Power-line networking makes use of your electrical lines to give you a de facto wired network. It gives you the range of a wired network without any of the mess or the need to run cable behind the ...

Fiber optic cables are commonly used for core network lines and connections that must span long distances, such as those used by Internet service providers. This is due to the fact that fiber optic ...

Watch this video to hear my perspective on Line's IPO and what it means for the future of social networking or read the transcript below. With Line’s IPO, I thought this would be a good time to ask ...

Home networking is becoming easier everyday. With wireless adapters getting cheaper all the time, it is a piece of cake to get a connection in every part of your house. But what if you want to get the ...

Home networking vendor Actiontec introduced a family of powerline networking products under the MegaPlug brand. The three-unit line consists of an Ethernet adapter, wireless network extender and a ...

For most engineers, it's a reflex: When a new problem emerges in a design, they attack it with added complexity. But there are times, especially in applications with extreme constraints, that this is ...

In a review published last October, I shared my impressions of two manufacturers' HomePlug AV 500 powerline-to-Ethernet adapters and powerline-to-Wi-Fi access points. In retrospect, I suspect that a ...