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Netgear Rangemax WNDR3700 Specifications:
- Dualband WirelessN router provides outstanding speed and performance for serious gamers, enthusiasts, and small businesses
- Simultaneous operation on 2.4 GHz and 5.0 GHz frequencies for combined 600 Mbps speed
- Powerful 680 MHz 32bit processor
- Four Gigabit Ethernet ports; USB 2.0 port for adding external storage
- Device measures 8.8 x 1.2 x 6.0 inches (WxHxD)
Netgear Rangemax WNDR3700 Dual Band WirelessN Gigabit Router (Black) Description:
The NETGEAR Rangemax DualBand WirelessN Gigabit Router (WNDR3700) offers unprecedented speed and performance for home and small offices. It features the most powerful processor of any consumer wireless router on the market, dualband WirelessN, USB storage access, ultrafast gigabit Ethernet ports, video quality of service, guest networks, enterpriseclass wireless security, and much more. The WNDR3700 is the ultimate networking machine for serious gamers, small businesses, and anyone who requires the highest level of throughput and performance from their wireless network. RangeMax DualBand WirelessN Gigabit Router features:
A powerful 680MHz 32bit MIPS processor. Four GigaBit Ethernet ports. Concurrent dualband 340 Mbps performance.
The WNDR3700 offers the connections you need to create a powerful wireless network. View larger.
A USB 2.0 port lets you connect external drives, and four gigabit ports for ultrafast wired connectivity. View larger. The Ultimate Networking Machine: 680MHz Processor, Gigabit Ports, and More
At the heart of the WNDR3700 is a 680MHz processor that gives the power you want and flexibility you need for your network. The router also features four gigabit Ethernet ports that enable ultrafast wired speeds of up to 1,000 Mbps; eight ultrasensitive internal antennas, with dedicated antennas for each band; and efficient power amplifiers for maximum wireless range. Concurrent DualBand Performance for High Speeds, Less Congestion
The WNDR3700 operates simultaneously on both the 2.4GHz frequency and the less congested 5.0GHz frequency, giving you the fastest throughput performance available. The result is a combined 600 Mbps speed, with real throughput of over 350 Mbps over your wireless network. ReadyShare for Fast Backup and Storage
With the WNDR3700, it’s easy to add an external USB storage device that everyone on your network can access. Simply connect your storage device to the USB port of the router, and with the NETGEAR ReadyShare feature, every computer on your network can access the device to exchange documents, music, and more. ReadyShare is fast, supports a wide range of file formats, and offers simple plugandplay performance. ApplicationBased Quality of Service (QoS)
To optimize your multimedia experience, the WNDR3700 offers separate WirelessN access points for media/gaming and data, and applicationbased quality of service (QoS) for jitterfree video and lagfree gaming. The router also features a dedicated video network in the 5GHz band for streaming highquality HD video. Videospecific QoS reduces jitter and delay, and reduces packet loss for seamless streaming of highdefinition videos over WiFi. EnterpriseClass Wireless Security and Guest Network
The WNDR3700 features enterpriseclass wireless security that includes WPA and WPA2 enterprise encryption, denialofservice (DoS) and stateful packet inspection (SPI) firewall. Multiple SSID support adds another level of security by letting you set up a second network for guests with restricted access to the local network. Broadband Usage Meter Summarizes Your Bandwidth Usage
The router also features a Broadband Usage Meter, which offers daily, weekly, and monthly download and upload reports with customized alerts, giving you an accurate measurement of your bandwidth usage. Smart Wizard and Push ‘N’ Connect for Easy Setup
The WNDR3700 comes with a Smart Wizard disk, which you run on your PC, and which tells you in clear, easytounderstand language and graphics how to set up your network. And when it’s time to add new devices to your network, the system’s Push ‘N’ Connect, using the industry standard WiFi Protected setup (WPS), securely connects them with the touch of a button. Going Green: EnergyEfficient Power Supply and Controls
A convenient onetouch on/off switch and WiFi button conserves energy by giving you the ability to quickly power down the router when it’s not in use. The WNDR3700 also features transmit power control that help reduce energy consumption up to 75 percent, depending on the power level selected. An autosensing gigabit ‘green’ switch automatically adjusts the power level. The WNDR3700 DualBand WirelessN Gigabit Router measures 8.8 x 6.0 x 1.2 inches and weighs 1.2 pounds. What’s in the Box
RangeMax Dual Band WirelessN Gigabit Router, stand, Ethernet cable, Smart Wizard installation CD, and power adapter.
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WNDR3700 300 + 300 Best
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WNR2000 300 Better
WNR1000 150 Good
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Netgear Rangemax WNDR3700 Dual Band WirelessN Gigabit Router (Black) Comments:
5.0 out of 5 stars NETGEAR RANGEMAX WNDR3700 Fast, easytouse and rock solid,
September 24, 2009 Customer review from the Amazon Vine™ Program (What’s this?) This router is fast, easy to setup and smartly engineered. Although this is a highend featurerich consumer router, out of the box, I had this running in just a few minutes. Using the simple colorcoded 123 step setup process, an expert, or a novice, can have this router up and running very quickly.
