So we're looking at an Intel WiFi NIC with Rivet's efforts focused on building the software QoS piece plus range extension. I'd really like to see benchmarks on the QoS using some sort of MMO, MOBA, or whatever else might benefit from NIC-based (or CPU-based since this is software controlled?) traffic prioritization. After all, getting your car out of the driveway more quickly is great (or getting a data packet to your home router), but the rest of your trip to the grocery store requires contention with other vehicles and traffic lights (your data packet traversing ISP and TELCO wires) then the driveway prioritization doesn't seem like it'd make a measurable difference without artificially packing your driveway with a few dozen cars just to justify building a dedicated lane for your favorite one. A dedicate lane built by a contractor that has an iffy reputation for having spent many prior years laying down unreliable asphalt, no less.
Killer is owned by Qualcomm FYI and it's an Atheros controller. All Killer is doing is giving people a router capable NIC. Most people already have a dedicated router. But if you didn't, this is useful. That's what it mainly is. It's quite neat actually. No other NIC offers this, at least the same way. It's just repackaged but properly. So if you're saying none of that makes a difference, then it makes zero difference on an actual router too.
It's literally the second to last line of this article and includes a hyperlink. It's been all over Anandtech for a while now and on other tech news sites too. I'm not sure how much closer to the water your horse can be led at this point without us drowning it while we attempt to help it drink.
"If you didn’t catch the story that Intel is now making the Killer modules, check out our coverage here."
Killer is owned by Rivet Networks - they spun out of Qualcomm over three years ago now. They've not been a part of Atheros for multiple generations of Killer parts.
A laptop has better Wi-Fi reception vs a smartphone. Though Windows 10 allows this through the mobile hotspot feature, it is limited to 2.4 GHz. From the best of my knowledge, it is due to a limitation from Intel.
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DigitalFreak - Monday, June 4, 2018 - link
I see Killer is still trying to sell solutions in search of a problem.jordanclock - Monday, June 4, 2018 - link
What are you talking about? Mesh routers and QoS are actual solutions to actual problems.PeachNCream - Monday, June 4, 2018 - link
So we're looking at an Intel WiFi NIC with Rivet's efforts focused on building the software QoS piece plus range extension. I'd really like to see benchmarks on the QoS using some sort of MMO, MOBA, or whatever else might benefit from NIC-based (or CPU-based since this is software controlled?) traffic prioritization. After all, getting your car out of the driveway more quickly is great (or getting a data packet to your home router), but the rest of your trip to the grocery store requires contention with other vehicles and traffic lights (your data packet traversing ISP and TELCO wires) then the driveway prioritization doesn't seem like it'd make a measurable difference without artificially packing your driveway with a few dozen cars just to justify building a dedicated lane for your favorite one. A dedicate lane built by a contractor that has an iffy reputation for having spent many prior years laying down unreliable asphalt, no less.CheapSushi - Wednesday, June 6, 2018 - link
Killer is owned by Qualcomm FYI and it's an Atheros controller. All Killer is doing is giving people a router capable NIC. Most people already have a dedicated router. But if you didn't, this is useful. That's what it mainly is. It's quite neat actually. No other NIC offers this, at least the same way. It's just repackaged but properly. So if you're saying none of that makes a difference, then it makes zero difference on an actual router too.PeachNCream - Friday, June 8, 2018 - link
It's literally the second to last line of this article and includes a hyperlink. It's been all over Anandtech for a while now and on other tech news sites too. I'm not sure how much closer to the water your horse can be led at this point without us drowning it while we attempt to help it drink."If you didn’t catch the story that Intel is now making the Killer modules, check out our coverage here."
Ian Cutress - Sunday, June 10, 2018 - link
Killer is owned by Rivet Networks - they spun out of Qualcomm over three years ago now. They've not been a part of Atheros for multiple generations of Killer parts.zodiacfml - Tuesday, June 5, 2018 - link
A laptop has better Wi-Fi reception vs a smartphone. Though Windows 10 allows this through the mobile hotspot feature, it is limited to 2.4 GHz. From the best of my knowledge, it is due to a limitation from Intel.