Netgear

The folks at Netgear make it simple to set up a wireless home network. Its routers for the most part are plug and play. Simply plug your Cable modem or DSL into the router then plug router into your PC. Outfit your laptop or other PCs in the house with Netgear’s PC cards or its cool new Wireless USB Adapter and volia! All your computers are talking to each other; you can share the same Internet connection printers, scanners and more. Best of all, despite all the different versions of 802.11 wireless, Netgear’s products are backwards compatible, meaning if you have an old machine or existing wireless card they will still talk to each other, and you can set up your whole house for under $200. www.netgear.com.

November 2003 – NETGEAR just announced an enhanced and expanded business-class networking solution designed to meet the needs of growing small- to medium-sized businesses (SMB) for applications including advanced wireless local area network (LAN) deployments and Voice-over-IP (VoIP) capabilities. Utilizing the newest member of NETGEAR's line of Layer 3 switches, the FSM7326P Layer 3 Managed 10/100 Switch with Power-over-Ethernet (PoE), in combination with NETGEAR's recently announced PoE enabled WG302 802.11g ProSafe Wireless Access Point and/or any standards-based VoIP phone system equipment, small to medium businesses now have a complete, affordable solution for deploying advanced applications previously attainable only with an enterprise-class budget.Read more

Nov. 18 /PRNewswire/ -- Fed up being stuck in your home office, checking your email, while the rest of the family is roasting chestnuts over the living room fire? This holiday season, why not cut the wires and give your family the best gift of all -- YOU! With the 108 Mbps Wireless Router and PC Card from NETGEAR, you can take your laptop computer to the family room, the kitchen, the deck -- wherever the family is gathering to watch football and drink eggnog.Read more

August 25, 2003 – NETGEAR today launched the next-generation of business-class wireless networking solutions with the announcement of 108 Mbps speeds in NETGEAR's dual-band product line. First available in September 2003 via downloadable drivers and a firmware upgrade, NETGEAR's existing dual-band wireless networking solution will deliver wireless speeds of up to 108 Mbps in both the 2.4 GHz and 5 GHz bands while providing complete compatibility with 802.11a, 802.11b, and 802.11g wireless standards.Read more

August 25, 2003 – NETGEAR today took wireless speeds to the next level with the introduction of the WGT624 108 Mbps Wireless Firewall Router and WG511T 108 Mbps Wireless PC Card. With wireless throughput up to ten times faster than 802.11b, NETGEAR's 802.11b/g-compliant 108 Mbps wireless networking solutions are designed to support the bandwidth-intensive entertainment applications of the next generation connected home. Read more

NETGEAR’s WGR614 802.11g 54Mbps Wireless Router and the WG602 802.11g 54Mbps Wireless Access Point lead the industry by becoming the first 802.11g standard products. Read more