Wireless Technologies
WiFi
Easily the best known wireless technology currently in use in homes, WiFi is optimized for high-bandwidth, high-complexity devices and works well for everything from checking email to streaming video.
Star Topology
No Network Healing
255 Device Limit per Subnet
2.4GHz Wireless
Z-Wave
Unlike WiFi, Z-Wave was designed to be more focused on building automation and control than general media transport. Utilizing a routed mesh network, Z-Wave devices can interconnect throughout your home over a wireless link.
Routed Mesh Topology
Adaptive Network Healing
232 Device Limit per Network
908MHz Wireless
Insteon
Insteon is the only home control technology designed to utilize wireless radio and hard-wired powerline networking. Combined with several unique and patented messaging techniques, Insteon is perfectly suited for home control.
Dual-Mesh Topology
No Network Healing Needed
1000+ Device Links per Device
915MHz Wireless
131.65KHz Powerline
For an in-depth comparison of Insteon and other networking technologies, see Insteon: Compared.