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We know you’ve got questions, and if you’re brave enough to ask the world for answers, then here’s the outlet to do so. This week’s Ask Engadget inquiry is from Travis from Provo, who is a jammy individual, wants to replace his router. If you’re looking to ask one of your own, drop us a line at ask [at] engadget [dawt] com.

“I’m currently living in Provo UT, and my wireless router just died. I want to replace it with something that’s going to handle Google Fiber as that’s on its way. What do you recommend?”

Given the number of places that are now getting super-speed fiber, we’re very interested in the results of this one. We ask a similar question each year, and in 2012 you were all voicing your support for Cisco/Linksys hardware, ASUS’ RT-N66U and D-Link’s DIR-655. The only question is what’ll come out on top in 2013, so get commenting, friends.

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Xerox PARC spinout company PowerCloud Systems is debuting a new kind of home networking solution today on Kickstarter, one that in some ways resembles the very successful Almond router, but one that also offers tremendous flexibility and granularity of control over home network access. The Skydog is a home networking tool that allows you complete control over who has access to your network, how much access they have, and what they’re allowed to access, and it can all be controlled remotely, too.

The Skydog consists of a router with 802.11n networking capabilities and simultaneous dual-band (2.4GHz and 5GHz) operation. But the hardware is just one small part of the equation: it’s the software side that makes things really interesting, thanks to a powerful web-based dashboard that’s designed to be accessed from any Internet-connected PC, smartphone or tablet. The dashboard, unlike the firmware access panels of most routers, is actually a cloud-based service layer that provides simple, easy-to-understand controls for various network settings.

For instance, using Skydog, you can receive a text-based notification whenever a new device joins your network, complete with that device’s name. Skydog also shows you exactly how much bandwidth is being used by what device, and even lets you meter access by device or group, so you could allocate more bandwidth to a living room TV for video streaming, for instance, or limit the access of guests to prevent them running up your monthly traffic totals.

Skydog also has extensive parental controls, which allow for content filtering (you can tell it to block websites that fall into broad categories) and time limits on access to specific sites. Lock down Facebook during exam time, for instance, and have Skydog send you a notification when the user with the limit imposed hits their maximum allotted time. And if you need to diagnose a problem, there’s real-time monitoring, complete with remote outage alerts and remote router cycling, so you can spend less time on the phone with your ISP’s tech support department.

“In general, you can think about what we’ve done as taking enterprise-grade technology and making it usable for consumers,” PowerCloud CEO Jeff Abramowitz explained in an interview. “The idea for Skydog really came from employees of the company, friends and family of the company and even our investors taking our business products home, using them and realizing that they gave a level of visibility and control that no existing products really had.”

PowerCloud has been providing its CloudCommand technology for businesses, schools, hotels and other enterprise clients for a couple of years now, and the leap to the consumer market made sense in that it addressed a need that wasn’t really being filled by any competing products. Sure, Almond had simplified home networking by making its a process independent of computers, but in general home networking is still just about connecting devices to the Internet; there’s been very little innovation in terms of giving people more control over how and when they connect, which definitely seems like a missed opportunity given the explosion of the number of connected devices in any given home, and the changed role of the web in the lives of both children and adults.

Skydog is available as a $ 79 pre-order on Kickstarter, and will retail for $ 99 when it hits stores. The service it offers will be available free to users, though since it is a cloud service Abramowitz didn’t rule out the possibility of introducing paid premium tiers and features down the road. Asked why they went the Kickstarter route, he said that Skydog was looking for a new way to access the consumer market for this kind of product.

“Obviously Kickstarter is common for earlier startups, but not necessarily for a company that’s been around for a while,” Abramowitz said. “What we realized is that we’ve got a very disruptive and exciting product, but it really is a very large and mature space, and the existing paths to market are pretty well owned by the incumbents. Getting product on the retail sense is a very resource-intensive proposition.”

Going the Kickstarter route isn’t just about getting consumer backing, he said, but about promoting the Skydog community. The Skydog platform features a forum and is intended to promote sharing of network management strategies, so that people can exchange templates, tips and tricks for running their own household wireless. Kickstarter not only helps with funding, but gets that seeded early.

