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Remember Bigfoot's Killer NIC? Bigfoot Networks introduced this network card last year, promising to dramatically shrink latencies in games. The card essentially works to speed...

Type: News story Tags: Systems Networking

Sprint announced plans last week to begin consumer WiMAX wireless broadband trials in Baltimore, Chicago, and Washington, D.C. later this year. However, a Frost...

Type: News story Tags: Networking Personal tech

After a few false starts, Sprint finally plans to begin consumer trials of its WiMAX networks this fall, according to a report by Telephony...

Type: News story Tags: Internet Networking

How can we make voice communications available to rural communities in mountainous regions of the developing world? I have been searching out answers to this...

Type: Blog post Tags: Miscellaneous Networking

Where the likes of AT&T and Verizon have shunned WiMAX, Clearwire and Sprint Nextel are betting it all on the new mobile broadband technology. According...

Type: News story Tags: Mobile computing Internet Networking

After my post about slow file copies with Windows Vista SP1, some of you offered potential fixes and asked for an update once the...

Type: Blog post Tags: Operating systems Networking

If you've ever wanted to stream high-definition video to your cell phone, now you can—at least if you're part of trials being conducted by NTT...

Type: News story Tags: Internet Networking Personal tech

The Bluetooth interface has many advantages, but speed really isn't one of them. The current Bluetooth 2.0 standard allows for a maximum speed of 3Mbps,...

Type: News story Tags: Networking Personal tech

January 17, 2008   We were finally able to make it up to the mountains again to finish what we...

Type: Blog post Tags: Miscellaneous Linux-Unix Networking

The MacBook Air was undoubtedly the highlight of Apple's Macworld conference this morning, but it wasn't the only item on the menu. Indeed, Apple...

Type: News story Tags: Multimedia Mac Networking

December 6, 2007 Because of the problem with node 10 from the day before, I removed the node 10 antenna and remounted it on the other...

Type: Blog post Tags: Miscellaneous Networking

Another major Internet service provider will join Verizon in offering ultra-high speed broadband connections in the U.S. this year. According to a report by USA...

Type: News story Tags: Internet Networking

Consumer networking equipment maker D-Link has a plethora of new products on display at the Consumer Electronics Show this week. Many have already been...

Type: News story Tags: Multimedia Networking

December 5, 2007 Click on diagram for a larger version The diagram above...

Type: Blog post Tags: Miscellaneous Networking

November 24, 2007 I had originally planned on using inexpensive Linksys WRT54GL devices for the long distance link. This has been done successfully in the...

Type: Blog post Tags: Miscellaneous Networking

November 8, 2007 I realize I'm not going for any world records with a 100 km WiFi link. Many have gone before me; here is...

Type: Blog post Tags: Miscellaneous Networking

October 29, 2007 Some effort was required to get permission to do our testing on the node 14 site.  It turns out that the east side...

Type: Blog post Tags: Miscellaneous Networking

October 27, 2007 After a little trouble with FedEx, the four HyperLink antennas arrived (two 30 dBi HG2430G and two 24 dBi HG2424G).

Type: Blog post Tags: Miscellaneous Networking