Wireless mesh networking has broad appeal and eliminates many of the problems associated with traditional, centralized wireless solutions. A mesh network enables access points to communicate with ...

Wireless mesh networks have been receiving a great deal of attention as a broadband access alternative for a wide range of markets, including those in the metro, public-safety, government, energy, ...

If you have read or heard the term mesh networking and like to know more about this new technology revolutionizing wireless and cable networks both in business and at home. This quick guide will take ...

If you’ve not been hearing lots about wireless meshes lately, you soon will be. In 2001, Farpoint Group picked wireless meshes as one of the most important wireless technologies for this decade. And ...

A new and resilient Internet infrastructure presents a set of unique testing challenges. Wireless mesh networking, combining performance, simplicity, and economics, can be used when wired backhaul ...

Wireless networks have long embraced a centralized model that holds the potential for bottlenecks, latency and a single point of failure. But wireless mesh networks are emerging as an alternative to ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Technology journalist specializing in audio, computing and Apple Macs. If you’ve got a mesh Wi-Fi network set up in your home, you ...

Look closely next time you stop at a traffic light — it could contain an access point for a wireless mesh network. Multiple applications are being developed for wireless mesh networks to enable users ...

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 ...

It's something of a cliché, but physicist Niels Bohr summed it up best back in the 1930s: prediction is tough, especially when it's about the future. But that's probably not what IT professionals ...

Ready to beef up your Wi-Fi network? A wireless range extender is a less expensive alternative to a new router. (Some can ...