REVIEW: Early Wave 2 Wi-Fi access points show promise

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Network World Mobile & Wireless Alert Dec 28, 2016 REVIEW: Early Wave 2 Wi-Fi access points show promise There's a lot to like about Wave 2 802.11ac products, including theoretically faster speeds than Wave 1 products and cool new features, such as multi-user MIMO (MU-MIMO.) In this review, we look at five Wave 2 wireless access points, comparing prices and features, looking at usability and doing some performance testing. Read More ▶ Your Must-Read Stories • 5 enterprise technologies that will shake things up in 2017 • On that 'death to VDI' thing • U.S. DOT advances mandate for vehicle-to-vehicle communications technology • 2017 tech outlook -- and saving predictions from the digital dustbin • 14 eyebrow-raising things Google knows about you • Citrix is building your workspace of the future • BlackBerry hands its brand to TCL, maker of its last smartphones • New products of the week 12.26.16 • What were the most disruptive iPhone apps of 2016? 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