You know how I feel about TrendNet, but this is the best money I've ever spent on wireless. Consistent, 300mpbs connections, stealth mode and WPA-2, adjustable power/range, and no-brainer setup and placement. Price has been as low as $19, and $30 seems to be the 'regular' price at N/egg.

is there a way to make it work as a wireless client? would be nice to have a wireless client without having to worry about drivers, etc.

Can someone explain to me: If your router is B/G speed, how does this transform the electronics in your router into "N"? If the router's max is set, how can it give more? Something here doesn't sound right. Help anyone?

Plus, why would you want to add another box to your collection of boxes if down the listing you can get Zyxel N router for $30?

I was a little confused by this device, as well. From some newegg reviews "your router needs to be able to have WDS (Wireless Distribution Service)..."

SO. I'm thinking this will let you plug into your current wired router/switch and extend your network over 11N. That said, if that's what it does (and I'm still 100% sure that is correct) you could achieve this by using any wireless router and plugging a cross-over from your switch to one of the LAN ports on ANY wireless router.

Oh. Cross-over cable approach would also eliminate need for a router w/WDS.

#3, this is like a wireless access point w/o routing. If you have B/G router, disable the wireless service and use only the routing.

I bought a pair of these (v1.0) about a year ago ($25) and spent a *week* trying to get it work decently and just couldn't. No matter what I did, range and performance were abysmal. And btw, I'm a software/network developer by trade, so I'm well versed in this stuff. Can never get more than ~30ft or better than ~22mbps in a OPEN room with EVERY other possible source of interference eliminated. I live in a rural area anyway, so it's not difficult to achieve. I pulled every frickin' router, ap, computer, you name it, offline. Didn't help. In total desperation, I took the pair and a couple of laptops in my car into an even more rural area, not the slightest chance of interference (even checked w/ my wifi finder, nothing), placed one unit attached to laptop #1 in the front seat, the other unit attached to laptop #2 in the rear cargo area (so maybe 10 ft. apart) and setup a WDS link (peer to peer), same crappy performance. Step another 15-20 ft from the car w/ one of the laptops, the link drops completely. Ugh.

Folks, I tried EVERYTHING, these units simply will not perform better than ~22mbps and only over a very short distance no matter what I do. And yes, I used N only, multi-channel (20/40), encryption on and off, EVERYTHING, to the point of exhaustion. Nothing helped. I just gave up.

FWIW, I noticed recently that TRENDnet has made a new firmware release available that supports client bridging. I updated my units and it does work. Yippee! But as usual, the range and performance are so bad, that at least for me, it's irrelevant. Worse wireless product I ever bought. And I'm not a knee-jerk TRENDnet hater like too many others. I try the products and evaluate them as I see them. If you end up w/ better success, god bless ya. I wish I knew the secret because Iâ&a... [Truncated]

#1 what's stealth mode?

#9 obviously it's when your AP's programming comes alive at night and tries to murder you. Stealth = Ninja Assassin.

I also bought a couple of these last year for $25 each shipped from Egg. This thing was extremely easy to set up and it supports WPA2-PSK & WPS. I sent them to two relatives who lived hundreds of miles away to add wireless n to their wired routers. I enabled DHCP then set up the SSID's and WPA2 passkeys before sending these to them. They only needed to connect it to the router and then entered the SSID/passkey into Windows Zero Configuration and they could connect to the Web in under 5mins (these people know almost nothing about networking). They told me they could get around 270Mbps within 30ft from the AP's on their laptops and they couldn't be happier. The ones I bought were version 1. I believe Newegg is shipping version 2 now.

@ #3, you connect it to 1 of the LAN ports on the router.

@ #9, you just hide the SSID so others can't see it but hackers can see it with some software. Read this: http://www.egeier.com/publications/Your_SSID_Isnt_Hidden_Forever.htm .

Ok, so what if your Linksys router is only 10/100Mbps, how are you going to push 300Mbps through the router with this thing? Only way I see it is if you have two laptops on the N network and you are transferring files between those laptops.

@NotATool,

I'm not at all saying this device can run at claimed speed, but it makes perfect sense that you can run at a higher speed between this device and your router, you just won't maintain those speeds once you hit the rest of your router or beyond..

The next logical question would be, "Why would you want to do this?" The answer is that the theoretical speed of the network is going to be determined on how many nodes are on the network at any given time (g, all your nodes would have 300 Mbps of available bandwidth)

I have this and it definitely performs better than 22Mbps for me.

Also, Zyxel is crap.

I have 2 of these, they have been hammering away for 6 months or so. Love 'em.