TRENDnet 300Mbps Wireless N Home Router TEW-632BRP (Black)

by TRENDnet

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 4.7 x 1.1 x 7.7 inches ; 11.8 ounces
• Shipping Weight: 2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S.
• ASIN: B000WBNY9G
• Item model number: TEW-632BRP
• Average Customer Review: 2.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (23 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #49,261 in Electronics (See Top 100 in Electronics)
• Date first available at Amazon.com: July 7, 2004

Product Description

The Wireless N Home Router delivers the highest level of security, 12x the speed and 4x the range of wireless g products. Install the product in minutes with Easy-Go installation and seamlessly stream live media, download files, play games and talk Online all at the same time and with no wireless lag.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

16 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Decent wireless-n router for the price, November 19, 2007

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realitymyth (Pittsburgh, PA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: TRENDnet 300Mbps Wireless N Home Router TEW-632BRP (Black) (Personal Computers)

I bought this wireless router for a small home network. It took a while to set up -- an hour or so initially and then a week's worth of tweaking -- but now it's working relatively reliably.

PROS:
- It's an n router, so it has at least the potential to be as fast as your wired connection.
- Aesthetically, it looks decent.
- Compatible with both Windows and Macs.
- For Windows computers, setup is probably pretty simple (so long as you don't want to fully customize the install) since the router comes with an easy install CD.
- The range is good. I have strong signal throughout my apartment and a good distance outside it as well.
- For the technology, the price is great.
- Nice options for security, whether you want firewalls or encryptions, etc.

CONS:
- For Mac users: It's compatible, but you'll have to go through manual setup, the steps for which aren't yet up on the Trendnet site. For either platform, though, just plug your modem into the router's WAN port, plug the computer into one of the router's LAN ports, then type 192.168.10.1 into your browser's address bar to take you to the manual setup.
- The router disconnected too frequently for my tastes (say, two or three times a day, at least) when I had its n capabilities enabled. The speed was great, but the disconnects weren't worth it. After restricting it to b and g only, the disconnects stopped. While the drop in speed is hardly significant, it is something to keep in mind.
- Constantly blinking green lights on the front are a bit annoying if you keep the router facing you.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Depends what capabilities you need, February 8, 2010

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Jeff (Seattle, WA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: TRENDnet 300Mbps Wireless N Home Router TEW-632BRP (Black) (Personal Computers)

Be careful. If you are buying it for a specific advertised capability, make sure it actually works. The documentation isn't reflected in the product. This is a home use product. I've been using it for a couple years in my home. If you just want a plug and play wifi router with better bandwidth than a "g mode" model, you'll be happy with this. If you want to used the advanced features such as filtering access from various devices -- laptops, iPods, etc., it might not satisfy you.

PROS:
-price, advertised capability, range, online customer support (technicians actually know the product vs. reading from a script), works well with my laptop 2ft from my microwave and 5ft from my cordless phone base station.

CONS:
-firmware limitations or bugs.

I have the router installed on the 3rd floor. I consistently get around 100 Mbps throughput on floors 2 and 3. I max out at 130 Mbps. On the first floor, I get around 60 Mbps (still better than "g"). I was using fw 1.10B13 and everything was fine until I tried filtering my son's new iPod touch via the MAC address. It turned out there was a bug in the MAC address filtering which was fixed in 1.10B19. I upgraded and MAC address filtering worked correctly, but now the LAN wifi client DHCP connection is periodically dropped and not restored until the router is reset. So I can either filter my sons access to internet or have a reliable wifi connection. My solution... time to move on to a different vendor's product. For $24, it is worth buying if you are using g-mode or no wifi while you get educated on what you want to spend "real" money on.

UPDATE: This is the same hardware as a D-Link unit. I downloaded and installed the D-Link firmware (Google for location & instructions) and I've been very happy with the D-Link firmware, more features and no bugs.

4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Unreliable wireless, March 3, 2008

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Eric (Portland, OR, USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: TRENDnet 300Mbps Wireless N Home Router TEW-632BRP (Black) (Personal Computers)

I've used one of these routers for a few days, and although the wired connectivity seems to work fine, I am disappointed with the wireless connectivity. I lose my wireless connection fairly frequently, and sometimes my laptop has a hard time re-connecting. I also tried changing the channel of the wireless, which helped a bit, but it still disconnects too often, in my opinion. Another thing I don't really like is that in its configuration pages, it uses different terminology for port forwarding (port forwarding is set up under "Access", and then "virtual servers"). I tried setting up some port forwarding with it, but it does not appear to be forwarding.

I've set up port forwarding with 2 different routers (a Linksys and a Netgear) without problems, and I've had better wireless connections with other routers. This router has been very frustrating for me.