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 ...

The mesh topology can be extended outdoors with Strix's outdoor access points, based on the recently unveiled Access/One network OWS platform. OWS takes multiradio, multichannel and multi-RF ...

Mesh networks allow deployment of large-scale wireless nets without having to physically link every access point back to the wired network. Funny thing about wireless networks, they demand a heck of a ...

The Wi-Fi Certified EasyMesh program that the Wi-Fi Alliance announced today promises to do for mesh networks what the Alliance has long done for wireless networking gear in general: Assure consumers ...

ArrowSpan Inc. is touting what it calls "impressive results of its latest test-trial." During a lab test in Santa Clara, ArrowSpan's products demonstrated a maximum performance data throughput, ...

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 ...

Wireless mesh networks function as regular wireless networks, but with significant differences. Mesh networks decentralize the infrastructure required to maintain a network by making each node, or ...

Whether to get around traditional ISPs or to bulk up resiliency in the event of a disaster, these mesh networks are worth knowing about. Mesh networks help people stay connected while avoiding ...

Mesh Wi-Fi works beautifully for the right situations. Renters who can't drill holes in walls, smaller homes with moderate ...

For embedded designers considering wireless communications as a way to connect distributed devices together, interest in mesh networks is especially strong, especially where efficiency in power, ...

There are two main price points for a wireless access point. You can expect to pay $50-$100 for a WAP for a smaller apartment ...