Unless you’ve had a hand in building your house, chances are you not only have wireless dead spots but may have computers or consoles set up in places that aren’t near a network port. If you’re like ...

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 ...

Zyxel announced the launch of the PLA5236 1000 Mbps Powerline AC900 Wireless Extender. The new PLA5236 incorporates the HomePlug AV2 powerline technology along with 802.11ac wireless technologies to ...

ZyXEL powerline adapters hit the high points, with a four-port ethernet switch, connection-quality indicator light, and useful software. Since a powerline network requires at least two adapters, we ...

So, you’ve set up a home office in the spare bedroom, or built yourself one in the garden. Or maybe you’ve moved to a new house with particularly thick walls. In any of those instances, Wi-Fi on its ...

Like the powerline devices from ZyXel and Netgear, the Trendnet uses Qualcomm’s QCA 7500 chipset and has a maximum theoretical throughput of 1.2Gbps. It can work with several streams at once and link ...

If you’ve never heard of powerline adapters before, we wouldn’t blame you. It’s an extremely useful technology, but not necessarily one that has received mainstream popularity. Powerline adapters ...