TrendNET TEW-647GA Wireless N Gaming Adapter Unboxing & First Look Linus Tech Tips
Linus Tech Tips
·Linus Tech Tips
·2011-05-08
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767 words · ~3 min read
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now I have to confess this unboxing is going to seem like kind of a random one
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because I actually just recently unboxed what is the faster better stronger
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replacement for this particular product the reason I'm unboxing this one is I
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want to do an ncx Tech tips episode comparing the older 300 megabit per
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second version which is this guy right here the Tew 647 GA against the newer
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better 687 GA which is a 450 megabit per
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second w less end product so I'm going
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to start with my unboxing knife by
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breaking the seal along this side of the product here there we go going to open
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that up cuz it's going to be hard for you guys to see what's on this box with
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this glossy shrink wrap covering on it
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okay let's take that off there we go all right so what does trenet have to say
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for themselves about this product well it has a OneTouch setup button LED
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status indicators reset button on the bottom land port and a power connector
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okay my understanding is that the land port on this guy is actually 1000 so
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that's going to be a bit of a performance limiting factor compared to
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the gigabit port on the 687 here's some related products they're
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talking about uh so you can use this they're called a wireless end gaming
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adapter there's nothing particularly gaming about it it can be used for a PC
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or a Wii using a USB adapter or a PS uh
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PS3 Xbox or a PC or television or
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whatever any kind of Ethernet Network enabled device you happen to have so
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Wi-Fi compliant works with BGN devices works with pretty much anything enhances
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performance for online gaming okay all right uh I mean it's probably not better
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than a network connection but you might be better off with this than with you
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know some cheesy uh USB wireless adapter depending on the situation okay so
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they're saying 4X the coverage of G and 12 times the speed of G okay and that's
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pretty much it for the outside of the box so let's open up the box and find
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out what's inside I suspect I already know what's going to be inside probably
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a disc a manual a product an Ethernet cable and a power adapter but let's find
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out just for fun so here is the setup wizard users guide so that's not
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actually a driver's disc so you might want to check that out find out what's
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on there next we have a quick installation guide which is two pages
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long apparently in English oh no no there's a few more pages so they show
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you how to uh connect it to your router set up a password all kinds of good
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stuff in here all right next we find a power adapter as expected an Ethernet
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cable as expected as well as the 647 GA
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now what I didn't expect and then I'm going to like totally show you guys the
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floor of the tech tips room here here's the 687 GA I did not expect the size
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differential here so the huh yeah the
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647 GA is absolutely dwarfed by the 687 GA it's
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like just yeah look look at that I got to like hold these really far away to
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even show you the 687 whereas the 647 is
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like tiny so that's one thing the 647 has going for it it's small size here's
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our Ethernet port here's our power in here's our glossy finish where you can
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see my chest mounted tripod camera setup here is the wireless indicator uh Lan
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indicator as well as power indicator some Trend net branding on the side I
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like their glossy black outsides they're using on their current products versus
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the like cheesy blue ones they had on their old ones these are really nice
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here's our connect button and then on the very bottom there's a little tiny
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pinpoint that's the reset button so unless there's something else in here
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which there isn't thank you for checking out my unboxing of the Tew 647 GA and
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stay tuned for my test of this guy
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versus this guy and what Wireless 450
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megabit per second actually brings to the table over an old Wireless 300
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megabit per second adapter