I'd be more excited about this if I hadn't already actually USED a TrendNET product.
All I can say is that I hope they write better drivers for their newer products than for their TEW-423PI PCI card (wireless G) I bought last year for my desktop. Even from just one room away (like 20 feet, tops) from my FiOS router, with the official driver from their website installed, I only ever got one or two out of five bars of wireless signal. It was miserable trying to have to disconnect and reconnect every five minutes, just to use the internet at home.
I ended up figuring out that it uses the Atheros AR5005GS chipset, and found a driver for that that works excellently (and just updated through Windows update last week!). But by all indications, TrendNET seems like a second or third-rate company with terrible support. You get what you pay for.
If you guys happen to try this out and it turns out great, please let me know.
Ooh, sorry, messed up the capitalization - should be TRENDnet, not TrendNET. Don't want to disparage the reputation of a corporation so dear to my heart.
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I'd be more excited about this if I hadn't already actually USED a TrendNET product.
All I can say is that I hope they write better drivers for their newer products than for their TEW-423PI PCI card (wireless G) I bought last year for my desktop. Even from just one room away (like 20 feet, tops) from my FiOS router, with the official driver from their website installed, I only ever got one or two out of five bars of wireless signal. It was miserable trying to have to disconnect and reconnect every five minutes, just to use the internet at home.
I ended up figuring out that it uses the Atheros AR5005GS chipset, and found a driver for that that works excellently (and just updated through Windows update last week!). But by all indications, TrendNET seems like a second or third-rate company with terrible support. You get what you pay for.
If you guys happen to try this out and it turns out great, please let me know.
Ooh, sorry, messed up the capitalization - should be TRENDnet, not TrendNET. Don't want to disparage the reputation of a corporation so dear to my heart.