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June 14, 2012 04:13 pm GMT

Sick of Video Buffering Over Wi-Fi? This Router Can Do Something About It




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Have you ever been watching a Hulu video on your iPad when someone in your house starts downloading a big file, reducing your weekly dose of Hell's Kitchen to a paralyzed "buffering" screen? That's a problem Western Digital aims to solve with its My Net Wi-Fi routers -- the first networking products from the company -- which can prioritize video traffic.

WD calls the tech FasTrack, and it analyzes your data stream in real time to ensure that specific entertainment sources get to be first in line in your Wi-Fi network. Besides Hulu, the router can identify video traffic from Netflix, YouTube, Vudu, Xbox Live, Skype and others. And it's not just video -- games are given the VIP treatmen…
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