FOUNTAIN VALLEY, Calif. and SUNNYVALE, Calif., Oct. 9 /PRNewswire/ -- D-Link, the end-to-end provider of computer networking solutions for consumers and business, today announced its Xtreme N(TM) Notebook Adapter (DWA-652) has met the Tropos Metro Compliant Extensions (TMCX) specification that enables Wi-Fi clients to optimize performance on metro-scale mesh networks. Tropos(R) Networks, with more than 500 customer networks deployed worldwide, is a market leader in wireless mesh network systems. According to Saar Gillai, vice president of engineering and product management for Tropos, headquartered in Sunnyvale, Calif., "D-Link's adapter is the only one of its kind that worked straight out of the box to meet our high standards without any modifications. It is now officially compliant with the demanding criteria for our TMCX program, and provides superior performance when used in Tropos MetroMesh(TM) networks." Unlike conventional Wi-Fi hot spots that serve a few people in relatively close proximity, Gillai said, metro-scale Wi-Fi is a different story. "It offers broadband coverage for thousands of widely varying fixed and mobile clients over tens, or even hundreds, of square miles in outdoor environments that are dense or barren, hilly or flat, and contain streets that are crooked or straight. There is no such thing as a 'standard' Wi-Fi client -- signal strength varies on different clients making the user experience variable, even from the same location, depending upon the client device being used." And, he added, "that is why it is critically important that metro-scale Wi-Fi network client connections be highly reliable." http://sev.prnewswire.com/