TRENDnet Announces AC3200 Router With Tri-Band Support

[Guest]

TRENDnet is preparing to ship the TEW-828DRU, a new router with the 802.11ac standard and triple-band transmission support.

TRENDnet Announces AC3200 Router With Tri-Band Support : Read more

 

[Maxx_Power]

More antennas. This thing clearly doesn't have enough.

 

[synphul]

Russia on line 2, they want sputnik back.

 

[amk-aka-Phantom]

Read "tri-band" and got excited, expecting the router to support 802.11ad... disappointed.

 

[amk-aka-Phantom]

(Ignore - the ludicrous comments system AGAIN double-posted!)

 

[heffeque]

I wish libraries, airports and other public wifi places used these new AC routers. When there's a lot of people connected, the connection is usually pretty deficient. Updating to these AC3200 should help A LOT.

 

[big_tiger]

3.2 Gbps of total wifi throughput, but what about the LAN side, 1Gbps? How many wireless clients can it handle?

 

[Thudo]

Read "tri-band" and got excited, expecting the router to support 802.11ad... disappointed. -- Whooaaa there: AD is out yet? Radified long time ago but no where ready for the consumer market just yet..

 

[digitaldoc]

Read "tri-band" and got excited, expecting the router to support 802.11ad... disappointed. -- Whooaaa there: AD is out yet? Radified long time ago but no where ready for the consumer market just yet..

Supposedly coming this Fall sometime for 802.11ad.

 

[digitaldoc]

Okay, why would you want 1300Mbps if you only have about 15-20Mbps?

Probably not too useful, but some folks can use this bandwidth for file transfers on their network.

 

[amk-aka-Phantom]

Whooaaa there: AD is out yet? Radified long time ago but no where ready for the consumer market just yet..

I don't think it will be used for Wi-Fi, really... it's on 60 GHz band and has a very short range, BUT 7 Gbps throughput... Intel is using it for wireless docking stations, demo'd already in the end of January. Some new ultrabooks/convertibles can already be configured with Intel's new Wireless-AC 17265 adapter which supports REAL tri-band (2.4/5/60 GHz) and thus enables wireless docking.

Probably not too useful, but some folks can use this bandwidth for file transfers on their network.

Exactly, and it's not "not too useful", it's VERY useful for this purpose. Keep in mind that real-world speeds are far lower than rated speeds. For instance, with 2x2 Wireless-AC 7260 in my laptop I was only able to get ~50 MB/s (=400 Mbps) instead of the rated 867 Mbps using a TP-LINK Archer C7. I store all my data on a NAS and though I have a gigabit LAN wired everywhere it's needed, high-speed wireless is also great to have. Of course, this particular router would only be better than a normal 802.11ac one if you have multiple 802.11ac devices accessing the NAS simultaneously.

 

[digitaldoc]

I envision 802.11ad being used more like a faster version of Bluetooth to connect devices over short distances, than the more traditional uses of Wi-Fi.