NETGEAR WNDR3700 Reviewed

[thiggins]

Originally Posted by Crusher

Hi there
Is there a chance that this router will support a torrent client function too?

It doesn't now. Who knows if/when NETGEAR will add it.

[thiggins]

Originally Posted by Crusher

"Mixed N and "legacy" clients (802.11a, b, g) simultaneously active only on the same radio cause performance degradation. "
An other thing, can someone expalain to me this thing?

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Add, Don't Replace When Upgrading to 802.11n

The cause is that 11n transmissions must slow down for 11b/g transmissions, which take longer.

Thanks for your reply.. but i cannot understand very well.. so if on 2.4 frequency i have a nintendo wii on first side and on the second side i've an usb adapter with the N protocol activated, this would damage the router? Is that correct? So do i have to set the 2.4 frequency NOT to mixed mode and use both nintendo wii and usb adapter in g?

[LeeNYPost]

Originally Posted by thiggins

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Add, Don't Replace When Upgrading to 802.11n

The cause is that 11n transmissions must slow down for 11b/g transmissions, which take longer.

tim, this may seem like a stupid question, but I can not get the stand to attach to this router. Is there some sort of trick to this? I have tried every combination of flipping the stand around and trying to get it to attach so I can stand the router uo but I feel so stupid that I can't figure it out. Do I need a screw as well or something?

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Originally Posted by LeeNYPost

tim, this may seem like a stupid question, but I can not get the stand to attach to this router. Is there some sort of trick to this? I have tried every combination of flipping the stand around and trying to get it to attach so I can stand the router uo but I feel so stupid that I can't figure it out. Do I need a screw as well or something?

I think this is illustrated in the Quick set up guide. It slides into a slot on the power-button end of the router.

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Originally Posted by Crusher

Thanks for your reply.. but i cannot understand very well.. so if on 2.4 frequency i have a nintendo wii on first side and on the second side i've an usb adapter with the N protocol activated, this would damage the router? Is that correct? So do i have to set the 2.4 frequency NOT to mixed mode and use both nintendo wii and usb adapter in g?

No damage will occur. If both 11b/g and N devices are transmitting at the same time, both will slow down.

[bluesherpa]

I'm only getting a max of 14MB/s over wireless N (5GHz) from the WNDR3700 when it's sitting on my desk less than 2 feet away from a fairly Apple Macbook Pro 17". Network Utility shows a 300 Mbit/s link. Shouldn't I get more around 25MB/s to 30MB/s? Security Options is set to WPA2. Mode is set to Up to 300Mbit. I tried changing the channel to 161, but performance is the same. Is there something I can do to improve performance?