TRENDnet 300Mbps Wireless N PCI Adapter
Dec 21, 2009 in
Computers & Software
- Interface: 32-Bit PCI Rev. 2.1/2.2/2.3
- Standards: IEEE 802.11b, IEEE 802.11g and IEEE 802.11n (draft)
- LED Indicator: Power, Link
- Supported OS: Windows 2000/XP
- Power Consumption: Receive Mode: 600mA(max) ; Transmit Mode: 690mA(max)
Product Description
The 300Mbps Wireless N-Draft PCI Adapter allows you to connect wirelessly with supercharged speed, range and reliability. Wireless speeds increase up to 300Mbps when connecting to TRENDnet Wireless N-Draft access points or wireless routers. This 802.11n device seamlessly connects to your wireless network without performance degradation…. More >>
TRENDnet 300Mbps Wireless N PCI Adapter
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5 comments
Redfern on December 21, 2009 at 11:50 pm
Didnt fit in my machine so sent it back, got a full refund from Amazon with no hassle. Ordered a usb adapter the same day.
listener on December 22, 2009 at 2:20 am
My experience was not good with this adapter. My G adapter got better reception. good luck. If you have any wireless problems try a Megaplug – it goes through your household wiring – works better than most wireless systems.
W. Martin on December 22, 2009 at 3:54 am
Although this card does a great job of connecting you to any far away networks like a good N card is required to do, I would highly recommend searching for another version.
On the plus sign, installation is simple and easy. The instructions are a page long (per operating system), and are all obvious steps.
On the other hand, this card takes an eternity to find the networks when the computer first boots up, while a G adapter will do so almost immediately.
Also, if your SSID is not being broadcast, there is no option of searching for that specific SSID, so you are required to use another computer (or adapter) to make it viewable, connect, and then hide it again.
Again, this product does do its job, but not to the satisfactory level that most customers would desire.
S. Magee on December 22, 2009 at 5:32 am
Running on a Windows XP machine, this TRENDnet Wireless N PCI Adapter seems to work very well. Physical installation of the card was a little annoying because of the odd triangle shape of the card (pressing down on an angled surface tends to distrubute the force on an angle rather than straight down), but once in place I haven’t experienced any problems.
I did attempt to run this card with only installing the drivers and not installing TRENDnet’s own wireless configuration software, but I couldn’t get it to connect to my Linksys Wireless-N router like that. I had to install the wireless configuration software that came with it to get it functional. Once the software was installed, I configured my encryption keys, and I was up and running in no time.
This little card seems to pick up a few more surrounding wireless networks than my old Netgear G card. For the price and quality, I’d recommend this card to folks looking for a decent wireless PCI card on the cheap.
D. Ellis on December 22, 2009 at 7:31 am
I called tech support to try and get this issue fixed, but they kept giving me the runaround. Most users state that they get somewhere close to 300Mbps, but I’m not even close to that. Decent buy if you just need plain old wireless. Terrible ping for gaming as well.