How does trendnet work

There you will find your login credentials. If not then have a look at the manual of your router. Sometimes the username and password doesn't work that we mentioned in the top of this guide. You tried different router IPs but nothing worked?

Did you try the following IPs? Maybe this will work for you. One powerline adapter was also plugged into a nearby outlet, with its Ethernet cable connected to a port on the router. Note: Tor the MoCA testing during early , the adapters were placed in similar test locations as the powerline adapters, connected to a working coaxial cable outlet.

These are exactly the sort of places wired adapters are best-suited to reach. All of our powerline and MoCA adapters offered wired Ethernet ports, and we tested those wired connections with an Intel gigabit network adapter on a Dell laptop. We tested our powerline adapters using Netburn , an open-source tool that tests networks with the same HTTP protocol your browser uses to read web pages.

The NUC was plugged directly into a spare port on the Archer A7 in the home office, and the test laptops had to connect to it by way of the powerline adapters. Each laptop was tested for download performance and for web browsing performance. The download test simply downloads a 1 MB file repeatedly as fast as possible. We also ran a version of the download test with a 16 MB file to stress the network further. We ran the tests on all the adapters with an Ethernet cable connected.

For example, the adapter was faster than all the others in one of our six tests. Both have dual Ethernet ports on each adapter, similar performance, passthrough power ports you can still use the power outlet for other things , and both are easy to set up.

If you need to wire more than two devices to your network over a powerline adapter, you can also connect an inexpensive network switch to the PAP and have enough ports to hook up your entire entertainment center. Taking those often bandwidth-hungry devices off your network can be a double win. Your streaming box, smart TV, the desktop hooked up to your TV, and any other local devices will benefit from the stronger signal from a wired connection, and the rest of your wireless devices will be more responsive since they are on a now less-congested wireless network.

Both powerline adapter kits excelled in our throughput tests, trading places for the top spots. The PLP kit placed a smidge higher than the TL-PAP on four of the six throughput and latency tests, meaning it is technically faster than our top pick. Either of the top kits will do just as well to extend your network where Wi-Fi is problematic. Those two factors were the main reasons the PLP is only our runner-up pick. MoCA adapters work similarly to powerline adapters, but use the coaxial cable TV wires installed in many homes to carry networking signals.

In either case, cable TV viewers and cord cutting families alike can use the wires already in your home to transmit fast Ethernet-like signals from your router to other rooms in your home. It would be a lot less expensive to use the wires you already have in your walls, instead of hiring a contractor to run Ethernet cables from one side of the home to the other.

When we tested the Trendnet TMOC2K and compared the results to our powerline picks, the MoCA adapters were twice as fast in the attic, and over four times as fast over foot distances to the bedroom test location. That translates into potentially faster response and a smoother picture from streaming services to your media streaming box with a built-in Ethernet connector.

The TMOC2K is potentially a better choice than powerline for connecting two distant rooms in your home, provided there is an intact coaxial cable connection between the two rooms a big if.

The other three MoCA adapter kits we tested see competition had extra Ethernet cables, coaxial cables, splitters, and point of entry filters.

Any MoCA adapter also occupies a power outlet; the powerline adapters we recommend have pass-throughs so you can plug in other items like lamps or TVs without losing an outlet. Building codes ensure that there is a wired connection between power outlets. Wired connections, like those of our seven powerline adapter kits, improve the stability and responsiveness of the network connection. So we concentrated on how fast each kit was able to transfer data. Overall, the best powerline kits were faster than Wi-Fi, especially as more obstacles were placed in between the router and the test laptop.

Our throughput test measures how much data can be transmitted through the network, measured in megabits per second Mbps. Obstructions in your walls or electrical wire distance will degrade the Wi-Fi or powerline throughput, respectively.

As mentioned earlier, we tested throughput at two locations in our test home. The first site was in the attic about 25 feet from the router, but on the other side of a load-bearing wall and plate-glass window that decreased Wi-Fi signals.

In general, the powerline transfer speed in an attic was quite fast, easily exceeding Wi-Fi over the same distance. The other test location was in a bedroom two flights down, and on the other side of the home, a challenging foot distance for both Wi-Fi and electrical signals. At this location, the best powerline kits still managed rates that were twice as fast Wi-Fi—only performance, while the worst two kits were a bit slower than Wi-Fi.

For comparison, during our last router test session the TP-Link Archer A7 router had no trouble maintaining almost Mbps throughput to a similar laptop about 15 feet away, through a ceiling. To challenge the network kits, we also ran the same test with a larger file for a shorter period to simulate a quick, massive burst of data that would really stress the network. Wi-Fi slowed a bit at both locations compared with the 1 MB file download tests, showing that the wireless network was becoming saturated at that point.

They had the extra headroom and just kept going, while the Wi-Fi connection direct to the router was really starting to show its limits. But because powerline adapters vary so much, the MoCA adapters were anywhere from two to 22 times faster. Ruri Ranbe has been working as a writer since She received an A.

Ranbe also has more than six years of professional information-technology experience, specializing in computer architecture, operating systems, networking, server administration, virtualization and Web design. By Ruri Ranbe. Write down your pre-shared key; you'll need to know this information to sign on to your network. Depending on your Internet service provider, you may need to select a different connection type.