DGND3700 annonunced Dual band N600

Gary · Jan 06, 2011, 10:36:50

Seems Netgear have decided to get in on the fibre scene, this router is an Adsl modem with an ethernet port to connect to fibre or cable equipment, with Simultaneous Dual Band—2.4 GHz and 5 GHz operation 300mbps over both radios DLNA®—stream media to DLNA media players, Multiple SSID guest networks (separate security and access restrictions) and has a Dual Core (400 MHz each) processor with 128 MB Flash and 128 MB RAM

* IEEE 802.11 b/g/n 2.4 GHz
* IEEE 802.11 a/n 5.0 GHz
* Five (5) 10/100/1000 (1 WAN and 4 LAN) Gigabit Ethernet ports
* Two (2) USB 2.0 ports
* One (1) ADSL2+ port

* Wi-Fi Protected Access® (WPA/WPA2—PSK) and WEP
* Double firewall protection (SPI and NAT firewall)
* Denial-of-service (DoS) attack prevention

looks great on paper, I look forward to seeing reviews as dual n is something I have been after for a while, and the extra processing power will make it great for home media.

http://www.netgear.com/home/products/wirelessrouters/high-performance/DGND3700.aspx

Rik · Jan 06, 2011, 10:45:47

Now all we need is BT to allow it.

Gary · Jan 06, 2011, 10:48:07

Quote from: Rik on Jan 06, 2011, 10:45:47
Now all we need is BT to allow it.

Well since I'll be using it for plain old Adsl if its any good, I'm not to worried about that side

Gary · Apr 12, 2011, 09:00:44

DGND3700 should be released around the 26th of April oif Broadband buyer are to be believed, and you can use it with BT's FTTC its seems.

Niall · Apr 12, 2011, 23:21:32

I thought this wasn't out until June, or maybe I'm thinking of another. I shall go check my old thread

{edit} Yep it is that one. It wasn't supposed to be out until June, when I was looking at it a few months ago. At the price quoted I may well get one. I think I'll wait a month or so though, just to see what the initial connection reports, etc are.

Oh, what's to allow, by the way? I'm a bit speshul and no understandy

pctech · Apr 13, 2011, 10:02:29

You could if you so wished connect something like a Cisco Catalyst router to a fibre modem as even in a large deployment a router may have to be connected to a serial connection Data Terminal Equipment box so these are in essence 'true' routers.

Gary · Apr 13, 2011, 11:27:58

Quote from: Niall on Apr 12, 2011, 23:21:32
I thought this wasn't out until June, or maybe I'm thinking of another. I shall go check my old thread

{edit} Yep it is that one. It wasn't supposed to be out until June, when I was looking at it a few months ago. At the price quoted I may well get one. I think I'll wait a month or so though, just to see what the initial connection reports, etc are.

Oh, what's to allow, by the way? I'm a bit speshul and no understandy

I thought it was June, but I'll be a guinea pig and test it if it is released by the end of this month as Broadband Buyer suggest.

Niall · Apr 13, 2011, 15:47:30

Good on ya! Keep us updated. I really want one

Gary · May 10, 2011, 13:27:24

Well I have the DGND3700 now. It has two separate radios so you can run 2.4Ghz at 300mbps and 5Ghz at 300mbps simultaneously You can have 4 guest SSID's for both 2.4.and 5Ghz radiosand more info about your network than I have seen in a Netgear. Runs warm but not mega hot, has 4 Gigabit LAN ports 1 Gigabit WAN port 2 USB 2.0 ports and the adsl2 port. DLNA for connecting to your TV or whatever you have, Streaming 1080p works very well so far, I'm sure I'll find some bugs but I'll keep you posted, it is blazingly fast.

Ping on standard ADSL is 13ms well pleased with that.

Lance · May 10, 2011, 17:41:22

What was the ping on your router, just for the sake of comparison?

Gary · May 10, 2011, 18:46:41

Quote from: Lance on May 10, 2011, 17:41:22
What was the ping on your router, just for the sake of comparison?

20-22ms Lance

Lance · May 10, 2011, 22:40:30

Shows what a difference routers can make.

Technical Ben · May 11, 2011, 17:17:53

I always thought the "hops" showed 1 - 2ms for pinging a router?

Gary · May 11, 2011, 17:21:53

Quote from: Technical Ben on May 11, 2011, 17:17:53
I always thought the "hops" showed 1 - 2ms for pinging a router?

