Amazon.com: Customer reviews: TRENDnet Wireless AC750 Dual Band Router, 733 Mbps Total Wireless, Pre-Encrypted, TEW-810DR

Don't know why there are so many negative reviews... this is great!

Reviewed in the United States on December 11, 2018

I bought this budget router almost 4 years ago, for $35 on Amazon, and didn't expect much. I was merely wanting to get 5GHz dual-band WiFi because that was beginning to become the norm then, in 2014.

To my surprise, this router was performing quite well! I even moved 2 years ago and it was easy enough to almost just plug the router in my new home, and voila, everything worked! It covers now a 1700 sq. ft. home with this single router, even reaching my security camera videos from my garage!

The set-up was quite easy, too! There was a simple mode with fewer options and an Advanced mode for the experts. And the latter does have quite a lot of useful options, including encryption methods (AES, TKIP).

The reason why I waited till now to write the review was that, I'm finally trying to upgrade to a higher-bandwidth router. I bought a TP-LINK Touch P5 and realized how crappy that is compared to this TrendNet -- I couldn't even get the TP-LINK wireless to connect to the internet!

Regardless, I'm keeping this for now and will return the TP-LINK. I may try another TrendNet... but perhaps the build quality isn't always consistent (given the other views, there's a small chance that it's just hit-or-miss).

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Amazon_Customer

Not Built To Last....

Reviewed in the United States on November 1, 2015

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Started out working great. Setup was easy, speeds & range were decent. 6 months later and now it constantly needs to be rebooted. I do not recommend this product. You get what you pay for on this item.

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Meticulous

Great value (bought for $19

Reviewed in the United States on January 13, 2016

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Great value (bought for $19.99 before Xmas) given dual band and guest network capability. Using in a relatively small house, but range is good enough to work in all rooms on main floor level and also in basement, although range is better for 2.4 GHz than for 5 Ghz (as expected). Works as expected. Friend of mine also has this router and it has lasted over a year so far with no problems.

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Freddy Stintz

Worked awesome for a week.

Reviewed in the United States on January 3, 2015

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But I needed this for more than a week. After a week, the range and bandwidth dropped considerably with no explanation. I hadn't enable automatic firmware update, so that didn't break it. No one lives near me, so it wasn't interference.

Per online support I updated firmware, I rebooted, I completely reset the device. Has not improved. I may or may not go through the hassle of returning it, but I am using a different router now.

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McB

OK Router for 2.4ghz - not so much for 5ghz / Problems maintaining wifi signal

Reviewed in the United States on February 4, 2015

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UPDATED ON 9/24/2015:
I lowered this from 4 starts to 3 starts. Still to this day I am resetting the router at least once per week. My iPhone 6 and iPad Air seem to work decently well but my wife's iPhone 5s and her 1 year old laptop have a very difficult time connecting to the wifi. Although my 7 year old Netgear router had awful reception in our condo when you weren't within 50 feet and was much slower at a distance it could go months or years without needing to be rebooted and it always was in communication with our devices and not giving us issues.

For one third the price of a quality Netgear router you will have to reboot this router often to get a connection. It may still transmit a wifi signal and say you're connected but you will have no internet connection whatsoever. If you're dependent upon a steady, full time 24hr connection then this isn't the router for you. If you don't mind resetting it often and don't demand perfection then this isn't such a bad deal as the speeds are very good when working. I'll deal with it for now as I don't want to buy another router and am happy with the device when it is actually connecting to my devices and giving me some type of signal. In the end, you get what you pay for!!!

ORIGINAL POST JANUARY 2015
So far so good. Initially the connection didn't work and after a few resets the 2.4ghz connection is very strong and very consistent. On occossaion (maybe once a week or so) the router still acts up and might need to be rest again but overall the speed is fantastic compared to my 7 year old 2.4ghz Belkin Wireless N router that I was previously using. Previously where I would get no connection our 2 story condo I now get nearly full bars on my iPhone and iPad.

As for the 5ghz, unless I'm sitting within striking distance of the router the signal strength falls VERY fast and as a result the speed is greatly reduced to worse than the 2.4ghz. Since the 2.4ghz connection speed is so quick (about 50mb/sec when in the same room and still about 20mb at the furthest location in the condo) I chose to "forget" the 5ghz network on my Apple products.

Overall, very happy with the router so far. It's definitely a cheaper router so I'm not counting on it to work for years and years but if I can get a couple good years out of this I'll be happy for the $35 price I paid.

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Matt R

Good router, beware hardware version and software conflicts

Reviewed in the United States on January 12, 2015

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This router gives excellent range and great speed, however I was not pleased to receive a discontinued hardware version of it and their tech support could not walk me through a fairly basic software conflict with avast! anit-virus.

First the good: the router (when working properly) has great range and excellent bandwidth. I was able to get reception three stories down from my apartment, in my garage, on my phone. I have a 65 Mbps connection at home. All my devices are 802.11n. I disabled the 5Ghz mode since none of my devices are compatible. I was able to get a full 65Mbps (wirelessly) on my PC, which I've never accomplished before with my other routers. My phone and BD players all exceeded 30 Mbps as well. I got full bars in all rooms, including a bedroom where I previously couldn't get a connection from my old router. I love that I was able to easily hide my SSID name from broadcast and filter MAC addresses for maximum security and privacy.

They also have an online GUI emulator you can play around with prior to getting your purchase, this is a great feature to help you determine if the device will meet all your needs.

