Unless you want to be wedded to 802.11n's megabit pace forever, you might want to consider switching over to 802.11ac-enabled tech to suit that gigabit pipe you plan on installing in your home. On ...

Netgear is officially the first networking company with an 802.11ac Wi-Fi router, the company announced Thursday. The R6300, which will debut in May, will reportedly run up to 1.3Gbps on the 5GHz band ...

I'd like to get an 802.11ac wireless router plus a couple 802.11ac wireless bridges. Powerline networking is terrible in my home, and I'm not going to install network cable, so I am currently using ...

With a powerful dual-core 800 MHz engine to enable combined WiFi connections at Gigabit speeds up to 1600 Mbps (300 Mbps @ 2.4 Ghz 802.11n + 1300 Mbps @ 5 Ghz 802.11ac), the R6250 Smart WiFi Router ...

At CES 2012, networking company Buffalo showed off a a router prototype built with the unofficial 802.11ac standards, sporting a 5G chipset from Broadcom that was only just announced this week.

Like a number of core components, the basic design principle that routers follow is based on what the end-user likes. In their early days, routers adopted a flat horizontal orientation and over the ...

The first 802.11ac router, based on Draft 2.0 silicon from Broadcom, appeared in the first quarter of 2012, and it's taken a while for other vendors to release their first products. The ratification ...

PLAYA VISTA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Belkin, creator of people-inspired consumer technology products, today launched its new line of advanced wireless routers featuring 802.11ac technology for speeds ...

R6300 WiFi Router and A6200 WiFi USB Adapter now have Beamforming+ for optimal wireless performance for video streaming, downloads and online gaming Bracknell, UK - April 22, 2013 - NETGEAR®, Inc.

So is it just me, or does does 802.11ac fall largely into the category of... "why should I care?". Click to expand... Heh, i keep getting that for tech in general these days. Maybe it is just me ...