Together, these innovations give consumers a smarter way to control their wireless home network and connected devices.
Sony launches two TV sets able to join a wireless home data network.
Simply press the WPS button on the existing router and then on the Wireless Range Extender to sync and instantly increase the coverage of a wireless home network.
The upgraded Onkyo Remote 2 App for iPod and iPhone allows users to stream music stored on their iPod Touch or iPhone directly to Onkyo's 2012 model networked receivers through their wireless home network.
The device is four products in one: A mobile wireless drive, home network attached storage (NAS), USB drive, and wireless hub.
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Setting up a wireless network in the home requires at least two components: a wireless hub, which connects to the modem (DSL or cable) or server PC, and a client device such as a PC insert card, which connects to the hub.
These days, I only link my phone up to my password-protected wireless network at home.
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You might know a few people who have bought 802.11b wireless networking cards for their notebook PCs, or who have braved the waters of building their own wireless network at home.
The Wi-Fi will come in handy for things like checking e-mail and browsing the Web when you're near a hotspot or perhaps within range of your own wireless network at home.
This model is Wi-Fi enabled (adaptor required, sold separately), so online content can be accessed through a wireless connection to a home network.
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Motorola's new Home Monitoring and Control System HMEZ1000, a system of wireless network cameras and sensors that let's you keep tabs on your home from anywhere, and will automatically email or text message you when a door or window is opened, or when the temperature or humidity hits a certain level.
It will work with pretty much any kind of home network out there, including wireless networks.
It will be tough for Dish to realize synergies out of running a wireless mobile network and a satellite home service together, and hence little by way of cost savings can be passed on to the customers.
As Technology Review's Physics arXiv blog reports, they've devised a means to modify a standard 802.15.4 wireless network (commonly used by home automation services like ZigBee) to actually "see" movement through walls, and with some degree of accuracy, no less.
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Netgear WGXB102We haven't met many people using powerline networking (anyone out there taken the plunge?), but Netgear just introduced the WGXB102, an 802.11g wireless access point that connects to a home network using the HomePlug powerline networking standard.
This is ideal for notebook, tablet or mobile phone users who want to be able to use their devices wirelessly and connect to the network from places in their home where a wireless signal from a router may not reach.
When employees connect to an unsecured wireless network in a coffee shop or in their home, they expose all the data they're working on to the whims of whoever else controls the router.
Now, both current and new Comcast customers in Atlanta will have the option of building a great in-home experience through our Xfinity services, along with the reliability of Verizon Wireless' network while on-the-go.
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The HP DreamScreen, a companion to the PC, connects easily to a wireless or wired network to bring photos, music and video into any area of the home.
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As a result, consumers are prone to experience deteriorated performance such as choppy videos and slower load times, especially when streaming content from the cloud, smartphone or tablet to a digital TV. 5G WiFi dramatically improves home wireless range, providing higher-capacity video streaming, the ability to connect multiple devices to the network at the same time and broader coverage with fewer dead spots.
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The home-networking method with the most steam behind it is wireless, because it avoids the considerable hassle of running network cable through walls.
Available in three stylish trims (black, white and wood), this wireless setup uses a base receiver that communicates with its security sensor panels by way of your home's network.
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