Your 802.11n wireless network and devices are about to become passé. Although the official 802.11ac specification won’t be finalized until sometime in 2013, wireless equipment will soon appear on ...

You may think of 802.11ac as a technology more useful for streaming HDTV than for corporate use, but you'd be mistaken. The company found that while 802.11ac is being adopted quickly, it still has a ...

The Wi-Fi Alliance is finally kicking off a certification program for routers, adapters, and other wireless networking gear based on the IEEE 802.11ac draft standard. The organization has a strong ...

The first smartphones supporting the new WLAN standard IEEE 802.11ac will soon be in the hands of consumers, allowing users to experience significantly higher data transmission rates. Although users ...

Last December customers were peppering wireless LAN vendors with questions about whether to upgrade to the pre-standard-but-certified 802.11ac products flooding the market or hold off until 2015, when ...

It's tempting, isn't it? 802.11ac is a hot new wireless technology that boasts faster and at longer ranges than 802.11n, the current king of wireless standards. It does promise some seriously ...

National Instruments announced early access support for testing next-generation 802.11ac WLAN chipsets and devices. This announcement exemplifies how NI’s modular, software-defined wireless test ...

Former CNET editor Dong Ngo has been involved with technology since 2000, starting with testing gadgets and writing code for CNET Labs' benchmarks. He managed CNET's San Francisco Labs, reviews 3D ...

CNET editor Dong Ngo picks the bottom five 802.11ac-enabled Wi-Fi routers. These are the ones to avoid when choosing a home router. Former CNET editor Dong Ngo has been involved with technology since ...

Marvell introduced the Avastar 88W8864, a 802.11ac 4x4 SoC, a wireless local area network (WLAN) system-on-chip (SoC) and the industry’s first 802.11ac 4x4 solution built to improve the throughput of ...

How many Wi-Fi devices are currently humming along in your home? If it’s more than three, or you like to frequently stream HD movies, a new generation of Wi-Fi is coming soon, and it’s worth your ...