PPTP and L2TP), and security protocols (IPsec). What makes this part of the device interesting is that it also supports Ubicom's StreamEngine quality of service (QoS) engine that can prioritize applications to let streaming or time-sensitive packets get through...

problems.. The "secret sauce" that makes the HBB1 tick is a technology called StreamEngine from communications processor maker Ubicom. StreamEngine uses a patent-pending algorithm ("Intelligent Stream Handling") that Ubicom says automatically manages the...

• -QuickView: Hawking HBB1 Broadband Booster

in the line-up of Gigabit-capable consumer-grade devices available in today's marketplace is the UBICOM StreamEngine. The StreamEngine is a network traffic management technology that supports QOS, adjusting packet priorities automatically as they fly across...

MIMO router that incorporates the same StreamEngine technology used in D-Link's DGL-4100 and DGL-4300 Gaming routers. Ubicom's StreamEngine is also found inside Zyxel's X550. Both the DI-634M and Zyxel use Atheros' VLocity MIMO chipsets. Note that the top four...

routers have Ubicom's sophisticated automatic StreamEngine QoS technology (D-Link calls this "GameFuel". But while StreamEngine is slick and works well, it works for upstream traffic only. This makes it useless for keeping little Susie's music downloading habit...

• -Gaming and P2P

is what matters most to you, then choose any of the products using Atheros VLocity technology, i.e. the D-Link, ZyXEL or TRENDnet gear. Since all three also include routing sections with Ubicom's StreamEngine Internet upstream optimization technology, you can...

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PPTP and L2TP), and security protocols (IPsec). What makes this part of the device interesting is that it also supports Ubicom’s StreamEngine quality of service (QoS) engine that can prioritize applications to let streaming or time-sensitive packets get through...