DGND3700 annonunced Dual band N600

Niall · May 14, 2011, 19:46:28

I'm confused. Are you saying you've gone from liking the router, to sending it back because it leans to the left?

Technical Ben · May 15, 2011, 00:27:18

It has a supplied stand. By the sounds of it, the stand is too weak, or too thin to balance and it topples over. fine if you have space to lay it down, not if you need to put it somewhere smaller.
If you have "7 day no quibbles" returns, which AFAIK most places should have, your good. If your happy to swap if for a different model, the sales may be more inclined to play ball, as they still get a sale.

Gary · May 15, 2011, 08:11:06

Quote from: Niall on May 14, 2011, 19:46:28
I'm confused. Are you saying you've gone from liking the router, to sending it back because it leans to the left?

Not just that, it has a bunch of bugs as well Niall not worth the cash yet tbh until they are sorted out, it goes into a reboot cycle with some external drives its a pain. Also I do expect my router to be strong enough to be vertical, in that pic no cables are attached, when they are it leans really badly and you have to put a ruler or something similar under the feet to get it upright and balanced, the stand is just not up to the load, also general build quality is bad, the notification lights are hard to see one LED was hardly visible after a few days, no idea why, and you cannot easily tell what each one is, it had scuff marks on the stand with a chunk taken out at the back, the clear plastic window front bows out where it does not fit properly. All yours for £161!

Gary · May 15, 2011, 08:12:36

Quote from: Technical Ben on May 15, 2011, 00:27:18
It has a supplied stand. By the sounds of it, the stand is too weak, or too thin to balance and it topples over. fine if you have space to lay it down, not if you need to put it somewhere smaller.
If you have "7 day no quibbles" returns, which AFAIK most places should have, your good. If your happy to swap if for a different model, the sales may be more inclined to play ball, as they still get a sale.

You hit the nail on the head, also I could not get the stand off either, in fact no one I asked could, dumb design tbh. I'm not into swapping for another model right now as my DGND3300 does ok, I just wanted the better transfer speeds on my internal network with the gigabit ports and the extra NAS connections but I'll stick to what I know for now, anyway its in the hands of my CC company.

Gary · May 15, 2011, 08:22:09

Quote from: pctech on 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?

It sits in the middle of the house in the lounge in full view where it is connected to the PS3 and TV and Apple TV and gives the best signal Mitch as its central to the Bungalow, my wife did not appreciate the new drunken look and neither did I amongst other things. Since Justina is stressed beyond belief right now changing the router back was fine by me, it bugged her it bugged me, and right now above all else what she wants goes, she really is not very well emotionally so saying 'Its only leaning enough to almost fall over but look I have a ruler here to prop it up, get used to it" really was not the best move, Mitch. She does not care about the tech bugs it has, she is not into computers and such like, she saw a p*ssed router where our other was straight, so did I, and also the firmware bugs got to me... our home our decision.

Gary · May 15, 2011, 08:22:30

Quote from: Simon on May 14, 2011, 16:32:15
That's a bloody huge spider in the top right of that picture, Gary!

Technical Ben · May 15, 2011, 13:58:43

If it is not broken.....

.... don't give it to tinkering tech nerds with too much time on their hands and a credit card, like me!

The amount of times I've broken something when trying to "fix", "improve" or replace it with a "better" model.

Niall · May 15, 2011, 14:08:34

So what are the real issues with the router then? The rebooting with external drives (which is odd, why does it do that?) and what else? As I mentioned, I really want one of these routers and I can lay the router on it's side, where my current one is, on the left hand side of my desk with no issues, so that's not a problem for me.

If the router has serious stability issues though, then I won't bother. If it's just the things mentioned above then it's not a problem as that would, I assume, get fixed in a firmware update. My external drive is only connected to this PC and quite frankly I wouldn't want my mum or anyone else that uses my network (my sister when she comes round, on her laptop) having the ability to nose about my photography stuff.

pctech · May 15, 2011, 14:15:22

Quote from: Gary on May 15, 2011, 08:22:09
It sits in the middle of the house in the lounge in full view where it is connected to the PS3 and TV and Apple TV and gives the best signal Mitch as its central to the Bungalow, my wife did not appreciate the new drunken look and neither did I amongst other things. Since Justina is stressed beyond belief right now changing the router back was fine by me, it bugged her it bugged me, and right now above all else what she wants goes, she really is not very well emotionally so saying 'Its only leaning enough to almost fall over but look I have a ruler here to prop it up, get used to it" really was not the best move, Mitch. She does not care about the tech bugs it has, she is not into computers and such like, she saw a p*ssed router where our other was straight, so did I, and also the firmware bugs got to me... our home our decision.

