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 ...

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 ...

Looking for a fast and reliable way to extend your home network to that corner where a Wi-Fi signal can't reach? The ZyXel Homeplug AV2 Gigabit Powerline Adapter Starter Kit might be the right answer.

Trendnet announces a new power-line adapter that offers both a 500Mbps wired connection and a 300Mbps wireless access point. Dong Ngo Former SF Labs Manager, Editor Former CNET editor Dong Ngo has ...

After my PowerBook G4’s CPU destroyed itself, I replaced it with a much cheaper, but less portable, Mac mini in my living room. When I made this change my wireless network became just a way to bridge ...

So, you’ve set up a home office in the spare bedroom, or built yourself one in the garden. Or maybe you’ve moved to a new house with particularly thick walls. In any of those instances, Wi-Fi on its ...

Most of use use wireless to connect the devices in our home, but as we've discussed before, wired is usually faster, even if it's through your wall with a powerline adapter. With wireless AC, however, ...

More and more home theater devices are Internet-enabled, but sadly most of these new "networked" HDTVs, Blu-ray players, streaming media players, etc. are packing an Ethernet port that doesn't have ...

Have you ever wanted to watch your desktop screen on your smart TV, yet found out that the network connection is too weak or unreliable? If so, you are not alone. Many people face this problem when ...

Charliehendricks281 needs to extend his network across a large house. He asked the Networking forum if a Powerline solution would make more sense than wireless. [Email your tech questions to ...