The launch of the 450Mbps segment of the 802.11n specification was sort of backwards. We saw some of the first routers last year in the September – October time frame. Then at CES we got our first glimpse of one of the new 450Mbps wireless adapters. This was the TRENDNet TEW-687GA that we just finished testing. But we are not going to stop there as we have another 450Mbps adapter from TRENDNet in the lab. This one is more PC specific and connects over USB 2.0. You lose the universal appeal that the 687GA had but gain more on portability. So let’s introduce the TRENDNet TEW-684UB 450Mbps Dual Band USB wireless adapter.
The Setup -To setup the TEW-684UB it is really as simple as dropping in the CD-ROM and plugging in the 684UB. From there you run the very simple installation wizard and you are ready to go.
Well, you do have one question you have to contend with. You have to answer if you want to install the drivers only or the driver and the WiFi utility. We will cover the installation with the WiFi utility.
Once you get into the utility you will quickly find that while it is very simple looking at first glance; it is quite full featured once you get everything going. Connecting to a wireless access point is really as simple as picking it out in the site survey and then clicking next a couple of times (and putting in the WPA or WEP Key if needed).
As you can see it really is quite functional, you just do not have to have all of it at once.
