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They seem to have good range, and are very easy to set up. I have bought two of these routers, the first one I have been using for a couple of years and have not had a problem so I bought another one for a friend and that one works well also. The price is also very reasonable for a quality product.
Maybe it doesn't have all those fancy features other routers have, but it does a great job. For me it worked perfectly out of the box, but make sure you set up a password, so your neighbours don't use your connection for free. If you need a basic router for home networking, this is the product you were looking for. All those people complaining about overheating and disconnecting may have the wrong setup, just change the channel and that's it, your router and wireless phone won't have any interference.
If you ever have to reset the router you can restore the router under "Tools" Settings section and restore it by the saved file. Lan & DHCP Server, "Enable" DHCP server and hit "Apply". I've had this router for 5 years when CompUSA was a brick and mortar store and bought it for the cheap price after rebate. Under "Routing" Dynamic, NAT select "Enable", and hit "Apply".g. Under "Management" Remote Management, "UPNP" Enable, and hit "Apply"h. Wan, select "Obtain IP Automatically", select "Clone MAC Address", and hit "Apply".
2. Connect the router to modem and to the setup computer by wire. Power on the router, modem, and computer.c. 4.
Basic, select "Enable", change the channel if your connection is intermittent, Extended Range Mode select "Enable", and hit "Apply". 3. 2. Security, Authentication Type select "WPA2", "PSK / EAP" select "PSK", Cipher Type "AES", create a password (this is your wireless password), and hit "Apply". It seems many people who gave this a negative score either used the CD or didn't know what they were doing, here's how to set it up for the average home, you don't need to change all fields but these should help.
Time, pick your time zone, set your time, and hit "Apply"e. When connecting wirelessly you'll set a network "TRENDnet" and type in your wireless password. Under "Wireless" do the following: 1. First setup the modem if it's a new install from the service provider since you may need to type in their username & pw and don't use the router setup CD.b. Advanced, Antenna transmit power "Full" hit "Apply".f. Login using the "admin" without quotes as the username and pw.d.
The only other problem you may encounter is that you may need to change the router's default ip address if it conflicts with your modem. Under "Tools" Settings, "Save".Restart your modem, after it boots up restart your router, and then you should be good to go by wire. You can view the emunlator to follow along [.].a. Open up a web browser and in the address bar type in 192.168.1.1 and hit enter. Password, change the password field (for the router) and hit "Apply".
The only complaint I have about it the router is that it can't be used as a wireless bridge out of the box but then most routers are this way as well. A great cheap router that was only replaced due to technological advancement of the n standard. Under "Main" do the following: 1. 3.
Easy to set up, easy to use. I haven't gone very far from the unit but it works great even when I'm using the laptop in my garage.
It's unbelievable how they deliver a package to a different address and name. Took me a week to recover it. That and the fact that the first one I ordered was delivered to my next door neighbor by mistake. I received the 2nd router before I could recover the first one. It is an outstanding router for the price. I had problems at first because uses 2.4ghz frequencies similar to some cordless phones, so replacing the phone for a different frequency phone, took care of the interference. Amazon send me another one right after my complaint.
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