TRENDnet N900 Dual Band Wireless Media Bridge, TEW-680MB

(Update:Since my first four-star review, the product failed. It performed flawlessly for 10 days, and suddenly it dropped the connection to the router and the radio indicator light went off.The router itself was still alive, everything but this product was able to connect to the router wirelessly.Power cycling this unit sometimes recovers the connection for a short while.And worst of all, the reset button didn't work. After pressing the reset button for 30 sec or so when the power was on, it looked like it still had the connection information from the original setup, connected to the router (I know from the router's log), and dropped. It simply refuses to forget everything and revert back to the default setting. I kept trying to reset, but never once did this unit go back to the default 192.168.10.110 IP address.When something like this happens I would normally request an exchange as one bad unit doesn't necessarily mean that all units are bad, but in this case I was purchasing through "fulfilled by amazon" sellers, and Amazon say these sellers can only refund, not exchange, so I'm just requesting refund and will buy a different product from Amazon.)The following is the original review titled "Was actually simple to set up".I wanted to connect my desktop PC upstairs to the router downstairs wirelessly, and this thing is working nicely for this purpose. I was half expecting a setup nightmare because I've read many reviews stating that the setup is not simple, but actually I only spent less than 10 minutes and I was already connected. Let me explain what I did (I used Linux for this but the concept is the same for any OS).1. Connect the PC with the bridge using an ethernet cable.2. Manually set the IP address of the PC to 192.168.10.2. Anything would have worked as far as it was 192.168.10.x where x is larger than 0, smaller than 255, and not 110. I had to stop the networking of the PC and then restart it to force the IP address to be changed.3. Open a browser and access the bridge, 192.168.10.110.4. Type in the default user name and password, which is "admin" and "admin".5. Without using the wizard, go to the "network" setting, click "LAN setting".6. Change the mode to "DHCP client" from "static IP".7. The bridge reboots, but the IP address doesn't change because the bridge couldn't connect to the wireless router yet.8. Open 192.168.10.110 again and this time go to "wireless", then "site survey".9. My router's ESSID was already displayed there. Select it and press "connect".10. Enter password for the router's wireless encryption.11. The bridge restarts. This time the connection between the PC and the bridge is lost, because the bridge itself has a new IP address in 192.168.1.XXX range that was given by my router but the PC still has a static 192.168.10.2 IP address.12. Change the PC's network setting from static to DHCP. After this, I had to stop the networking of PC and start it again to force the PC to try to get an IP address using DHCP.That's it. Sure this was not a hands-free experience but it was not that complicated either. More importantly, the bridge's behavior made sense to me in each and every step. I've never had that familiar "OMG nothing makes sense" feeling even for a second in the process. And it took me less than 10 minutes (probably it was more like 5 minutes maximum from the start to the end).I'm taking away one star because it seems like only the 5GHz channels are displayed in "site survey" list.

I've been using this for four days now, and must give it a mixed review.Setup turned out to be more complicated then it should have been. After I connected it to my wireless network (Linksys E3200 dual band router), I found that it dropped the signal after 15 minutes or so. Worse, it did not regain the signal without a reboot (turning it off and on again). I went into settings and found the the default was set to "static IP" address. I changed it to DHCP, and it seemed to work better.Using it in my living room with my LG Blu-Ray player at first was very troubling. Again, the Trendnet bridge lost the wireless signal after 20 minutes or so. After rebooting, this happened several times. Granted, this is through two walls and a garage. The thing is, however, that my LG BD390 Blu-Ray device holds the wireless signal in the same location just fine. This means that the wireless adapter on the LG device is superior at signal reception to the Trendnet. I find this inexcusable: a standalone device dedicated to wireless connectivity should be superior to other devices not specializing in this function. Trendnet engineers should look into this.After setting the IP address to DHCP I found that I could not regain access to the control panel on the Trendnet at all. I still haven't been able to do this, which is very disturbing. After placing the bridge in various locations in the house I found it doing a better job of holding the signal, however.I was ready to return this to Amazon when I tried it one more time in the living room where I need it next to the Blu-Ray player. This time it has successfully held the wireless signal (the top green light) for 36 hours, so I am giving it another chance.The good news is that when I stream HD using the Trendnet bridge, it definitely reduces studder. This is why I purchased the product in the first place. I will update this review if there are further developments.UPDATE: I have added a star as the Trendnet has retained the connection steadily for several weeks. I am somewhat baffled by the initial dropouts, which have not recurred. All in all, it does its job satisfactorily.

