TRENDnet Shipping Dual-Band 450 Mbps Wireless N Bridge

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Tim Higgins

TRENDnet has started to ship a dual-band three-stream N wireless bridge.

Shipments of the TEW-680MB 450 Mbps Dual Band Wireless N Media Bridge announced back at June’s Computex show are on their way to to retailers and should be available to buy in the next week or so.

The new bridge has a built-in four-port Gigabit Ethernet switch and supports WPA / WPA2 and push-button Wi-Fi Protected Setup wireless security. It supports link rates up to 450 Mbps on both bands when used with three-stream N capable routers that are set to 40 Mbps bandwidth mode.

TRENDnet TEW-680MB

The TEW-680MB lists for $169.99 and comes with a three-year limited warranty.

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