CES 2015: TRENDnet launches AC3200 tri-band wireless router

California: TRENDnet, announces the AC3200 Tri Band Wireless Router, model TEW-828DRU, a next generation WiFi router featuring three concurrent wireless networks, two separate ultra-performance 1,300 Mbps Wi-Fi AC networks and a 600 Mbps Wi-Fi N network.

The average North American home has almost 10 Wi-Fi-networked devices. Globally, there are currently 16 billion WiFi devices connected to the Internet and that number is projected to more than double by 2020. TRENDnet's TEW-828DRU is designed to effortlessly and intelligently manage the tremendous growth of Wi-Fi devices in the home.

SmartConnect technology virtually combines the router's two separate 1,300 Mbps Wi-Fi AC bands, so that only one Wi-Fi AC network is visible, while managing each band individually. Slower Wi-Fi AC devices are grouped together and assigned to the lower performing Wi-Fi AC band and faster Wi-Fi AC devices are moved to the highest performing Wi-Fi AC band-thereby optimizing the Wi-Fi speeds of each connected device.

Networking throughput is further bolstered by an extreme performance 1 GHz dual core processor and by Broadcom's second-generation 5G Wi-Fi XStream platform.

The TEW-828DRU sports six high performance external antennas, all Gigabit network ports, and USB 3.0 and USB 2.0 share ports. Six high-end Wi-Fi amplifiers maximize Wi-Fi signal output and targeted Beamforming technology increases real-time performance by directing stronger wireless signals to each connected device's specific location.

For added protection, the router's Wi-Fi bands are pre-encrypted with their own unique eight-character password. Thereby, eliminating the common hack of accessing a router using a common default password (such as 'admin'). Furthermore, users can create guest networks, which only allow Internet access.

"With so many Wi-Fi devices in today's home and a more than doubling of Wi-Fi devices by 2020," stated Zak Wood, Global Marketing Director of TRENDnet. "TRENDnet's TEW-828DRU offers plenty of Wi-Fi horse power and SmartConnect technology automatically migrates fast Wi-Fi AC devices to the highest performing Wi-Fi AC band."

TEW-828DRU

• AC3200 Tri Band Wireless Router
• Three concurrent WiFi bands maximize device networking speeds
• AC3200: 1300 Mbps AC1 + 1300 Mbps AC2 + 600 Mbps N bands
• SmartConnect automatically groups slower and faster AC devices to separate WiFi AC bands
• Pre-encrypted WiFi for your convenience
• All Gigabit wired ports
• SuperSpeed USB 3.0 and USB 2.0 share ports
• Extreme performance 1 GHz dual core processor
• Create isolated guest networks
• TEW-828DRU Warranty: 3 year limited