I was being as near as I could remember, I forget information quickly due to my meds, so that was as close as I could get to what I had tested earlier without retesting, the 13ms stuck though as it was new if that makes sense

Technical Ben · May 11, 2011, 20:29:36

Sorry. I'm confused. I meant, I did not realise routers lower pings, do they?

Lance · May 11, 2011, 20:55:14

They can certainly impact on ping - routers can vary in the time they take to get packets from wan to lan or visa versa.

Gary · May 12, 2011, 08:02:28

Replaced my old router back on 22ms new router 13ms, that may be down to the dual core 400mhz broadcom chip and 128mb ram.

Technical Ben · May 12, 2011, 08:55:02

Yep. That's all I can think of. It's not like the wire is shorter.

So the chip can process the data quicker, which is great, and send/receive the packet faster.

Gary · May 12, 2011, 09:30:00

Quote from: Technical Ben on May 12, 2011, 08:55:02
Yep. That's all I can think of. It's not like the wire is shorter.
So the chip can process the data quicker, which is great, and send/receive the packet faster.

Considering the wires that routers come with that would just makes things worse anyway

Gary · May 14, 2011, 09:46:00

Well the router went back, great features, needs to mature a bit though, things like when you log out it does not really log out are a problem, one issue which just bugged me was physical, the router leans to one side, after you cable it up it gets worse, now I tried another and the same problem occured, Broadband buyer though are saying they see no fault and will only refund 90%

my CC company will be dealing with that. Picture of the great but sadly leaning Router of pisa below. You expect better build quality at £161 I think.

wecpcs · May 14, 2011, 11:06:28

Quote from: Gary on May 14, 2011, 09:46:00
Well the router went back, great features, needs to mature a bit though, things like when you log out it does not really log out are a problem, one issue which just bugged me was physical, the router leans to one side, after you cable it up it gets worse, now I tried another and the same problem occured, Broadband buyer though are saying they see no fault and will only refund 90% my CC company will be dealing with that. Picture of the great but sadly leaning Router of pisa below. You expect better build quality at £161 I think.

I was also thinking of upgrading from my DGND3300 to one of these until I saw the many problems with it particularly with the USB ports and DNLA on the Netgear forum. As you say it needs maturing with firmware updates to fix the current issues before I would consider buying one especially at the current price.

Colin

Gary · May 14, 2011, 11:55:14

Quote from: wecpcs on May 14, 2011, 11:06:28
I was also thinking of upgrading from my DGND3300 to one of these until I saw the many problems with it particularly with the USB ports and DNLA on the Netgear forum. As you say it needs maturing with firmware updates to fix the current issues before I would consider buying one especially at the current price.

Colin

The DLNA problem is easily sorted there are settings that I think one guy did not adjust as was suggested its very comprehensive on the settings front, USB ports are slower than the 3300 probably firmware and they have removed VDSL as well in the firmware it arrives with now

Give it a few firmware updates and it will be good, I do miss seeing which port is on and in use though, the older Netgears are much clearer LED wise like our 3300's. I think it should mature well though it has an excellent feature set and already has gotten rid of most of the bugs the 3300 has but as always introduced more with all the new features, also the price will drop, and who knows maybe they can make it stand vertically! I was sad to see it go, as its very fast, but its to early to buy this I think.

pctech · May 14, 2011, 13:56:25

Quote from: Gary on May 14, 2011, 09:46:00
Well the router went back, great features, needs to mature a bit though, things like when you log out it does not really log out are a problem, one issue which just bugged me was physical, the router leans to one side, after you cable it up it gets worse, now I tried another and the same problem occured, Broadband buyer though are saying they see no fault and will only refund 90% my CC company will be dealing with that. Picture of the great but sadly leaning Router of pisa below. You expect better build quality at £161 I think.

Not quite sure why you are worried about it leaning Gary as don't know about you but my router 'lives' under my desk and the only time I look at it is to check the status indicators when I have a connection blip.

As regards the logout issue it should time out after five minutes anyway and will probably be fixed in a firmware release.

pctech · May 14, 2011, 14:39:55

As an advert for a bottled beer I once saw in a magazine said.

So it doesn't look good?

What are you going to do, drink it or sleep with it?

Simon · May 14, 2011, 16:32:15

That's a bloody huge spider in the top right of that picture, Gary!