Unless you want to be wedded to 802.11n's megabit pace forever, you might want to consider switching over to 802.11ac-enabled tech to suit that gigabit pipe you plan on installing in your home. On ...

Netgear R6300 802.11ac router Netgear’s first 802.11ac router, the R6300, will go on sale next week for $200, the company announced at a news conference yesterday. Touting the benefits of the next-gen ...

The first thing you need to know about IEEE 802.11ac—the latest wireless networking standard—is that the standard isn’t actually finished. Today’s 802.11ac routers are based on a second draft. Early ...

At CES 2012, networking company Buffalo showed off a a router prototype built with the unofficial 802.11ac standards, sporting a 5G chipset from Broadcom that was only just announced this week.

PLAYA VISTA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Belkin, creator of people-inspired consumer technology products, today launched its new line of advanced wireless routers featuring 802.11ac technology for speeds ...

I'd like to get an 802.11ac wireless router plus a couple 802.11ac wireless bridges. Powerline networking is terrible in my home, and I'm not going to install network cable, so I am currently using ...

With a powerful dual-core 800 MHz engine to enable combined WiFi connections at Gigabit speeds up to 1600 Mbps (300 Mbps @ 2.4 Ghz 802.11n + 1300 Mbps @ 5 Ghz 802.11ac), the R6250 Smart WiFi Router ...

The first 802.11ac router, based on Draft 2.0 silicon from Broadcom, appeared in the first quarter of 2012, and it's taken a while for other vendors to release their first products. The ratification ...

Like a number of core components, the basic design principle that routers follow is based on what the end-user likes. In their early days, routers adopted a flat horizontal orientation and over the ...

R6300 WiFi Router and A6200 WiFi USB Adapter now have Beamforming+ for optimal wireless performance for video streaming, downloads and online gaming Bracknell, UK - April 22, 2013 - NETGEAR®, Inc.

Review updated 1/29/2013: If you need to connect just a single client, such as a laptop or a home-theater PC, to your 802.11ac network, a Wi-Fi client USB adapter is much cheaper than a wireless ...

So is it just me, or does does 802.11ac fall largely into the category of... "why should I care?". Click to expand... Heh, i keep getting that for tech in general these days. Maybe it is just me ...