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Posted at 1:11 AM on Wednesday 10/29/08 by
Ben
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NewEgg.com has the TRENDnet TEW-637AP 300Mbps Wireless Easy-N-Upgrader for $25 + $0 shipping = $30 shipped. It connects to your existing router to add Wireless-N capability. It is not a stand-alone device.
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    Elpee - Posted 4:15 am PDT 10/29/08 (1371 Posts)  Report Spam

    I have a Verizon router at home. So, if I buy this one, all my wireless PCs can be upgraded to 300Mbps as long as they have N type of wireless cards? Thanks.

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    monkeybob - Posted 4:45 am PDT 10/29/08 (111 Posts)  Report Spam

    This looks like nothing more than a wireless access point.

    Yes, your wireless PCs can have a full speed N connection to this access point, but since it's relying on the 100Mbps wired connection back to the router, that's going to be your bottleneck.

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    cd - Posted 5:13 am PDT 10/29/08 (498 Posts)  Report Spam

    Seems like this would be good for extending range. For $5 or $10 more, you can get a full Wireless N router.

    Buy.com - $35
    TRENDnet Wireless N Home Router - TEW-632BRP

    Circuit City - $40
    D-Link Wireless N Router DIR-615

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    NYFreddie - Posted 5:58 am PDT 10/29/08 (10 Posts)  Report Spam

    $25 + $0 Shipping = $30 Shipped?

    Is this some new type of math?

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    Elpee - Posted 6:06 am PDT 10/29/08 (1371 Posts)  Report Spam

    Thanks for yr info, #2 and #3. I have Verizon FIOS which is set up two-in-one (modem and rounter in one set). In that case, I can NEVER reach 300Mbps even though whatever wireless N router I buy and all my wireless PCs are installed N wireless cards, right? Thanks.

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    arvinn - Posted 6:23 am PDT 10/29/08 (171 Posts)  Report Spam

    #5 I have Verizon Fios also but I disabled the wireless feature on the free Verizon router/modem and used this TRENDnet instead. You can get 300Mbps between two wireless N just not with any wired connection. This works pretty well. A lot better range than the Verizon one. Also with this I don't have to reboot every few days like the Verizon one in order not to get lag (slow wireless response).

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    obryan - Posted 6:43 am PDT 10/29/08 (190 Posts)  Report Spam

    #1 you can theoretically get 300 Mbps between computers inside your network. You cannot get 300 Mbps from the internet because even fios will not support that speed even if your modem/router had a gigabit port. It is like buying a two line phone and expecting it to give you a second line.

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    Chrisman - Posted 7:45 am PDT 10/29/08 (3247 Posts)  Report Spam

    The 'two line phone' episode of Seinfeld was hilarious...Not that there's anything wrong with that...

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    Jedi2155 - Posted 11:50 am PDT 10/29/08 (375 Posts)  Report Spam

    This has a 10/100 port, so yes that will be a bottleneck if you're sending anything from a wired connection.

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