With the introduction of the draft 802.11n standard wireless networking devices are now capable of not only offering great portability and convenience to users, but also provide blazingly faster speeds than traditional 802.11g devices. In fact the standard is said to provide 14 times the speed of traditional 802.11g devices offer.
Today we take a look at a wireless router by TRENDnet; the TWE-672GR, which not only supports the 802.11n draft standard but also capable of working in the 2.4 GHz and 5 GHz band space.
Last year we reviewed a similar device by Airlive, however from the initial outset TRENDnet’s TWE-672GR seems to pack a great deal more performance and looks much sleeker in design and finish.
Let us first look at the specifications of the TWE-672GR before we go further in detail about the device.
Hardware | |
| Standards | Wired: IEEE 802.3 (10Base-T), IEEE 802.3u (100Base-TX) and IEEE 802.3ab (1000BaseT) Wireless: IEEE 802.11a, IEEE 802.11b, IEEE 802.11g, IEEE 802.11n (draft 2.0) |
| WAN | 1 x 10/100/1000Mbps Auto-MDIX port (Internet) |
| LAN | 4 x 10/100/1000Mbps Auto-MDIX port |
| Wireless On/Off Switch | Turn on/off wireless LAN |
| WPS Button | Wi-Fi Protected Setup (WPS) with other WPS compliant devices |
| Connection Type | Dynamic IP, Static (fixed) IP, PPPoE, PPTP, L2TP |
| NAT Firewall | 3K configurable NAT entries; restricted NAPT IP ranges, port ranges and schedule Pre-defined game hosting configurations Port triggering for 24 special applications ALG support (enable/disable support) –RTP/RTSP, AOL, FTP, ICMP, WMP/MMS, NetMeeting, SIP |
| SPI Firewall | Up to 24 rules; cyber attack protection – verified against over 2000 attacks |
| WDS | Enable/disable Wireless Distribution System support |
| UPnP | UPnP IGD 1.0 compliant |
| DMZ | DMZ host, 24 configurable Virtual Servers and Game Servers |
| DNS | Static or WAN assigned DNS servers; 10 verified services for DDNS |
| Internet Access Control | Policy based parental control; time based Internet access; port range/service filtering; Dynamic URL filtering; Internet domain restriction; 32 user defined schedules, 24 MAC address filter entries |
| Logging | 3 types and 3 severities event logging; up to 1,000 entries Email notifications |
| LED Indicator | Power, LAN1~LAN4, WAN, and WLAN |
| Power Adapter | 12V DC, 1A external power adapter |
| Power Consumption | 779mA |
| Dimension (L x W x H) | 150 x 163 x 26 mm (5.9 x 6.4 x 1.0 in) |
| Weight | 350g (0.8 lb) |
| Temperature | Operation: 0°~ 40°C (32°F~ 104°F); Storage: -20°~ 60°C (-4°F~140 °F) |
| Humidity | Max. 90% (non-condensing) |
| Certifications | CE, FCC |
Wireless | |
| Frequency | 2.412 ~ 2.462 GHz (FCC); 2.412 ~ 2.472 GHz (ETSI) 5.150~5.250GHz; 5.725~5.825GHz (FCC) 5.150~5.250MHz (ETSI) |
| Antenna | 3 x 2dBi fixed dipole antenna |
| Media Access Protocol | CSMA/CA with ACK |
| Module Technique | 802.11n: BPSK, QPSK, 16QAM, with OFDM 802.11b:CCK (11 and 5.5Mbps) DQPSK (2Mbps) DBSPK (1Mbps) 802.11g: OFDM with BPSK, QPSK and 16/64-QAM sub-carrier modulations |
| Data Rate | 802.11a: 54Mbps, 48Mbps, 36Mbps, 24Mbps, 18Mbps, 12Mbps, 9Mbps and 6Mbps 802.11b: 11Mbps, 5.5Mbps, 2Mbps, and 1Mbps 802.11g: 54Mbps, 48Mbps, 36Mbps, 24Mbps, 18Mbps, 12Mbps, 9Mbps and 6Mbps 802.11n: up to 300Mbps |
| Security | Encryption: hardware AES/TKIP, 64/128-bit WEP (HEX/ passphrase, 11a/b/g/n) 802.1X/EAP: EAP-TLE, EAP-TTLE/MSCHAPv2, PEAPv0/EAP-MSCHAPv2, PEAPv1/EAP-GTC WPA: WPA/WPA2, WPA-PSK/WPA2-PSK (AES-11b/g/n, TKIP-11b/g) WPS: support PIN and PBC SSID broadcast control |
| Output Power | 802.11a: 14dBm (typical) 802.11b: 18dBm (typical) 802.11g: 15dBm (typical) 802.11n: 11dBm (typical) with HT20 or HT40 |
| Receiving Sensitivity | 802.11a: -72dBm (typical) @ 54Mbps 802.11b: -84dBm (typical) @ 11Mpbs 802.11g: -73dBm (typical) @ 54Mbps 802.11n: -69dBm (typical) with HT20 or HT40 |
| Channels | 2.4GHz 1~ 11 (US), 1~13 (EU) 5GHz 36, 40, 44, 48, 149, 153, 157, 161, and 165 |
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