TORRANCE, CA - July 31, 1996 — TRENDnet located in Torrance, CA, which has gained its distinction of providing their customers with high quality Ethernet cards and hubs, announces the introduction of the 8 port, 100Mbps Ethernet hub and the 12 port, 100Mbps stackable hub respectively. With this technology, TRENDnet can now provide their customers with the lowest cost per port, in a fast Ethernet Hub.

The TE100-H8 is compatible with STP or UTP category 5 cabling system providing cabling choices for your installation requirement. The TE100-H8 is an easy to use, affordable 8-port 100Mbps Ethernet hub. The TE100-H8 provides full duplex capability. Using the TE100-H8, you can easily connect up to eight workstations/servers to a Fast Ethernet network.

The innovative stackable hub concept was prompted by the growing importance of LANs, the increasing complexity of desktop computing applications, and the need for high performance networks. The stackable technology is scaleable up to 6 TE100-12+ for totaling 72 100Mbps ports. In turn, the advantaged network system with the stackable technology increases the capabilities to 10 times a 10Base- T hub. It allows adding incremental ports without pushing beyond the repeater count limitation inherent to Fast Ethernet technology.

TRENDnet is a global provider of award-winning networking and surveillance solutions to small and medium-sized businesses, as well as home office users. Building 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 PoE, switches, Industrial, IP cameras, NVRs, fiber, Powerline, wireless, KVM, USB, and more. To learn more about TRENDnet, please visit www.trendnet.com.