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At the 2018 CES, Netgear had introduced the Nighthawk XR500 gaming router and the SX10 (GS810EMX) NBASE-T switch as part of the Nighthawk Pro family to server the needs of gamers. Today, they are launching the XR700 router that brings the capabilities of the router component to be a more powerful complement to the SX10 NBASE-T switch introduced earlier. Similar to the XR500, the new XR700 router runs the DumaOS firmware developed by Netduma. DumaOS has been receiving frequent updates to enable compatibility of features such as geo-filtering with the latest games. The capabilities of DumaOS have been well-marketed by Netgear earlier. The main difference between the XR500 and the XR700 lies in the internal hardware. While the XR500 was an AC2600 router with the Qualcomm-based...
Netgear's Orbi Voice Melds Mesh Wi-Fi with Smart Speakers
Netgear has been enjoying market success with their Orbi line of mesh Wi-Fi routers. Today, they are launching the Orbi Voice - a mesh Wi-Fi node compatible with existing...
4 by Ganesh T S on 8/30/2018
Netgear Expands Insight-Supported Network Switch Lineup
Netgear has introduced a number of new products in their business network switch lineup over the last couple of months. The most interesting one is the push towards more...
4 by Ganesh T S on 8/1/2018
Netgear Launches the Cable Orbi - A Mesh Wi-Fi System with an Integrated Cable Modem
Most home networks fall under one of three categories: ISP-supplied gateway (modem and wireless router combo) with optional wireless extenders Discrete modem and a standalone wireless gateway / router (coupled with...
15 by Ganesh T S on 5/8/2018
Netgear at CES 2018: Nighthawk Gaming Router, N-BASET Switch, and More
Netgear is introducing a number of new products at CES 2018 in hitherto untapped market segments within the networking domain. Netgear is introducing the Nighthawk Pro family at CES...
5 by Ganesh T S on 1/8/2018
Netgear Launches Smart Cloud Devices with Insight Management for Business Networks
Netgear is a popular vendor in the SMB and SME market segments for switches and access points. While they do have full-blown managed switches, their smart offerings (which rely...
2 by Ganesh T S on 9/19/2017
Netgear Launches Orbi Pro Wi-Fi System Kit for SMBs
Netgear's Orbi Wi-Fi system has emerged as one of the leading mesh / Wi-Fi systems in the market in terms of performance. The platform, with its FastLane 3 marketing...
9 by Ganesh T S on 8/31/2017
Netgear Nighthawk X6S EX8000 Brings Orbi Tri-band Wi-Fi to Range Extenders
Netgear's Orbi system has proved to be one of the most popular kits in the emerging mesh / Wi-Fi system market. While Wi-Fi systems are not for everybody (for...
3 by Ganesh T S on 8/29/2017
Netgear Launches Nighthawk X4S AC3200 DOCSIS 3.1 Cable Modem Router
The 2017 CES saw various vendors introduce their first cable modem based on Broadcom's DOCSIS 3.1 BCM3390 chipset. Netgear's CM1000 was one of the first out of the gate...
26 by Ganesh T S on 7/11/2017
Netgear Expands Orbi Wi-Fi System Family with AC2200 Kits
Netgear introduced their first product in the Wi-Fi system / mesh category, the Orbi, in August 2016. Its dedicated wireless backhaul (4x4 802.11ac / 1733 Mbps) and 2x2 radios...
14 by Ganesh T S on 3/28/2017
MWC 2017: Netgear Nighthawk M1 Coming to Europe in Mid-2017, But
Earlier this year Netgear introduced its Nighthawk M1 router, powered by Qualcomm’s X16 LTE modem and is the first Gigabit LTE router on the market. Right now, the device...
9 by Anton Shilov on 3/13/2017
Netgear Nighthawk M1: LTE Cat 16 Router up to 1 Gbps
Netgear this week announced the Nighthawk M1 mobile router, which is the industry’s first 4G LTE device with download speed up to 1 Gbps. The Nighthawk M1 is powered...
51 by Anton Shilov on 2/2/2017
Netgear Expands ReadyNAS Lineup with Intel Denverton Atom Platform
Netgear's CES 2017 announcements include a trio of updates to their ReadyNAS network-attached storage lineup. Back in September 2016, Netgear announced one of the first NAS lineups based on...
8 by Ganesh T S on 1/4/2017
Netgear Launches CM1000 DOCSIS 3.1 Cable Modem, New Switches at CES 2017
Netgear became one of the first vendors to bring a DOCSIS 3.1 cable modem to the market last month with the availability of the CM1000. It is based on...
4 by Ganesh T S on 1/4/2017
Commercial NAS Operating Systems - Exploring Value-Additions - Part I
A comprehensive overview of how various commercial off-the-shelf NAS operating systems address the core requirements was posted last month. From the perspective of addressed features, the core requirements are...
31 by Ganesh T S on 12/22/2016
Extending Home Networks - A Comparison of G.hn, HomePlug AV2 and Wi-Fi Mesh
Over the last decade or so, we have seen a rapid increase in the number of devices connecting to the home network. The popularity of IoT has meant that...
55 by Ganesh T S on 12/7/2016
Commercial NAS Operating Systems - A Comprehensive Overview of Core Features
The market for network-attached storage units has expanded significantly over the last few years. The rapid growth in public cloud storage (Dropbox, OneDrive, Google Drive and the like) has...
102 by Ganesh T S on 11/14/2016
Netgear Launches 802.11ad-Enabled Nighthawk X10 (R9000) Wi-Fi Router
The Wi-Fi router market has seen a yearly cadence of flagship releases since the first 802.11ac routers came into the market in early 2012. Starting with 3x3 solutions, the...
56 by Ganesh T S on 10/19/2016
Qualcomm Announces New X50 5G Modem, First Gigabit Class LTE Network and Router
Qualcomm made three announcements about connectivity products today at its 2016 4G/5G Summit in Hong Kong. The first announcement, aimed at easing the transition between the 4G LTE networks...
22 by Matt Humrick on 10/17/2016
Netgear Brings Broadwell-DE to COTS NAS Units with New 10G ReadyNAS Lineup
Netgear's ReadyNAS lineup was updated towards the end of last year with some units based on the Annapurna Labs ARM-based SoCs. This year, Netgear is targeting SMBs, creative professionals...
17 by Ganesh T S on 9/1/2016
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