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no better luck after RMA, with Trendnet TEW-432BRP wireless router

October 17, 2007 in the late evening · Filed under consumer rights, rant, trendnet, wireless router

A replacement TEW-432BRP wireless router finally came from Trendnet via FedEx. I experienced random reset on an apparently defective TEW-432BRP wireless router. With my first report of the problem, Trendnet promptly asked to RMA it.

Minor gripes of the RMA process and the replacement unit :-(

  • I had to mail the unit back in my own expense first. $8.95 with USPS first class including $0.65 for receipt confirmation. The ‘Free after MIR (mail-in rebate)” price tag motivated my purchase at first place. Read the rest of this entry »

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Trendnet TEW-432BRP random reset and connection loss

September 19, 2007 in the wee hours · Filed under trendnet, wireless router

After three weeks use of the Trendnet TEW-432BRP wireless router, I experienced more serious problems.

  • The unit resets itself randomly (every several hours or less than a couple of minutes). The computers/laptops behind it see ‘network disconnected’ then ‘network connected’, for both wireless and wired connections. No reasons were logged in the router log besides the fact it resets. All front LEDs go off dark then back on. Read the rest of this entry »

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quick review of Trendnet TEW-432BRP wireless router

September 10, 2007 in the late evening · Filed under wireless router

I was happy with the recent upgrade of the broadband router, which port-forwards your request to see this blog page to the actual Fedora Linux server.  The upgrade went smoothly, w/o having to resort to any manual or doc. Only a few nitty-gritty complaints  against the Trendnet TEW-432BRP wireless router. They are:

  • no IP reservation for DHCP server functionality. I can definitely use it on the VoIP adapter and the blog server. I ended up using static IP for the blog server outside the DHCP range. Read the rest of this entry »

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Netgear WGR614v6 wireless access can’t be enabled by manual configuration

February 9, 2007 around lunchtime · Filed under WAP, blackberry, netgear, wireless router

This morning I started to configure yet another Netgear WGR614v6 wireless router (WAP) for a customer site. As experienced as I am with Netgear wireless routers, I opt to run neither the installation CD nor the setup wizard. I hooked up my laptop to one of the four RJ-45 ports on the router, then pointed Firefox to “www.routerlogin.net/start.htm”.


Everything works fine except:

  • I had to power cycle the unit when I changed the subnet for the LAN. simple “ipconfig /renew” on the laptop picked up old subnet range.
  • wireless radio is disabled and no obvious way to turn it on. The check-box was shadowed. Wireless options can be configured just fine, such as SSID/WPA-PSK/channel. Read the rest of this entry »

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