Buyer's Guide: Powerline Networking

If your wireless networking isn't doing the job, the solution could be in your walls: The powerlines that transmit electricity can also transmit data. Here's how to take advantage of them.

Buyer's Guide: Ethernet SwitchesIf your Airport network isn't keeping up with your family's demands, you might need to upgrade it. Your first choice: Good old wired Ethernet. Here's how to choose and install the right hardware.
Buyer's Guide: Wi-Fi RoutersWhile Apple's own Airport base stations work fine, sometimes third-party wireless hardware makes more sense. Becky Waring explains how to buy and install WiFi routers from other vendors

Review: RemoteTap for iPhone RemoteTap lets you remotely control a Mac using your iPhone or iPod touch on a wireless network. It also works over the 3G network, but you’ll need to take extra precautions to keep your data safe.
Review: MacWireless 200 Mbps Powerline Network Adapter The Powerline Network Adapter may not be the most price-effective way to extend a home network, but in homes where there’s a lot of Wi-Fi interference, or where there’s a long distance between your router and a desired area for Internet access, power line networking can be effective.
Review: Linksys WRT610N Simultaneous Dual-N Band Wireless Router Linksys has tried to improve the WRT610N and make it easier for Mac users to work with. But it has not succeeded. All the problems found could be solved through firmware updates to fix obvious bugs, and better packaging and explanation of its software.
Review: Teleport for iPhone Teleport is an expensive but full-featured application to view and control other Macs and Windows machines on your network.
Review: Mocha VNC and Mocha VNC Lite for iPhone Control the screen of networked Macs, Windows, and Linux machines on your iPhone or iPod touch.

Migrate data from PC to Mac Your parents have finally relented and will get a Mac to replace their aged PC. It's your job to move their data. How? Try these techniques.
Setting up and using SNMPv3 on OS X When it comes to checking on your network, Simple Network Management Protocol offers a relatively low-bandwidth way to see what’s happening. Version 3 of the protocol adds an extra layer of security. John C. Welch shows you how to set up SNMPv3 and explains why you would want to.
How to set up a cross-platform network As your business grows and you add employees and computers, you’ll need to find a way to connect them—especially if you’re working in a cross-platform environment. By using suitable off-the-shelf networking equipment and the various operating systems’ built-in tools, you can connect your heterogeneous hardware to the universe in short order.
ExpressCard/34 Buyers’ Guide If you've got a MacBook Pro, you've got an ExpressCard/34 slot (instead of the old PC Card slot). Jeff Carlson explains a few of the ways you can use that slot to beef up your laptop.
See more AirPort Extreme Base Station radio modes If you’re using an AirPort Extreme Base Station on a network without 802.11n-capable machines, you can use a hidden feature in AirPort Utility to set a non-802.11n radio mode.

The Apple of the future The Apple of five years from now will most certainly be different from the Apple of today. But as Dan Moren suggests, it probably won’t be a future anybody can predict.
I spy They're not so far apart, the James Bonds and Bruce Waynes of the world—they're two sides of the same coin. But regardless if you opt for the "heads" of government-sponsored espionage or the "tails" of vigilante-style street justice, you'll want to be well equipped.