TRENDnet TEW-811DRU (Version v1.0R) Pro Reviews

When we look at the Router Ranker for AC1200 routers, we see the TEW-811DRU is ranked #1, followed by the only other AC1200 router reviewed so far, the NETGEAR R6100. Digging into the TRENDnet's Ranker Performance summary below shows that it gets top ranking for many benchmarks. Unfortunately, this ranking isn't very useful because both are flawed products. The TEW-811DRU's weaknesses are its broken WPS, bad behavior for both 40 MHz coexistence and Fat channel intolerance scenarios and poor 2.4 GHz range. The NETGEAR R6100's main sin is its 10/100 Ethernet ports, which hold back both its wired routing and 5 GHz throughput. Of these two, the 5 GHz holdback is the worse, because that's what you're primarily buying an AC class router for! So while following the Router Ranker blindly might cause you to put a TEW-811DRU into your shopping cart over the NETGEAR R6100, we can't really recommend either if you want a fully functioning AC1200 class router that can provide all the throughput it should be able to provide.