Cheap 10GbE Switch Round Up
If you are ready to dump your old internal network for a modern one that supports up to 10GbE then ServeTheHome is the place to go. They've created a round up of…
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Networking
Meet L4S, The New Network Standard You Might See In Use Soon
The L4S standard was approved and published in January of this year, but as of yet we haven't seen much use of it. This could change as it will speed up your…
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Hook Up To A Fanless 2.5GbE Switch Mega Round-Up
If you have a current generation motherboard then there is a very good chance you have at least one 2.5GbE ethernet port. If you are hooking up to a 1GbE switch or…
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AMD RZ600 Series Wi-Fi 6E Chips Coming Via MediaTek Collaboration
Your next high-end AMD motherboard (or laptop) might not rely on an Intel Wi-Fi chip, as last week MediaTek and AMD announced their "collaboration to co-engineer industry leading Wi-Fi solutions, starting with…
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ASUS Announces ZenWiFi ET8: A WiFi 6E Mesh Networking System
ASUS has announced their latest mesh networking system, with the ZenWiFi ET8 offering a whole-home WiFi 6E experience. This may look innocent enough on the outside, but within those smooth white enclosures…
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Intel Acquires Rivet Networks, Makers of Killer Networking Products
Rivet Networks, the company known for the Killer brand of networking products, has been acquired by Intel. The news comes as perhaps less of a surprise when considering that...
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CES 2020: New Killer Wi-Fi Feature Automatically Switches to Best Access Point
Rivet Networks, maker of the Killer line of networking products, announced during CES this week that its Killer Intelligence Engine is being updated with new “AI capabilities” in an effort...
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Nokia Launches Beacon 1 Mesh Wi-Fi System
While Nokia is not the telecom giant of the past, it is not completely out of the consumer hardware space where it still offers home networking equipment. Recently, Nokia added a cheaper…
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Rivet Networks Announces Killer E2600 Network Controller
Rivet Networks has announced their latest Ethernet controller with the E2600, the successor to the E2500 introduced back in 2016. The E2600 is now available in products from Acer, Dell /...
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Rivet Networks Announces the 2×2 Wi-Fi 6 Killer AX1650
Rivet Networks, maker of the Killer line of networking solutions, today announced its first Wi-Fi 6 chip, the Killer AX1650. The new network controller is the second multi-gig-compatible update from...
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NVIDIA is ready to storm the server room
As part of their long list of announcements yesterday, NVIDIA revealed they are partnering with Cisco, Dell EMC, Fujitsu, Hewlett Packard Enterprise, Inspur, Lenovo and Sugon to provide servers powered...
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Rivet Networks Launches the Killer E3000 2.5Gbps Gaming Ethernet Controller
Rivet Networks, maker of the Killer line of gaming-focused networking products, has announced the Killer E3000, a 2.5Gbps Ethernet controller that Rivet is calling the “world’s first” such product...
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Building a Steam Caching Server for Faster Game Downloads
Thanks to Wendell from Level1Techs for his all of his help on this project and pointing us in the right direction! A few years…
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CES 2018: Rivet Networks Partners with Intel for Killer Wireless-AC 1550
For their new wireless adapter Rivet Networks has partnered with Intel, producing "the worlds fastest 2x2 11ac wireless networking adapter" in the Killer Wireless-AC 1550. This new adapter supports the 802.11ac Wave 2…
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CES 2018: Elgato Shows Off Portable Thunderbolt 3 Mini Dock
Elgato is launching a smaller Thunderbolt 3 dock aptly named the Thunderbolt 3 Mini Dock to its family of docks (how many times can I use dock in one sentence?). The…
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CES 2018: ASUS Announces 802.11ax Router and Lyra Voice, a Combination Mesh Hub and Smart Speaker
ASUS today announced new products in its Lyra brand of connected devices. The Lyra Voice is a multi-featured device that acts as both an 802.11ac mesh Wi-Fi hub as well as…
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Just Picked Up: Google Wifi x4
While our house isn’t particularly large, there were quite a few wireless dead zones with our previous setup. For several months now, we’ve been patching it with a Linksys wireless extender that…
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AmpliFi Announces Teleport, a Zero-Config VPN For Travelers
Earlier this year we took a look at the AmpliFi HD Home Wi-Fi System as part of our review of mesh wireless network devices. AmpliFi is the consumer-targeted brand...
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