Wireless networks today are faster, more secure, and more reliable than their predecessors. But to some extent Wi-Fi is a victim of its own success: Search for a Wi-Fi hotspot these days, and you may ...

AC wires can be accessed from multiple spots in any room where a computer is in use. What's more, by deploying what are known as "powerline adapters," system builders can deploy those AC wires inside ...

How simple is it to network your home via existing power lines? I connected my PC’s Ethernet port to a powerline adapter and plugged that adapter into a power strip that already fed several other ...

The Netgear WNXR2000 is basically a midrange Wi-Fi router bundled with a HomePlug AV brick and a special cable–not the most elegant way to integrate the two network technologies. For some time, ...

Last week, I reviewed some new Wi-Fi wireless Internet gear that promised to deliver a fast Internet signal to the farthest corners of your home. Alas, my tests showed that the new models weren’t so ...

Netgear’s Powerline AV 500 Adapter Kit uses your home’s existing electrical cabling to bring wired Gigabit Ethernet networking to any room in the house. Throughput speed is significantly better ...

Building the perfect home network can be tricky, especially if you’re dealing with multiple systems all over your home and it gets even more complicated when you want to start streaming or sharing ...

Powerline networking, like many traditional networking standards, aims to solve the seemingly simple problem of connecting together devices that are physically far apart. The difference is, while ...

Many systems builders involved in small office, home office (SOHO) networking are aware of the two main choices for building out a network: wired or wireless. But they should also be aware of a third ...

Before I dive into the review of MacWireless’s 200 Mbps Powerline Network Adapter, I need to clarify something about the device. Despite the company’s name, the Powerline is not a wireless network ...

I’ve been working with computers for ages, starting with a multi-year stint in purchasing for a major IBM reseller in New York City before eventually landing at PCMag (back when it was still in print ...