Most every piece of modern electronics has a wireless-connectivity option—TV's, alarm clocks, refrigerators, even thermostats. With all these devices competing for bandwidth—not to mention the demands of streaming...
The802.11ac WiFi standard may sound like an alphabetical step backwards, but for high-bandwidth tasks like 1080p streaming it promises to wipe the face.
The College of the Holy Cross has completely overhauled its wireless network. The move was a significant undertaking for the college, which has 38 buildings spread out over 174 acres, including a number of older structures...
Apple was the first computer manufacturer to popularize Wi-Fi, pioneering the adoption of the early802.11b standard, then802.11g, and raising the speed.
The new802.11ac standard utilizes the 5 GHz band exclusively and is 3-4 times faster by ganging multiple 20 MHz channels together. The802.11ac draft, also known as802.11VHT (Very High Throughput), uses the existing...