TRENDnet TEW-650AP 150Mbps N150 Wireless Access Point for CCTV Systems

worked as promised...but it wasn't what I needed. I needed more boost for my WiFi. however, it's size and ease of setup makes it great for a smaller home or apartment. plus you can't beat the price.

I have a few Foscam wireless home surveillance video cameras and wanted to setup a dedicated AP / wireless network so that the video cameras wouldn't overload or bog down my main wireless network.I connected this AP to my router switch and used my laptop (using a static 192.168.10.5 address) to connect directly to the web interface and 192.168.10.100 and had it configured in a few minutes.The unit is nice and small and very light weight. Although it does not have mounting holes on the bottom, it is so light that I just used two velcro "dots" to hang it on the wall next to the rest of my network gear.I've only had it running a few days, but haven't had any issues. For the price, it works great.

I bought the TEW-650AP to use in Client AP mode with a networked receiver (Onkyo TX-8050). It's really easy to set up but the confusing wording in the manual makes it difficult if you are not familiar with networking. However, once it was set up I plugged it in to the Onkyo and was streaming music from my NAS and listening to Internet radio. I have it inside a wood cabinet with the door closed and had no issues streaming mp3, FLAC, WAV, or Internet stations over a Wireless G connection. The NAS and router are located one floor up.For the price, it's worth it. Small, nice black color, and no drop outs so far. But as others have said, the software and instructions are lacking though.

I bought this to use as a wireless adapter for my Ethernet enabled A/V devices. Trendnet calls it AP Client mode and it is an advertised feature of this device. I am very computer savvy and I couldn't get this to work reliably at all. I contacted the tech support line and they knew less than I did, and they were unable to get it to work either. The furthest I got was after hours of work trying different wireless networks and different computers, I got it to work for maybe 10-15 minutes at a time before it would stop working and need to be reset.A wireless adapter shouldn't be difficult to use or configure. As a matter of fact I was very disappointed for the hours of my time lost. I finally cut my losses and returned this item. I bought the Edimax unit from Amazon. It literally took about two minutes to configure this unit correctly. Since then it has been working, rock solid and doesn't need to be reset.I recommend against using this device for an AP Client. I didn't try the access point mode so I can't comment about how well that would work.

A pass on this one. I bought it because I needed a simple access point client for a tech to configure in the field. I got it set up and configured in about 10 minutes with very few issues. It worked perfectly. I power cycled the device to test its ability to recover should the power go out and it wouldn't reconnect. I tried it again and this time once configured I couldn't access the static IP system config. So I called the tech support. The level one guy was great. He walked me through a firmware update I didn't need and would have had no problem doing on my own if it had mentioned anything about my problem in the bug fix section, it did not. I did it anyway because it's easier than explaining to them why you don't want to do the work. Then when that didn't fix the problem he kicked it up to level 2. This guy was an overworked, underpaid arrogant *expletive deleted* He talked me through a couple of things the first guy didn't know, which made sense. (you apparently just can't connect to a wireless network and expect it to stay connected you have to create a profile and then activate it) So I follow his instructions receive a good signal, but no network connection. I ping the thing, renew the IP and basically it wasn't connecting to the internet. He puts me on soft hold for the fifteenth time then comes back and asks if I'm done yet. I tell him the problems I've faced and he proceeds to talk really fast trying to talk me in circles. I know this tactic, it only works on those who can't smell the BS. I work on wireless sytems on a regular basis across various types of systems, this thing is not working as it should. He tells me it's my internet service, and I need to talk to them. A very polite way of giving me the finger and telling me he's done wasting his time, so I told him I was all set, and I just filled out the thing to return it. I've got a Linksys WAP54G access point I configured with DDwrt54G ready to go, but the interface isn't as user friendly as I would like to give to a tech who isn't all that geek savvy. I thought this would be the perfect cheap solution, I was wrong. The first guy earned this thing the extra star. It should have been one.

Seems to work fine once it's setup, but the setup process was quite a pain. This is the first AP that I've dealt with that you can't setup with just a web client. It also seems that you can't get it setup using WiFi, you really have to have your computer connected to your LAN via a wired connection. Trying to do the setup over WiFi is a recipe for much frustration.

I had very little signal strength in a bedroom addition (from my phone company-provided DSL wireless b/g modem/router) due to distance and intervening walls, but I did have the foresight to have an ethernet cable run in there during construction. Putting this access point in with a switch to connect to the remainder of the network worked with just a little help from tech support. This application did require a manual setup. I might have been able to puzzle that out from the directions, but tried the automated setup first and experienced a failure to configure. Tech support was very knowledgable, helpful, friendly, etc--a pleasure to work with. The 150 Mbps AP is plenty for my 100 Mbps ethernet and has become the default connection point for other parts of the house as well due to speed and signal strength. This works great for me!