Modifying the two dual band networks for different names and passwords is straight forward, and I preferred to do it manually. After logging into the firmware, the screens are divided into three panels. The left panel is the list of the feature sets, such as “wireless settings,” or “guest network” settings; the middle panel has the pick list of options for the feature set; and the right panel on the screen explains, in the easiest of terms, what the features and options mean. There is little need to refer to the product manual or other help. Everything is in one place, and in the right place.
I attained maximum speeds with each of the dual bands when my laptops were in close proximity to the router. My throughput on the 5 Ghertz band using the “n” protocol was a blazing 300 Mbps. With my previous router, I was never able to achieve anything faster than 130 Mbps. As is the case with the 5 Ghertz channel, this speed drops off quickly as I moved my laptop away from the router. By 30 feet, I was down to 100 Mbps a second, but still relatively fast when compared to the legacy “g” speeds. On the 2.4 Ghertz band, using the “g” protocol, I saw very little degradation within 50 feet of the router.
I streamed a Netflix movie to an HD television flawlessly through a Toshiba laptop and an HDMI cable. There was no stutter in the picture, and the picture quality was excellent. Unlike past video streaming, I did not experience a dropped picture while waiting for the video buffer to reload.
I connected a USB disk drive to the router and shared it among three laptops without incident. I established read and read/write passwords for various file folders on the disk drive. I also made the drive available for access through the Internet, and again this process was straightforward in creating. I plan on backing up the three laptops to the USB drive on the router, as well as sharing photos and other files with family and friends by having them access the password protected IP address of my new networkbased disk drive.
In total, you can establish four networks on this router. One for each of the dual bands, and two more as guest networks for each of the dual bands as well. The guest networks are nice as they can completely isolate guests from accessing sensitive information on other PCs or devices on the network. (Or you can open up the guest networks to everything on the network.)
Some other features worth noting are the automatic checking for firmware updates every time you log into the router; the “traffic meter” that shows daily, weekly and monthly internet usage that can be configured to throttle it; and the ability to backup personalized firmware settings in case of an emergency restore. With regard to the latter, it would be nice to also get a saved PDF file of what the settings are for each of the backedup firmware configurations.
The Netgear WNDR3700 replaced two Linksys routers that I had connected together to essentially create a “dual band” environment. One was an older “g” unit, while the other was a newer “n” router. Together they got the job done in a mixed environment of video and Internet surfing. But the WNDR3700 takes routing to a newer level, with faster processors driving the dual bands to faster speeds and better range; and a big feature set that is easy to use, understand and configure.
SIXMONTH UPDATE This router has been powered up constantly for six months now, and it continues to run flawlessly. During this time, two firmware updates have been automatically flagged and applied without incident.
I use many of the key features of this router across the three laptops that are connected wirelessly to the dual bands. Video streaming from Netflix and other Internet sites continues to work smoothly.
Being able to connect a USB disk drive to the router has become a heavilyused feature. The routerbased disk drive is the central location for backing up the data from the three laptops. I can backup these laptops locally, or from anywhere using the Internet. When traveling with a camera and a laptop, I am able to easily backup digital pictures to the router’s USB disk drive. It is another way to save and protect files when away.
This router is my third, and best to date.
4.0 out of 5 stars Feature rich, highperformance wireless router,
October 9, 2009 Customer review from the Amazon Vine™ Program (What’s this?) This highend wireless router by Netgear is welldesigned and comes with a lot of features out of the box. I loved the ability to skip the “insert this CD rom in your computer” installation for dummies method and go straight to the web GUI to set it up. The feature I was most interested in is the USB storage sharing. This feature allows you to plug in any external USB drive, and then share it over the network. This was a convenient target for pushing automatic backups to. If our computer’s hard drive catches on fire, I still have backups that I’ve saved on the USB drive attached to this router. Unfortunately, I ran into a bug when trying out this feature. Netgear support was helpful, however, and helped me get it working in a day.
Pros:
Feature rich, highperformance.
Nice vertical stand included.
USB storage feature turns your external drive into a network share.
Comes with QoS (a must for VOIP), dynamic DNS, firewall, features.
Easy to upgrade the firmware and it will automatically check for updates.
Good documentation.
Deadsimple installation and you can skip the Insert This CDROM install method.
Ability to set up “guest” network with separate settings in addition to your main network.
Cons:
Traffic bandwidth monitoring is rudimentary. It is actually very good for an offthe shelf router, but I’m spoiled by my home router which runs Tomato firmware: it has pretty graphs.
USB storage feature needs work. You can only use your router’s admin password to protect your shares. Configuring settings with Google Chrome or nonfirefox, nonIE browsers may silently fail (as it did for me). The workaround is to reapply settings with IE or Firefox.
All in all a very solid product. I give it 4.5 stars, as I wasted time chasing down the Chrome/Web GUI bug. I have no doubt this will become a 5star product as Netgear pushes out new firmware updates.
5.0 out of 5 stars Netgear Rangemax WNDR3700 Dual Band WirelessN Gigabit Router,
September 24, 2009