Fair enough.

Steve · May 15, 2011, 14:26:36

Makes me wonder whether the quality of the stand is indicative of the rest of the hardware.

pctech · May 15, 2011, 15:02:17

Or the designer was worse for wear?

Rik · May 15, 2011, 16:13:17

Or it was made in China.

pctech · May 15, 2011, 16:43:33

Isn't most stuff these days?

Rik · May 15, 2011, 16:54:47

Sadly true, Mitch. One day, we're going to regret that.

Gary · May 16, 2011, 01:27:34

Quote from: Niall on May 15, 2011, 14:08:34
So what are the real issues with the router then? The rebooting with external drives (which is odd, why does it do that?) and what else? As I mentioned, I really want one of these routers and I can lay the router on it's side, where my current one is, on the left hand side of my desk with no issues, so that's not a problem for me.

If the router has serious stability issues though, then I won't bother. If it's just the things mentioned above then it's not a problem as that would, I assume, get fixed in a firmware update. My external drive is only connected to this PC and quite frankly I wouldn't want my mum or anyone else that uses my network (my sister when she comes round, on her laptop) having the ability to nose about my photography stuff.

I doubt you can get the stand off Niall it comes already attached and since the router is kinda flimsy pulling just feels like something will break, it really is badly made and i pulled as hard as I could over two days and it never came off

have a nose at the netgear forums there is a DGND3700 section, firmware may well improve things, but you can only use certain harddrives at present and its a short list. Sadlyly Lacies are not on it.

Gary · May 16, 2011, 01:28:24

Quote from: Technical Ben on May 15, 2011, 13:58:43
If it is not broken.....

.... don't give it to tinkering tech nerds with too much time on their hands and a credit card, like me!

The amount of times I've broken something when trying to "fix", "improve" or replace it with a "better" model.

I have to agree, I very guilty of that, and I know better

Gary · May 16, 2011, 01:30:40

Quote from: Rik on May 15, 2011, 16:13:17
Or it was made in China.

It is, Rik.

Rik · May 16, 2011, 09:32:06

Why am I not surprised.

Gary · May 16, 2011, 09:42:26

Quote from: Rik on May 16, 2011, 09:32:06
Why am I not surprised.

I'm sure a firmware update will sort out the issues, it is a fantatsic router but built so badly, the older Negears like the DG434 were pretty solid things, on these apart from a stand you cannot get out which I found objectionable you lost the port lights which do help to see what's on, you have tiny LED's but you cannot see what they are for unless you are very close, the clear plastic part on the front is badly fitted allowing dust and rubbish under it and it bows around the USB ports, the rubber plug in the front USB port just flops open easily,

its like they spent all the cash on the insides with the dual core chipset and 128mb ram and flash and gave up on its construction, yet the GUI works well and it gives you all you need, its a great leap forward in one way and two back in another.

Technical Ben · May 16, 2011, 10:22:39

Quote from: Gary on May 16, 2011, 09:42:26
... its like they spent all the cash on the insides with the dual core chipset and 128mb ram and flash and gave up on its construction, yet the GUI works well and it gives you all you need, its a great leap forward in one way and two back in another.

Sorry, I thought you were talking about an Apple Iphone or Ipad there.

FritzBox · May 16, 2011, 11:22:38

Quote from: Technical Ben on May 16, 2011, 10:22:39
Sorry, I thought you were talking about an Apple Iphone or Ipad there.

pctech · May 16, 2011, 11:45:24

And I get accused of anti Apple comments.

Rik · May 16, 2011, 11:49:57

Rightly so.

pctech · May 16, 2011, 11:51:11

Most are justified though

Rik · May 16, 2011, 11:52:22