Ich besitze die XBox 360 und habe immer 5-7 Wlan's im 2,4 GHZ bereich in der Nähe.Deswegen hab ich mich entschlossen auf 5 GHZ umzusteigen.Ich benutze von Netgear den WNDR 4000 Router, und spiele jetzt allein im 5 GHZ bereich.Alles läuft super keine Probleme !!!

je cherchais un access point (borne d'acces WIFI) pour mon HTPC (xbmc + ubuntu 12.04) double bande pour ne pas surcharger le reste de mon réseau. Le tew-680MB remplit parfaitement cette fonction : sur la bande 5GHz le flux des données est sans interruption (musique, photos et films)idem sur la bande 2.4 GHz malgré mon réseau domestique assez chargé(4 PC windows et linux connectés en WIFI, une tablette galaxy tab, le cube Canal+ en WIFI, un serveur NAS Synology DS209 en filaire le tout orchestré par un routeur 802.11N 300Mbps)A cause de mon routeur je ne peux pas bénéficier du débit max à 450Mbps mais j'obtiens un débit stable aux alentours de 280Mbps.Configuration : le tew-680mb se configure en ligne via une adresse URL une fois l'appareil relié en filaire à un PC.A partir d'un PC windows, c'est très simple, il suffit de lire et d'appliquer le manuel fourni avec l'appareil à la lettre.A partir d'un PC Linux, l'URL par défaut [...] ne fonctionne pas, la connexion filaire échoue à chaque fois. Il faut remplacer l'URL par son adresse IP (192.168.10.110, qui malheureusement n'a pas été facile à dénicher) ou alors connecter en wifi le TEW 680mb à votre routeur avec la fonction WPS (et le dhcp activé) pour obtenir une adresse IP qui vous permettra de vous connecter à l'interface de gestion du TEW 680mb.Puissance : mon routeur double bande 802.11N 300Mbps et le TEW 680mb sont placés au même étage mas pas dans la même pièce. ils sont distants d'une quinzaine de mètres. Comme dit précédemment le signal et la réception sont bons et constants. Je n'ai pas testé l'appareil à l'extérieur.connectivité : on peut connecter 4 appareils en ethernet (giganet) en plus du WIFI.

Das Gerät war bei Anlieferung defekt, was auch maL passieren darf.Die Austauschaktion dauert mitlerweile schon 10 Tage und ich habe immer noch kein neues Gerät.Das Gerät funktionierte grade mal 10 Min, liess sich dann auch nicht mehr Restetten und in den Ursprungszustamd versetzen.

Die angegebenen Werte von 450 MBit/s auf 2.4 GHz und 5 GHz W-LAN Frequenzen werden nicht annähernd erreicht. WLAN-AP ist eine FRITZ!Box 7390, die in beiden Frequenzbändern sendet (WPA2, AES). Die TRENDnet befindet sich in ca. 5m Abstand im anderen Zimmer. Über den Netzwerkmonitor der FRITZ!Box wurde bei der TRENDnet in beiden Frequenzbändern nur eine Übertragungsrate von ca. 130 MBit/s angezeigt. Wurde die Sendeleistung der FRITZ!Box auf 50% verringert, brach auch die Geschwindigkeit der TRENDnet ein. Im Gegensatz dazu empfängt eine Zyxel WAP3205 v2 im Clientmodus auf 2.4 GHz mit ca. 163 MBit/s, auch bei 50% Leistung der FRITZ!Box (Abstand auch ca. 5 m). Noch deutlicher ist der Unterschied, wenn man an den angeschlossenen PCs einen DSL-Speedtest durchführt. Die Download-Geschwindigkeit ist bei der Zyxel WAP3205 v2 ca. 8x höher als bei der TRENDnet. Da beide den gleichen DSL-Zugang der FRITZ!Box verwenden, liegt dieser Unterschied wohl im WLAN-Übertragungsverhalten begründet. Ich habe deshalb beim Lieferanten der TRENDnet eine Rücksendung beantragt.

Ich finde die Geschwindigkeit könnte etwas schneller sein dafür das 450 drauf steht. Hab's nicht gemessen aber wenn ich einen Sendung von meinem Receiver auf den Laptop speichern will dauert das ca. 35 min. Find ich persönlich ein bisschen lang. Und wenn man noch währenddessen einen Film von einer Festplatte schauen will dauert es Stunden.