Routers

Wi-Fi security usually means keeping virtual intruders out, but a new system claims to use Wi-Fi networks to detect physical intruders. Gamgee’s Wi-Fi Home Alarm System can learn to recognize people who belong there and alert you to strangers.

It's not cheap, but this twin-unit router system floods a bigger area with a stronger, faster WiFi connection than anything else on the market. Netgear's Orbi system is super quick and easy to set up, and offers exceptional performance for homes with lots of high-bandwidth devices.

Using locally-transmitted FM broadcasts, researchers at Northwestern University have created a way to improve the speed and reliability of Wi-Fi networks.

Though many people may have a home Wi-Fi network, most will also have little control over it and little info about how good it is. Luma is aimed at providing users with fast, secure and safe home Wi-Fi. Multiple units ensure network strength throughout the home and an app provides info and control.​

Have you ever wondered what that USB port on your Wi-Fi router is for? Most modern routers have at least one or maybe two, and today we'll take a look at how Windows users can set it up with a hard or flash drive to share content across a local network.

Rather than imposing blanket bans or restrictions using a device's built-in parental controls or through a third party app, the Kudoso system allows parents to set goals for their children with unlocked surf time as a reward.

ASUS has announced the forthcoming release of the WL-330NUL Pocket Router, which is being hailed as the smallest router produced to date.

Netgear and Belkin will be among the first to bring the fifth generation 802.11ac routers to market, promising faster speeds, more bandwidth for mobile devices, and improved range for your home network.

IOGEAR has introduced its Wireless 4-Port USB Sharing Station, which allows up to four USB peripherals to be shared over WiFi.

Belkin claims that its four new routers are as easy to set up as one, two , three. All but one also get to use application software, including playlist music generation and music management and self healing network management

Cradlepoint's portable 3G and 4G routers enable a secure WiFi network from a cellular data modem. Now Tekkeon has released a battery that gives six to eight hours of runtime, offering the ability to be not just unwired, but entirely off the grid.

The worlds largest Wifi community, FON, release their latest router the La Fonero 2, with Bit Torrent and Network Storage capabilities.