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 No Satisfying. March 29, 2010
Sreedhar Chamarthi
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
I am not comfurtable with this, since my VPN is disconnecting very frequently, where as it is not happening when i connected from Network Cable. I feel iwasted money on this.
 Inexpensive and can be stellar with some work March 26, 2010
Richard Park (Los Angeles, CA USA)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Out of the box, I'm not sure how this router measures up to others but to me, if you have some knowledge of reflashing the router firmware, there are some options to improve the usability.
Note that reflashing with alternative firmware voids your warranty unless you can restore the original firmware. This is not always possible; in fact, you can render the router inoperable ('bricked'). Proceed at your own risk.
Under the covers, this router is essentially identical to the D-Link DIR-615 and the firmware for the D-Link product can be installed on it. I found the D-Link firmware to have more options than the Trendnet original firmware which is frankly dumbed-down and only provides very basic function. A starter firmware that will load on this router is at [..] Once that is installed, the latest firmware from D-Link for the revision C hardware can be loaded.
Going a bit further, the very popular (for techies, anyway) DD-WRT firmware is available in a beta form, i.e., it has not been fully vetted for functional stability. You won't find it at the official DD-WRT download site but it is available at [..](latest build).
I have one set up as an access point to my FIOS router (a 56Mbps wireless router that can't be replaced because of the set-top box networking over coax requirement). DD-WRT provides the ability to bridge segments wirelessly so I will be acquiring another to network to my PS3 and media player box. I am now using another Trendnet product, the game extender TEW-647, with a switch to do this - works flawlessly, but I'd like to reduce the number of components and cables.
Read up on the DD-WRT forums and get some background. This little router can shine with a firmware update. I like that the antennas are removable (unlike the newer TEW-652) and have replaced the 3db gain antennas with 5db gain. You can, with discretion, increase the output power of the transmitter on the router which DD-WRT gives you an option.
This small, piano black box fits in inobstrusively in my home network.
 Depends what capabilities you need February 8, 2010
Jeff (Seattle, WA)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
Be careful. If you are buying it for a specific advertised capability, make sure it actually works. The documentation isn't reflected in the product. This is a home use product. I've been using it for a couple years in my home. If you just want a plug and play wifi router with better bandwidth than a "g mode" model, you'll be happy with this. If you want to used the advanced features such as filtering access from various devices -- laptops, iPods, etc., it might not satisfy you.
PROS:
-price, advertised capability, range, online customer support (technicians actually know the product vs. reading from a script), works well with my laptop 2ft from my microwave and 5ft from my cordless phone base station.
CONS:
-firmware limitations or bugs.
I have the router installed on the 3rd floor. I consistently get around 100 Mbps throughput on floors 2 and 3. I max out at 130 Mbps. On the first floor, I get around 60 Mbps (still better than "g"). I was using fw 1.10B13 and everything was fine until I tried filtering my son's new iPod touch via the MAC address. It turned out there was a bug in the MAC address filtering which was fixed in 1.10B19. I upgraded and MAC address filtering worked correctly, but now the LAN wifi client DHCP connection is periodically dropped and not restored until the router is reset. So I can either filter my sons access to internet or have a reliable wifi connection. My solution... time to move on to a different vendor's product. For $24, it is worth buying if you are using g-mode or no wifi while you get educated on what you want to spend "real" money on.
compatible - Only after firmware update October 21, 2009
Mr. Richard L. Engel (Mi)
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
I bought this to upgrade my home network - Works great with the n notebook card i also bought but its iffey with a 2 year old dell internal pre n card on my daughters laptop so I am stuck running 2 wireless networks - I would of expected better cross compatibility. Tech help was very good in setting it up.
UPDATE
After a few minutes with technical support; new firmware was downloaded and now works with all the PC's in the house so I am changing the rating to a 4 from a 3 would of been 5 if it shipped with the up to date firmware!
Very good router, especially for the price July 16, 2009
Always Looking (Indianapolis, IN)
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
Purchased from CompUSA 1.5 yrs ago, $24.00 w/Rebate & Sale. I am still on the Nov '07 firmware: v1.00 Build 0014. No problems, so no need to update.
This router has been up since Dec 2007, 24/7/365. Trendnet products have really served me well and this router is no exception. We have 7 computers hooked up hardwired and wirelessly at various times and this router has given virtually no trouble. Relatively easy setup menus, works well with virtual networking and dynamic domain registration (updates my dynamic ip with my static domain name without problems). I have trendnet wireless N cards and g usb devices, and airlink wireless g cards. All connect flawlessly and give excellent throughputs on data transfer. I have just motherboard ethernet ports and all have worked fine with the router. The only devices that have problems are Dell laptops w/dell wireless cards. I swear out of the 5 laptops we have used over the past 4 years, the dell wireless cards really are junk. Get the intel card when buying a dell laptop. Paid the extra $$ for a daughter's laptop and it works very well compared to the dell g or n cards.
Wonderfull, seamless compatibility with ubuntu. I have a multiboot test platform of Vista, XP, & Ubuntu for testing media centers. Installed automatically in each case with no problems & no need for manual setup. I regularly push out High Def movies to the TV using various multimedia centers from this platform through this router with no problems.
4-4.5 out of 5 is an excellent rating. It is tough to get a 5, must leave a little for those who go the extra mileage.
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