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TREND net's compact 450Mbps Dual Band Wireless N USB Adapter, model TEW-684UB, connects a laptop or desktop computer to an ultra-high performance 450Mbps dual band wireless network. Quickly connect to a 450Mbps 2.4GHz or 5GHz wireless network at the touch of a button with the convenience of one-touch Wi-Fi Protected Setup (WPS). Seamlessly stream HD video over the less congested 5GHz band. Place the adapter in the most ergonomic location with the included USB extension cable. Advanced Multiple Input Multiple Output (MIMO) antenna technology with three spatial streams per antenna generates a maximum theoretical wireless throughput of 450Mbps. WMM Quality of Service (QoS) technology prioritizes gaming, Internet calls, and video streams. LEDs on the front of the adapter convey device status. Upgrade your computer's wireless connection to experience the speed of a 450Mbps network. FEATURES . 450Mbps dual band wireless n technology . Wi-Fi compliant with IEEE 802.11n/g/b/a standards . USB 2.0 port . One-touch wireless connection with external Wi-Fi Protected Setup (WPS) button . 100 cm (3.2 ft.) USB cable to position the adapter in the optimum location . USB Bus powered . Multiple Input Multiple Output (MIMO) technology optimizes wireless coverage . Maximum reliability, throughput, and connectivity with automatic data rate switching . Supports 64/128-bit WEP, WPA/WPA2-RADIUS, and WPA-PSK/WPA2-PSK wireless encryption . Wi-Fi Multimedia (WMM) Quality of Service (QoS) data prioritization . Easy user setup and intuitive diagnostic utility . Compatible with Windows operating systems . Coverage of up to 100 meters outdoor (320 feet) and 200 meters outdoor (640 feet) . 3-year limited warranty Maximum wireless signal rates are referenced from IEEE 802.11 theoretical specific captions. Actual data throughput and coverage will vary depending on interference, network traffic , building materials and other conditions.
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Small Package with Lots of speed - if it works! . We recently bought 2 of these for system upgrades for our personal computers.
The units are pretty compact - only slightly bigger than the old wired antennae for our old PCI G-band cards. The software installed quickly and easily in Windows 7 Home Premium. I really like the detail in the Trendnet application software showing the connection speed (initially was >350Mbps with router about a room and a half away). I was online in <10 minutes.
On the next computer, 2nd unit turned on, but didn't detect any wireless networks. After about a half-hour of troubleshooting - swapped the 1st with the 2nd and found the 2nd to be DOA. We went to an electronics store to pick-up a new one to replace the dead unit. That one worked great.
So to conclude - 2 working great, 1 DOA.
Small Package with Lots of speed - if it works! . We recently bought 2 of these for system upgrades for our personal computers.
The units are pretty compact - only slightly bigger than the old wired antennae for our old PCI G-band cards. The software installed quickly and easily in Windows 7 Home Premium. I really like the detail in the Trendnet application software showing the connection speed (initially was >350Mbps with router about a room and a half away). I was online in <10 minutes.
On the next computer, 2nd unit turned on, but didn't detect any wireless networks. After about a half-hour of troubleshooting - swapped the 1st with the 2nd and found the 2nd to be DOA. We went to an electronics store to pick-up a new one to replace the dead unit. That one worked great.
So to conclude - 2 working great, 1 DOA.
TRENDnet 450 Mbps Dual Band Wireless N USB Adapter TEW-684UB (Black) Reviews
Great Speed & Range - this is the one to get! . Having used the Netgear WNDA3100 and the Cisco AE1000 adapters previously this adapter beats them handsdown.
Neither of the previous adapters could maintain near the 300Mbps advertised, they would typically fluctuate between 54 & 150 Mbps (maybe hitting about 200Mpbs on 5mHz channel), but never holding a constant signal. The TrandNet holds 450Mbsp constantly. I am using the Cisco E4200 router (it also performed well on a Neatgear n750 router).
Range and signal reception are both FAR better than either of the mentioned USB thumb-tpye adapters.
This is the way to go if you need a high speed network connection for streaming or gaming and have a router that supports 450Mbps.
Great Speed & Range - this is the one to get! . Having used the Netgear WNDA3100 and the Cisco AE1000 adapters previously this adapter beats them handsdown.
Neither of the previous adapters could maintain near the 300Mbps advertised, they would typically fluctuate between 54 & 150 Mbps (maybe hitting about 200Mpbs on 5mHz channel), but never holding a constant signal. The TrandNet holds 450Mbsp constantly. I am using the Cisco E4200 router (it also performed well on a Neatgear n750 router).
Range and signal reception are both FAR better than either of the mentioned USB thumb-tpye adapters.
This is the way to go if you need a high speed network connection for streaming or gaming and have a router that supports 450Mbps.
TRENDnet 450 Mbps Dual Band Wireless N USB Adapter TEW-684UB (Black) Opinions
Increased Down/Upload speeds. Very Small! . I was surprised at how small this adapter was based on the picture. I am using this with the Cisco-Linksys E4200 Maximum Performance Simultaneous Dual-Band Wireless-N Router.
