TORRANCE, CA - October 23, 2000 — TRENDnet's TE100-PC16R 10/100Mbps PCMCIA Ethernet Card with Xpress Port and TE100-PCBUSR 10/100Mbps PCMCIA 32-Bit Card Bus Ethernet Card has recently passed Microsoft® Windows® Me and Microsoft® Windows® 98 and Microsoft® Windows® 2000 Professional and Microsoft® Windows® NT Workstation 4.0 Logo Testing by Microsoft Windows Hardware Quality Labs (WHQL).

TRENDnet's TE100-PC16R and TE100-PCBUSR have been tested by the Microsoft Windows Hardware Quality Labs and is now Microsoft certified. License from Microsoft gives TRENDnet the ability to use the Windows Logo on TRENDnet's product box, in advertising, collateral, or on TRENDnet's company web site to designate that TRENDnet's product(s) have received the Logo.

The Windows® brand is widely recognized by customers. The Windows Logo on TRENDnet's product will signals to customers that the product has been tested to verify that it meets Microsoft standards for compatibility with Windows. All of TRENDnet's products have always met the Microsoft Standard and also certified by TurboLinux. The TE100-PC16R and TE100-PCBUSR are the two products from TRENDnet that are recently certified and tested by Microsoft. Licensing the Windows Logo allows TRENDnet to leverage the World Wide awareness of the Windows brand.

For more information on the TRENDnet's Microsoft Windows Licensing or to find out more information about TRENDnet, please visit www.trendnet.com or contact: Tran Hua, Marketing Specialist, tran@trendnet.com or call 310-891-1100.

TRENDnet is a global provider of award-winning networking solutions for IT, surveillance, transportation, and power distribution, and for both home office users and businesses of all sizes. Building reliable networking solutions since 1990, TRENDnet enables users to share broadband access, multimedia content, and networked peripherals for true anywhere connectivity. TRENDnet's diverse product portfolio includes multi-gigabit, industrial, PoE, network switches, fiber, wireless, IP cameras, NVRs, power distribution, KVM, patch panels, Powerline, USB, and more. Learn more about TRENDnet by visiting www.trendnet.com.