It is like the water that flows through a pipe, when the end of the pipe is smaller than the other end, the bottleneck problem will occur. This is the analogy with the data throughput between the wireless clients and the wireless router. If both ends of devices use different pipe of bandwidth, a bottleneck will occur. To get the maximum data throughput, both ends must use the same bandwidth.

Today there are various models of wireless routers with N900 technology – the fastest wireless technology available today that delivers high speed up to 900Mbps both 2.4GHz and 5GHz bands, for example Netgear with its Wndr4500 router, Linksys with its E4200Vs router and more. Unfortunately not many wireless clients are powered by the same wireless N450 technology to let you connect and get the maximum data rate throughput when connecting to those wireless N900 routers.

To get the optimum data rate throughput when connecting to the wireless N900 router, the following wireless devices are powered by N450 wireless technology you may consider for pairing with those N900 routers.

TEW-684UB 450 Mbps Dual Band Wireless N USB Adapter

Previous generations of the laptops are typically equipped with 802.11b/g compliant Wi-Fi adapter. You don’t need to upgrade the laptop with the one with 450Mbps Wi-Fi adapter, but you just need to upgrade the Wi-Fi adapter to get the maximum data rate transfer when connecting to N900 router.

TEW-684UB is the dual band wireless 450Mbps USB adapter you may consider in paring with your high performance wireless N900 or N750 router.

Main features:

• Powered by wireless 802.11n 450Mbps with dual band with MIMO antenna for better range coverage.
• Coverage of up to 100 meters indoor (330 feet) and 300 meters outdoor (980 feet)
• To reduce the clutter of the wires, the adapter is powered by computer’s USB
• Wireless security encryption including WEP, WPA/WPA2-RADIUS, and WPA-PSK/WPA2-PSK and support WPS
• WMM and QoS support

TEW-687GA 450Mbps Wireless N Gaming Adapter

Probably not many gaming consoles are equipped with gigabit Ethernet port but soon the next generation of Ethernet-based devices will include this type of high speed gigabit port for optimum data rate transfer when connecting to other gigabit device.

TEW-687GA is high speed 450Mbps wireless gaming adapter you may use to connect the gaming consoles to the high speed wireless network.

Main features:

• High performance 450Mbps wireless N adapter with MIMO antenna technology covering up to 50 indoor and up to 100m outdoor
• Includes one Gigabit Ethernet port with autosensing technology
• Connect your gaming consoles, DVR, HDTV or Blu-Ray player
• Connect securely using 64/128-bit WEP, WPA-PSK, and WPA2-PSK and support WPS

TEW-687GA is a single Ethernet-based adapter. Should you require connecting multiple Ethernet-based devices you may consider TEW-680MB. This is a dual band wireless N450 HD media bridge which includes four gigabit ports to let you connect four devices together including XBOX, Blu-Ray, DVR and PS 2/3.

TEW-680MB 450Mbps Dual Band Wireless N HD Media Bridge

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Traditionally a wireless bridge device is equipped with one Ethernet port and you add a Switch to extend the number of ports for more Ethernet-based devices to connect to the network. Trendnet offers you a wireless bridge device with multiple ports to let you add more home theater devices connect to the internet wirelessly. TEW-680 450Mbps is dual band wireless N HD Media Bridge with the main features:

• Powered by wireless N450 with MIMO antenna technology – 802.11ab/g/n compliant
• Equipped with four 10/100/1000Mbps Ethernet ports with auto-MDIX
• Supports WMM-based QoS prioritization
• Speed up to 450Mbps both 2.4GHz and 5GHz bands
• Advanced security up to WPA2-PSK with WPS supports

This is an ideal solution in connecting your home theater devices including Blu-Ray, XBOX, HDTV and more together to your high performance wireless routers such as Wndr4500 or Linksys E4200V2 with N900 router.

By Ki Grinsing

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