Jan 09

TRENDnet produces world’s smallest Wireless N travel router

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Looking to drag that 802.11n connectivity with you to even the zaniest of places? Those newly implemented baggage rules totally cramping your style? Enter TRENDnet‘s TEW-654TR, a 300Mbps Wireless N Travel Router kit which is supposedly small enough to slip completely away into the average front pocket. The device only has a LED indicator, 10/100Mbps Ethernet port, a MIMO antenna and an AC socket. No price is mentioned, but don’t count on the sticker being proportionally small.

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TRENDnet produces world’s smallest Wireless N travel router originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 09 Jan 2009 01:37:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Jan 08

Google rumored to be developing own router, also mowing own lawn, doing own laundry

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Google rumored to be developing own router, also mowing own lawn, doing own laundryThere’s a lot of truth in the old adage about getting something done right by doing it yourself — but so too in the one that says it’s easier to re-use than to re-build. Choosing the right option isn’t easy, but if rumors currently swirling about Google turn out to be accurate it seems the company is leaning toward the former when it comes to its network routers. Big G currently relies on hardware from Juniper Networks but may be looking to develop something in-house to handle its copious quantities of bits. The company is issuing a firm “no comment,” but the mere suggestion of Juniper’s biggest client turning coat was enough to send its stock plummeting 5 percent.

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Google rumored to be developing own router, also mowing own lawn, doing own laundry originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 08 Jan 2009 10:26:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Jan 06

D-Link’s Xtreme N DIR-685 router is also a digiframe / NAS device

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Go ‘head, D-Link, get down with your bad self. Seriously, we can’t remember the last time a router got us all hot and bothered, but this one’s just too wild to not get stoked about. The Xtreme N DIR-685 is hailed as an “all-in-one home network router,” and we’d say it puts a new meaning to “all-in-one.” Aside from handling the normal duties of an 802.11n wireless access point, the device also includes a 3.2-inch LCD for displaying photos and / or widgets. As if that wasn’t zany enough, it also supports both UPnP server functions and BitTorrent downloads. How so, you ask? The twin USB ports on the rear enable users to plug in vanilla external hard drives and essentially convert them into NAS drives, making the data on each accessible over the web. Sadly, no price is mentioned for this conglomerate, but we don’t expect it to come cheap.

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D-Link’s Xtreme N DIR-685 router is also a digiframe / NAS device originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 06 Jan 2009 11:18:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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