TRENDnet 450Mbps Concurrent Dual Band Wireless N Router (TEW-692GR) Review

Others/Networking Gear by stefan @ 2011-08-19

The latest TRENDnet 450Mbps Concurrent Dual Band Wireless N Router, model TEW-692GR, supports 450Mbps speeds on both the 2.4GHz and 5GHz bands at the same time, is very stable and comes with an intuitive firmware interface and integrated help menu.

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The Router Firmware Part I

The router interface design is very similar to the one we have seen on previous products manufactured by TRENDnet; on the top we've got the TRENDnet logo along with the name of the router, one menu on the left and details on the right:

 

 

The firmware is also equipped with a Setup Wizard, for us to be able to configure quickly the Internet connection and the security for the Wireless connection:

 

 

 

The WAN settings menu can be modified depending on the details we have received from our ISP:

 

 

 

In the LAN settings menu, we can set an IP address for the router, enable/disable the DHCP server and set its range or add DHCP reservations:

 

 

 

The QoS settings can be accessed by clicking on the respective menu:

 

 

 

In the DHCP Client List menu we can see listed the currently connected stations to the router:

 

 

 

The menus that take care of the WiFi 2.4GHz and 5GHz interfaces have about the same options that we can set; in the Basic Wireless Settings menu, we can enable/disable the radio interface, set the Wireless mode, the SSID name or we can choose to broadcast or not the network name, as an added security option; the frequency channel can be also chosen here, along with the WDS option and HT Physical Mode options:

 

 

 

 

In the Advanced Wireless settings menu, we can change parameters like Beacon Interval, DTIM, Fragment Threshold, RTS Threshold and so on:

 

 

 

The Wireless Security setting menu allows us to set the security mode and enter the necessary keys that the stations need for connecting to the current SSID:

 

 

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