current alphabet soup of 802.11 wireless standards, which transmit data at up to 54 Mbits/s. The basic 802.11n requirements call for a base throughput of 100 Mbits/s, although the TGn Sync consortium have talked about using the technology to achieve rates of higher than 315 Mbits/s. Both technologies use arrays of antennas, known as MIMO (Multiple In, Multiple Out) to achieve their goals.”  Read more...

2.4Ghz Wi-Fi Directional Antenna Review

Quote from the review at Overclockersclub:

“Today we’re looking at a rather unique product, a product that you would not usually find on a hardware review site. The product we are looking at today is a cAntenna, and that’s no spelling mistake. cAntenna obviously comes from the word, Antenna and a cAntenna is an Antenna made from a Can (Pringles chip can, soup can, or what have you) hence the name. cAntenna’s are mainly used for wardriving, freenet operators, and system administrators to run WiFi assessment tests. Read on to see how the cAntenna stacks up!”

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