Skydog also works with your existing setup, as you can just plug in an AirPort Express, for instance, and get it running through the dashboard. The intended ship date is May 2013, so early backers won’t have to wait long for the device, which has already been extensively beta tested. If you’ve been looking for a way to make your home network easier to control and monitor, or you want to set your parents up with a networking solution you can manage completely even from across the country, this is a little project that could have a big impact on your lives.

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Question by Abraham: If I connect an ethernet cable to my imac and to my router would it be faster then wireless?
My imac is about 90Ft away from my router so I would need like a 100ft ethernet cable. Would that be better then using wireless?

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Answer by Sassifrass13
A hardwire will always be faster than wireless. If that’s what you what to do than go for it. Though you can try relocating the router so make sure that you don’t have as much physical interference such as wall studs.

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Linksys, one of the greatest router companies and currently a subsidiary of Cisco, is being bought by one-time competitor Belkin. According to a news release, Belkin and Cisco have accepted a sale of Cisco’s House Networking Company Unit, which includes employees, items, and technology along with the Linksys brand. That brand name isn’t really disappearing, but the sale implies Belkin will tie up a large part of home and small company networking: the company states it will have 30 percent of that market when the sale closes.

Belkin hasn’t disclosed regards to the deal, and future strategies aren’t spelled out in information. In the meantime, people with Linksys products will continue to get support, and Belkin says it desires to help “grow Linksys’ market presence” in …

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The Almond +, a successor to Securifi ’ s popular Almond house wireless router, made its Kickstarter debut today after making its first hardware demo look at CES this year. The router includes 802.11 ac network compatibility to the Almond ’ s existing basic, no computer system required touchscreen hardware, in addition to support for Z-Wave and ZigBee based smart-home devices and devices, making it a standalone central control hub for the connected house.

The appeal of Almond and Almond + routers lie in their capacity to take a device that has actually continued to be largely unchanged in terms of interface, and update that hardware for a globe where individuals have generally moved beyond needing to get in IP addresses into web browser address bars simply to configure their device. The original Almond was the first router that brought complete setup through touchscreen input to the gadget itself, which while currently helpful, will probably become more so as the trend to mobile computing continues.

The Almond + takes that leap forward and adds an additional, constructing in support for ZigBee and Z-Wave cordless home automation requirements, which indicates that the router could also straight control Phillips Shade light bulbs, for example, and SmartThings-compatible gadgets. The ZigBee and Z-Wave standards are those with the most early traction, so Almond + should work with hundreds of devices and sensors right from the box. Even at its retail rate of $ 99, the Almond + vanquishes the competitors in regards to standalone house automation hubs on cost, plus it includes the 802.11ac-compatible router, which will can be found in handy as more CE devices build in that successor to 802.11 n Wi-Fi.

Another advantage of the Almond + is arguably its design, though the vibrant colors and boxy appearance may not fit your particular taste. Personally, I can easily see tossing among these things on the wall and actually enjoying its presence there, which is a various strategy from numerous various other router maker ’ s strategy of “ make this as invisible or bland-looking as possible. ” And at $ 99, it ’ s a fair-priced gadget that has a great deal of future-proof functions, because it ’ s unlikely that house electronic devices companies will desert both ZigBee and Z-Wave offered that business like Philips are currently on board.

The actually nice aspect of the Almond + is that it ’ s being made by Securifi, which has actually already constructioned out a supply chain for the initial and distributed hundreds of them through Amazon. That indicates that you ’ re even more than likely to actually get a product that resembles what you see on the Kickstarter page today, which is not something you could say for each crowdfunded device.

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Securifi isn’t your average Kickstarter outfit. It currently has one Almond cordless touchscreen router under its belt, presently sold at Amazon, and now it’s about to bid for crowdfunding to build a sequel: the Almond +. The brand-new gadget will incorporate a 2.8-inch 320 x 240 touchscreen for PC-free setup, dual band 802.11 ac for rates of up to 1,167 Mbps, plus an integrated Smart House hub that deals with the somewhat esoteric Zigbee and Z-Wave protocols. In combination with the iOS and Android app, this would let you access routine house automation tasks from anywhere, including safety alerts and heating and lighting control. We’ll see even more of it when the project launches at Kickstarter, at which point it’ll have a $ 250,000 financing goal.

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