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  • Router hacking you off? Hack it back with DD-WRT. Hardware, Routers, Tips, Features, Networking 0

    Router hacking you off? Hack it back with DD-WRT

    FEATURE The quick fix to home networking 30 September 2011 15:23 GMT

    When Virgin installed my 50Mb broadband, it also brought along a D-Link 615 router. This is necessary because with the 50Mb modem (at the time) there was only a single Ethernet socket included, and no wireless. The D-Link ups your Ethernet ports to...

  • BT Home Hub 3 promises to save your Wi-Fi from interference

    BT Home Hub 3 promises to save your Wi-Fi from interference

    Smaller, greener, smarter 4 February 2011 16:12 GMT

    BT has revealed its new Home Hub 3. The emphasis behind the Home Hub 3 is improving your Wi-Fi experience, BT tells us, and avoiding dropped connections. The problem, it seems, comes not from the proliferation of Wi-Fi devices, but the huge number...

  • Daily Tech Deal: Cashback offer with Linksys by Cisco at PC World. Hardware, Routers, Linksys, PC World, Daily Tech Deal,  0

    Daily Tech Deal: Cashback offer with Linksys by Cisco at PC World

    Save yourself a score 11 August 2010 13:05 GMT

    Cisco has partnered with PC World in order to give customers, who are thinking of buying any Linksys by Cisco wireless-N routers, the opportunity to trade in their old unit and get £20 to boot.

    We'd be the first to admit that a router isn't...

  • Cisco Valet router gives parents ultimate control over internet at home. Hardware, Networking, Cisco, Linksys, Routers, Cisco Valet 0

    Cisco Valet router gives parents ultimate control over internet at home

    Lets you turn off the internet to certain devices at certain times of the day 2 April 2010 10:56 GMT

    Cisco has launched two new router families in the US with the focus of getting you online as quickly and pain free as possible.

    The new Valet and E-Series models have been designed by the same team that designed the Flip camcorders with parents...

  • Asus announces the most pretentious router. Ever.

    Asus announces most pretentious router ever

    CeBIT 2010: Or, as the company likes to call it, the RT-N56U 3 March 2010 17:35 GMT

    Asus has launched what appears to be a tray in a spaceship designed circa 1974. Not content with a ridiculous silvery-grey metallic sheen, the company has added a quilting effect on the case, and a star filter on the lights that wouldn't look out of...

  • D-Link launches all-in-one DIR-685 router

    D-Link launches all-in-one DIR-685 router

    With 3.2-inch LCD display 31 July 2009 15:03 GMT

    D-Link has announced a new product that attempts to bring a little excitement to the world of network routers with the launch of the DIR-685. D-Link dares to call the router "stylish, even chic".

    The router has all the features of a 802.11n...

  • Ruckus Wireless unveils outdoor Wi-Fi system

    Ruckus Wireless unveils outdoor Wi-Fi system

    Outside hotspots coming soon 21 July 2009 14:40 GMT

    Ruckus Wireless has announced what's apparently the world's first and only outdoor dual-band 802.11n and single-band 802.11g Wi-Fi access points.

    The new Ruckus Smart Wi-Fi outdoor is designed to offer a "reliable and economical" outdoor...

  • Talk Talk and Goldsmiths reveal routers of the future

    Talk Talk and Goldsmiths reveal routers of the future

    Clever concepts 17 July 2009 17:55 GMT

    The ubiquitous chunk of plastic and wires that is today's router may be functional but it certainly isn’t sexy.

    Talk Talk and Goldsmiths Uni have teamed up on a design problem to try and address that issue, offering a glimpse into what the...

  • Belkin Gigabit Powerline HD adapters debut

    Belkin Gigabit Powerline HD adapters debut

    Christmas comes early for HD streaming fans 24 June 2009 6:13 GMT

    Home cinema enthusiasts will be able to stream multiple HD sources around their home, thanks to a new product scheduled for release in the UK by Belkin later this year.

    The new Gigabit Powerline HD Starter Kit adapters, which go on sale...

  • STC wireless router disguised as a vase

    STC wireless router disguised as a vase

    "Bridges the gap between lifestyle and technology" 24 November 2008 15:28 GMT

    OK so wireless routers aren't particularly exciting but someone seems to have spent far too much energy designing one that also acts as a vase.

    As the clever chaps at Boing Boing Gadgets point out, it just doesn't feel natural pouring water...

  • Buffalo boosts NFINITI range of wireless-N products. Hardware, Routers, Buffalo, Networking, Wireless 0

    Buffalo boosts NFINITI range of wireless-N products

    "Cost effective" way to upgrade home connections 20 October 2008 16:41 GMT

    Buffalo Technology has added a new router to its NFINITI range of wireless-N products.

    And the NFINITI Wireless-N Router & Access Point [WHR-G300N] is the first from the company designed specifically to draft 2.0 802.11n specifications.

  • 3 launches D100 Wireless Router

    Share your mobile broadband 15 October 2008 11:27 GMT

    Following the in the footsteps of T-Mobile, 3 has announced a wireless router especially for mobile broadband.

    The D100 Wireless Router will let users of 3 mobile broadband USB dongles share their 3G connection with others.

    The...

  • T-Mobile turns your 3G dongle into wireless router. Phones, Networking, T-Mobile, Mobile broadband, Routers 0

    T-Mobile turns your 3G dongle into wireless router

    Lets you share your mobile broadband on the go with others 2 October 2008 0:59 GMT

    T-Mobile is hoping to power your home network with the launch of a new wireless networking device powered by your mobile broadband dongle.

    Called the Mobile Broadband Share Dock the device, which will come bundled with a standard T-Mobile...

  • Linksys launches first simultaneous Dual-N Band router . Hardware, Routers, Linksys, Wireless, Home Cinema, Audio 0

    Linksys launches first simultaneous Dual-N Band router

    Offers "true Wireless-N performance" 22 August 2008 10:24 GMT

    Linksys is launching its first simultaneous Dual-N Band router for the UK market.

    This device is claimed to offer a better experience for multimedia users as it delivers "true Wireless-N performance in both the 5GHz and 2.4GHz bands".

  • D-Link makes DIR-655 and DIR-855 routers eco-friendly. Hardware, Routers, D-Link, Wireless, Networking, Wi-Fi, Eco 0

    D-Link makes DIR-655 and DIR-855 routers eco-friendly

    Promises 40% power savings with firmware update 5 August 2008 13:01 GMT

    D-Link has gone green - updating two of its Wi-Fi routers to use less energy and therefore cut down your carbon footprint.

    Both the DIR-655 and the more recently launched DIR-855 now have Green Ethernet technology.

    This firmware...

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