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.

So I am really impressed with the Trendnet Wireless-N USB Adapter. It can do 30Mbps consistently. (it also lies like the others and says 300Mbps on the connection status)

It copies files twice as fast as the NETGEAR 3100, and it can connect to my AP from laces the Netgear 3100 can’t.  This was surprising  because I am using a NETGEAR RangeMax Dual Band AP for my testing. Most people would expect the all NETGEAR solution to be the best performing.

Also the TEW-624UB is $59, the NETGEAR WNDA 3100 is $79.  GOOD WORK TRENDNET!

The only con is the drivers aren’t signed so you’ll get the warnings when you install or plug it into a different USB port.

Trendnet TEW-624UB
Netgear WNDA3100