Q: I’m considering providing Wi-Fi coverage over a large area that doesn’t have existing cabling. I’ve heard that mesh networks are good in these situations, but I don’t know much about them. What are ...

Wireless mesh networking has broad appeal and eliminates many of the problems associated with traditional, centralized wireless solutions. A mesh network enables access points to communicate with ...

The new Click boards feature NeoCortec’s compact, low-power NC1000 and NC2400 network modules addressing IoT and cloud-based sensor networks such as smart buildings and smart workplaces, metering, ...

A new and resilient Internet infrastructure presents a set of unique testing challenges. Wireless mesh networking, combining performance, simplicity, and economics, can be used when wired backhaul ...

At the Intel Developer Forum in San Jose this week, wireless networking has been a major theme. Yet while the success of Wi-Fi as a replacement for wired networks is not in doubt, there may be more to ...

The IEEE group charged with creating a standard for wireless LAN mesh rounded up 15 proposals at last week’s 802.11 meeting in San Francisco. Members of the 802.11s task group hope to have a draft ...

Kiyon, Inc., today has released the KAN354B for BACnet Wi-Fi Mesh, the newest edition to the company's line of wireless building automation BACnet routers designed for demanding indoor commercial and ...

When it comes to home networking, Netgear is the brand that’s probably best known to home users. The company has been making routers and Wi-Fi products since the dawn of the Internet and now it’s ...

Solution providers have been expecting a wireless mesh product from Cisco since its March acquisition of Airespace, which was already developing its own wireless mesh offering. Cisco is targeting the ...

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 ...