Initially after getting the Linksys E4200 router I kept my old G wireless adapter. The download/upload speeds didn't change at all. I decided to upgrade to a new 450mbps adapter so I ordered this.
When installing the drivers install the whole Trendnet utility. The first time I just installed the drivers and my connection speed was only at 150mbps. I uninstalled and re-installed with the utility and my speeds are at 450mpbs.
Before installing this adapter my download/upload speeds were at 6mb/1mb. After installing this adapter, paired with my Linksys E4200 I am 26mb/1mb.
Increased Down/Upload speeds. Very Small! . I was surprised at how small this adapter was based on the picture. I am using this with the Cisco-Linksys E4200 Maximum Performance Simultaneous Dual-Band Wireless-N Router.
Initially after getting the Linksys E4200 router I kept my old G wireless adapter. The download/upload speeds didn't change at all. I decided to upgrade to a new 450mbps adapter so I ordered this.
When installing the drivers install the whole Trendnet utility. The first time I just installed the drivers and my connection speed was only at 150mbps. I uninstalled and re-installed with the utility and my speeds are at 450mpbs.
Before installing this adapter my download/upload speeds were at 6mb/1mb. After installing this adapter, paired with my Linksys E4200 I am 26mb/1mb.
Awesome 450mbps transmit 405mbps receive . I have this adapter connected to a Cisco-Linksys E4200 and getting 450Mbps sustained transmit and peak 405mbps receive connection to my pc (Windows 7). The pc and router are in the same room.
When I connect the adapter to my netbook (Windows 7) in the other end of my house, separated by a few very dense walls, sustained connection of 130Mbps.
The software installer will give the option to install the "drivers only" or "software & drivers".
The drivers only option would not allow the adapter to function, you need to install the software & drivers.
Luckily this option does not install some junk 3rd party software that supersedes the Windows 7 wireless configuration utility, they work together.
The software provides more options for the adapter and connection speed info.
BTW Amazon is not the lowest price, B&H
When I connect the adapter to my netbook (Windows 7) in the other end of my house, separated by a few very dense walls, sustained connection of 130Mbps.
The software installer will give the option to install the "drivers only" or "software & drivers".
The drivers only option would not allow the adapter to function, you need to install the software & drivers.
Luckily this option does not install some junk 3rd party software that supersedes the Windows 7 wireless configuration utility, they work together.
The software provides more options for the adapter and connection speed info.
BTW Amazon is not the lowest price, B&H
GREAT LITTLE ADAPTER . Great, Wish I had gotten this earlier, easy install, no problems, I recommend this product highly. Lowest price from Amazon. I always look at Amazon for low prices.
Awesome Product. . Customers who have tried this product can not beleive the amount of spped they get out of it. Whatever the speed of your modem is it will run at that. It is good for 100 meters indoors and 200 meters if you happen to be outdoors. It definately make a two story building easier, faster access to high spped internet connections
Great little device . Quite easy and intuitive install. Real speed is ~56 Mb/sec in a distance of 3m (10 feet) through two walls. This allows to stream DVD9 iso wirelessly from a different computer in a house.
If you need it to work in 5GHz mode only, installation of a utility is a must, luckily the utility is really small and doesn't seem to have bad memory and system productivity footprint.
However, I give it only four stars because of a high price. Technically I don't have any complains.
If you need it to work in 5GHz mode only, installation of a utility is a must, luckily the utility is really small and doesn't seem to have bad memory and system productivity footprint.
However, I give it only four stars because of a high price. Technically I don't have any complains.