The bad: setting up the router was a NIGHTMARE. It connected quickly, easily and I immediately located the pre-encrypted WiFi network Trendnet has running out of the box. Through my hard wired ports and WiFi I had no problem surfing the web. Success right? Now I try to configure my router for added security and customization. The GUI either wouldn't load, would half load or freeze up constantly. I spent 30 minutes on the phone with their USELESS tech support who repeatedly told me to click on 'Advanced' no matter how many times I told them the reason I was calling was that I didn't have that option because the GUI won't load. The tech told me I should send it back. After I hung up with captain useless, I disabled my avast! anti-virus 'web shield' and the GUI loaded with no issues. The tech must have had me do a hard reset 3 or 4 times, and then continue to walk me through the exact same steps again. What a joke.

I also noticed on my hardware that I had hardware version 1.0r, not the latest which is 1.1r. Had I realized that right off, I would have sent it right back.

The lesson here: send back version 1.0r (no longer supported) and if you have GUI issues and run avast! anti-virus, disable the silly web shield option when accessing the Trendnet GUI.

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Dee Reader

Glad I made this purchase

Reviewed in the United States on October 10, 2014

Verified Purchase

Just bought this router to replace a Cisco E2000 that has worked for a number of years. My setup impressions ...

Easy out of the box ... and I love having an on/off switch that I will be able to find easily by feel (these are always behind and out of direct light, after all).
The setup screen for people who want to use the default configuration is very quick.
I don't use default configurations, so wanted to login separately. A sticker with the necessary information is located on the front of the router. My one complaint, it kept producing a 404 error in Chrome. A switch to Internet Explorer fixed that problem.
The GUI for the provided firmware is easy to navigate.
I loaded the available firmware update -- very straight forward. Though there is a warning about some firmware updates requiring a reset, this didn't. The backup process (always a good idea) was easy.

The connection is strong in both the 5.0 and 2.4 gHz ranges (I use this for Apple products). So far, I'm impressed with the stability.

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CAREY B

Functions as it should, No dropped signals

Reviewed in the United States on January 8, 2015

Verified Purchase

This is a great entry level AC Dual Band Router. I installed it in my daughter's apartment and she has had now problems at all. It does however have a lot of features that I didn't use and are not necessary for the average user. It's a good little router.

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Joe

Solid N300 / AC450 Router, Good features, 3-yr Warranty.

Reviewed in the United States on September 17, 2014

Verified Purchase

I've got my hands on quite a few routers, and I'll list them below as competitors (below)

The main Plus for this router are:
1. Modern case. Antenna-Less. Probably the wide surface has something to do with it.
2. Easy installation. I consider it easy if it does not require a whole series of disk usage and/or logins. I understand that mfg give out discs for some to install easier, but it should not be a requirement
3. I can choose to have 5GHz band. (that's the 450mbps AC right? Just found out that my phone does take 802.11AC so I might set it up soon:)
4. Great deal.price wise, for an 802.11ac router isn't too bad, including the N300 as package..
5. Guest network. I feel weird if visitors get on the same network I do, but using WPS instead of telling them my password is awkward. Thus guest network works great.
6. multiple SSIDs. It's almost like Guest network but adds many varieties to SOHO / larger population environments.
7. warranty of 3 years. I think that gets me sold. I have ASUS & TPLink who are offering 2 years of protection.

Main things that AC750 can improve are:
1. The stand. the wires kind of pull on the router, so positioning becomes quite critical for the router, otherwise the stand is not enough to withhold the numerous wires that is dragging it.
2. settings page, for each subsection the router partially resets itself... very painful to wait for settings to apply... but I don't know, at least when I don't change SSID, the router config page logs back in easily.
3. USB PORT. for this price, I'd rather give up AC450, and maybe I can trade N300 to a N150, but I need a USB Share Port really bad. (however, most brands at this range still don't have it...) [4 stars because of this]

Netgear WNR2000-100NAR (N300)
ASUS RT-N10p (N150)
TPLink TL-WR841N
DLInk DIR-615

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Richard L.

Nice Small Profile Dual Band Router

Reviewed in the United States on October 6, 2014

Verified Purchase

This router surprised me with its capabilities. It's a dual (2.4/5GHtz) band router with a totally separate (from main/home network) guest account. Also, you can setup multiple SSIDs in both 2.4GHtz & 5GHtz bands. Plus, you can allocate bandwidth as needed for specific devices. Its range is pretty good, as well as can be expected from a basic router. I do like the antenna-less design, getting a good signal up to 30'.

The user interface is a bit cumbersome being that you have to make each change individually and then wait for it to update. Okay, it's not that long but, when I was entering MACs, I had to put each one in separately. And it would only take the XX:XX:XX:XX:XX:XX method rather than just the 12 alpha/numeric characters where it could/should insert the colons for you. Also, the pop-up help seems to be translated from Chinese to English and back to Chinese again. I was able to decipher its code.

As for automatic setup, you'll have to refer to others since I always go straight to the interface on a non-Internet-connected computer where I can change passwords and setup SSIDs. I will tell you, that once I applied all my settings and preferences, I was online immediately with my wireless devices shortly behind after refreshing DHCP/IP addresses.

FYI: To enter the user interface, enter http://TEW-810DR in your browser address bar; I also found that 192.168.1.1 works too. From there, admin is already entered for user and original password is on the front of router.

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