This unit is quite similar to the Pinnacle ShowCentre in look, as it's a wide and deep slimline component for nestling in amongst your other hi-fi componentry.

The D-Link DWL-7000AP is a wireless access point that is friendly towards all 802.11 devices. It's a dual-band/tri-mode wireless device - this means the 7000AP supports all three 'g', 'b' and 'a' standards. If you have one of these, you don't need to worry about what other 802.11 devices you will be using - chances are they'll talk.

This tri-band PCI wireless adaptor is designed to work with all of the ratified 802.11 standards.

Tiny, lightweight and rugged, this USB thumb drive 802.11b adaptor features 64- and 128-bit WEP security making it ideal for frequent travellers and notebook users without a free PCMCIA slot.

Telstra says it now has more than 300,000 ADSL subscribers and is on target to reach a million by 2005. The problem with home ADSL is that unlike cable, Telstra doesn’t make it easy to network even though it requires an Ethernet connection. Interestingly, the Ethernet requirement for broadband Internet connectivity is also helping to drive the rising popularity of home networks.

This is another dual-band 802.11a/802.11b PCMCIA adaptor that offers the best of both worlds.

This access point did not perform very well, the only exception was an admirable performance for the short file transfer with good reception.

The D-Link DWL-650+ PCMCIA card was paired with the DWL Dl-614+ access point in our tests and they made for a dire couple, returning bad times and high data dropouts in almost every case.

We’ve collected some of the cheapest, oddest and most feature-packed hubs to connect all your USB peripherals connected.

The WNC-0300 is an 802.11g/b PCI card, and is the counterpart of the WPC-0300 PC card.

We used a range of tests on the wireless equipment to gauge their abilities to perform under duress, as well as provide empirical evaluations on the set-up, configuration, management and software capabilities.

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But Wi-Fi firms up and running with IEE 802.11n draft kit.

Samsungs multi-use camera comes with everything youd expect and then some. Twenty-first century style headphones, a transparent carry case, USB connector cable, tilt/swivel stand and our review camera came with a 16Mb (RCA brand) Compact Flash memory card.

The Australian Telecommunications Users Group (ATUG) has taken the plight of bush broadband to heart, launching a series of regional broadband seminars with a pilot in Dubbo this Thursday, 20 November.

3Coms AirConnect is one of the high-speed wireless LAN (WLAN) contenders, combining three PC Card network interface cards and a base station. The AirConnect cards dont inspire confidence, as the aerial assembly isnt securely fixed to the card body. 3Com looks to have remedied this with the release of the new XJACK cards (estimated at $400 each). These cards have a pop-up antenna and are less prone to breaking off the card.

In recent years, broadband Internet connections have grown exponentially in popularity as major providers have raced to extend the coverage of cable and ADSL connections to suburbs across the country.