Works like a charm on Win7 640bit i7 processor! . Purchased a new desktop with Win7 64-bit ULTIMATE - my old adapter left a lot to be desired - couldn't keep up and after trying the latest NETGEAR device - THAT DID NOT WORK - I read lots of reviews and it was between this one and a Cisco Lynksis -- this took less than 5 minutes to install and my upload AND download speeds are improved. Live in the country and have to use a Sprint 3G Sierra Overdrive for all connections (amazingly better than our 9 years with Hughes.net satellite service!)and this TrendNet adapter fits the bill! LOVE IT
Cons Review
A Big Disappointment . The purpose of a cutting-edge dual-band (and simultaneous at that!) multi-stream adapter such as this is to allow you to create a modern wireless environment using the newest 2 and 3 stream dual-band wireless routers. In practical terms, the 2.4GHz radio band really only has 3 clear channels to choose from so unless you live in a rural area the likelihood of getting more that one channel to bind together to get the multi-stream link speeds advertised by the manufacturers is nil. So, you set up your new multi-band multi-stream router to use one channel of the 2.4GHz band (if you can find a clear one) just for legacy G and single stream N purposes (your smart phone, older laptops, etc). Then you set up the spacious 5GHz band with as many streams and 40Mhz channels as your router will let you claim. Your new laptop probably already has a multi-stream card that can sit on the 5GHz radio band. This TEW-684UB adapter would theoretically be the perfect add-on to a desktop PC in an awkward location for running Ethernet cable. And with simulcast radios you can use the 5GHz for your main connectivity and the 2.4GHz band for monitoring the rest of your network with free software such as InSSIDer. I read the mixed reviews of this device and as usual I thought I would be smart enough to make it work to my satisfaction. My conclusion, however, is that either there is a huge variability in the quality of the adapters, or perhaps they only work well with the same brand chipset on the routers, or the praising reviews here are confusing link speed with actual throughput. Do not trust any review that does not include a speed test (from various websites) comparing the speed of connecting your PC to the Ethernet port of the router with a test using the wireless interface. The link speed your computer reports is of little real significance. The actual throughput relative to a known quantity (your Ethernet connection to the router and onward to the Internet verified by a speed test site) is all that is important. The difference will show you your true wireless speed.And therein lies my extreme disappointment. I should have known something was going to go bad when the setup program had extreme difficulty installing the drivers and the utility under Windows 7-64bit. After installation, the adapter would ignore the enable device function in Windows and the utility did not even list the 5GHz band as even existing. Note the utility, though not strictly required, is the only way to manipulate the radios used and does provide some useful functionality such as listing the local networks in your area and some dBm signal strength meters. I was finally able to to get it installed by using the old workaround of using the compatibility mode and telling the installer (the second setup.exe) that I really have Win XP. Do we really still need to do that in 2011? The next clue that this was more toy than tool is that the profiles that can be set with the utility only allow WEP for the encryption. Puleeze! 802.11n requires WPA2 minimally. Not really a problem since everyone uses Windows itself to control wireless these days and the Windows profile worked fine.The claimed typical output power and receive sensitivity listed on the box are simply bogus (by about 3 times). In my environment (using a cable modem) I get between 24-25Mbps download througput with a 1GB Ethernet connection. On a laptop using an Intel Centrino Ultimate-N 6300 card set to 5GHz priority I get 18-20Mbps download throughput with clear line-of-site across an average size living room (no walls). With TEW-684UB at the same location, the 5GHz a/n mode will get me around 0.3-0.5Mbps download and on the regular single stream 2.4GHz g/n mode I get up to 2Mbps download throughput. And the adapter, though it has simultaneous radios, can't have the band to use be selected as a preference. It will always default to 2.4Ghz when both radios are enabled. When you disable the 2.4Ghz radio in order to use the 5Ghz band you lose monitoring capability of the 2.4GHz band. Why have simultaneous radios if you can't have them both turned on? I did find a more up-to-date driver and utility from Ralink, the manufacturer of the RT3573 chip used in the adapter (Trendnet just slaps their name on the driver and utility, they don't write anything themselves). At least it had the proper 5Ghz default but also had all the other shortcomings of the Trendnet provided driver and utility. So, though at first I did not believe them, I now wish I trusted the reviews that questioned this adapter's capabilities. It would have saved a lot of hassles and time. Unfortunately, I also bought a Trendnet TEW-680MB Media Bridge at the same time which I have just started to play with and the same mediocre performance is present. I am going to stay away from any Trendnet products with Ralink chips for the time being. They might work with their own Trendnet routers but are very incompatible with my high-end Netgear routers (WNDR3800 and WNDR4500) which work perfectly with Intel n wireless cards and all other legacy g cards I have. It seems to me that compatibility testing was not an important element in the development of this product and the lack of any upgraded drivers, firmware, or utility since release is telling. And one final thing, for such an expensive adapter you'd think they could put a USB cable that was not so ridiculously short and of such poor quality or at least use a standard USB B connector on the adapter instead of a micro-USB connector which few will have lying around.
This item had a bad range and poor speed . I have an N router on the next room, only one wall no issues with my $27 dollar USB Wireless Adapter and I though that by spending a bit more, I would get a better reception long range adapter with the speed of a demon, but I got a normal subtandard product. I would just stick with what you have till it goes wrong, then buy another one just like it, if it works, don't fix it. I have cable 12Meg speed for streaming videos and making the whole internet experience a bit more fun. Hope this review helps. (Good Luck)
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Feature TRENDnet 450 Mbps Dual Band Wireless N USB Adapter TEW-684UB (Black)
- Upgrade your computer to 450Mbps Dual Band Wireless N
- Seamlessly stream HD video over the less congested 5GHz band
- Position the adapter in the optimum location using the USB extension cable
- Powered by the computers USB port
- One-touch connection to router with Wi-Fi Protected Setup (WPS)
- Compatible with Windows operating systems
- Supports 64/128-bit WEP, WPA/WPA2-RADIUS, and WPA-PSK/WPA2-PSK wireless encryption
- Wi-Fi Multimedia (WMM) Quality of Service (QoS) data prioritization
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Product Details
EAN : 0710931600858UPC : 710931600858
MPN : 0710931600858
Brand : TRENDnet
Color : Black
Weight : 1 pounds
Height : 2 inches
Length : 6 inches
Width : 6 inches
Binding : Personal Computers
Manufacturer : TRENDnet
Model : TEW-684UB
Platform : Windows
Publisher : TRENDnet
SKU : A111953
Studio : TRENDnet
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