Archive for category Wireless Products
Apple Airport Extreme
Posted by admin in Wireless Products on September 5th, 2010
$179, Apple.
Features
- USB port to plug a printer into, lets the Airport become a wireless print server
- WPA/WPA2 Security with 128-bit WEP
- Guest Networking – you can create a secondary wireless network (‘John’s Guest Network’) with a different password or no password at all.
- Dual band
- Supports up to 50 users simultaneously
Looks like a good solution for retail shop, classroom, or busy home.
BTW It’s currently on sale at Amazon
Apple AirPort Extreme Base Station (Simultaneous Dual-Band) (MC340LL/A)
Review of Trendnet 300Mbps Wireless N Home Router
Posted by Ivan Bohannon in Product Reviews, Wireless Products on November 29th, 2008
Trendnet TEW-632BRP
For only $47 the Trendnet TEW-632BRP seemed like a steal. It’s not. I wasted 4 hours trying every possible 802.11 mode and channel trying to get this router to demonstrate any reliablity. It didn’t.
If your lucky enough to find the AP, and then actually get an IP address, you’ll find that it’s impossible to USE the connection for more than a few minutes without getting dropped. When it’s not dropping wireless connections, the router resets itself clearing both wired and wireless connections.
During the brief moments it wasn’t failing, the performance was marginal. The best I could get from it was 22 Mbps receive and 14 Mbps transmit. And on cue, after finishing each two minute test run, the wireless connection would get dropped. Read the rest of this entry »
Review of Trendnet TEW-624UB Wireless-N USB Adapter
Posted by Ivan Bohannon in Product Reviews, Wireless Products on November 22nd, 2008
After doing wireless-N product testing for most of the day, its nice to find a product that actually works faster than standard 802.11G: The Trendnet TEW-624UB.
Most of the 802.11N products you see will claim 270-300Mbps. In your home you will get nowhere near that speed (I have yet to see it) and the Netgear WNDA 3100 can barely get 15Mbps. Oh when I talk about speed I ignore the the number the software shows you on the connection status. Those numbers are false, if you get 25% of that number when copying a file your doing well. Read the rest of this entry »
NETGEAR RangeMax Dual Band Wireless-N products
Posted by Ivan Bohannon in Product Reviews, Wireless Products on November 18th, 2008
NETGEAR WNDR3300. $99, Frys. ($20 Rebate was available)
NETGEAR WNDA3100. $89, Frys.
Well the WNDR3300 AP has alot of claims on the packaging: 15X speed, 10X coverage, interference avoidance, EIGHT internal antennas. Read the rest of this entry »
Netgear RangeMax 240 USB Wireless Adapter
Posted by Ivan Bohannon in Product Reviews, Wireless Products on November 18th, 2008
Netgear RangeMax 240 USB 2.0 Wireless Adapter, Frys: $45. I’ve been using this adapter on my home office PC for a few months now, and its been pretty reliable. Read the rest of this entry »
