TRENDnet has an insatiable need for wireless speed and so has brought forth the first 450Mbps wireless access point. Earlier this year, it released a 450Mbps wireless router. The new, super-fast WAP, dubbed the 690AP, can work as a repeater for the 450Mbps router, extending its range to 100 meters indoors (328ft.) and 300 meters outdoors (948ft.).

The 690AP has a single Gigabit Ethernet port so it can also serve as the link between the wireless network and a wired one and it supports 4 SSIDs per wireless band, with encryption for each SSID, for linking multiple wireless LANs together.

TRENDnet achieves the speed with 3x3 MIMO (Multiple In, Multiple Out) antenna setup (three spatial streams per antenna). Like the company's other devices, it includes the fancy Wi-Fi Protected Setup (WPS) feature, which lets users more easily integrate other WPS supported wireless adapters with the touch of a button.

The device is clearly intended for business use, but priced at $199 (the same at the router), it is affordable enough for home use should you live in such a large home that you need multiple wireless LANs and/or a repeater to extend the LAN's reach.

Earlier this month, TRENDnet released a 300Mbps bridge for a far more affordable $70. It connects up to four devices to your wireless router. The faster router and, if you so wish, the faster AP should (at least in theory) mean access to a whole lot of wireless bandwidth, with little-to-no speed degradation as more users pile on. On the other hand, this speed is not all that useful without devices that can connect to the wireless LAN at 300Mpbs or faster.

Here are the specs on the super-fast WAP.