Netgear's New Dual Band Wireless-N Gigabit Router

Netgear's New Dual Band Wireless-N Gigabit Router

Techtree News Staff, Nov 11, 2009 1622 hrs IST

Compatible with DLNA-certified products

Netgear has announced the availability of its new wireless router, RangeMax Dual Band Wireless-N Gigabit Router WNDR3700 that will cater to different customer segments.

The latest Netgear WNDR3700 wireless router offers dual band reliability, gigabit Performance, storage access and green features.

Netgear claims that its RangeMax Dual Band Wireless-N Gigabit Router is one of the first consumer routers to be compatible with DLNA-certified products. This feature enables media enthusiasts and gamers to stream digital content to new DLNA-compliant HDTVs and gaming consoles. Additionally, NETGEAR is pioneering broadband usage metering in a series of its products; the RangeMax Dual Band Wireless-N Gigabit Router is the first to include this feature. This enables consumers to accurately monitor their usage of download traffic in a given time period so they can stay within the limits designated by their ISP.

Dual band technology enables concurrent use of the 2.4 GHz and 5 GHz frequency bands, offering twice the bandwidth with better connections and less interference. Additionally, the router's eight ultra-sensitive, internal, metamaterial antennas are fine-tuned for each frequency band, delivering extended range beyond competing routers.

The RangeMax also has a feature called ReadyShare that provides access to external USB storage devices for anyone on your network. By plugging a USB drive into the router, you get read/write wireless access from any PC on the network. Additionally, multiple file formats are supported (e.g., FAT16, FAT32, NTFS, EXT2, EXT3) as is HTTP and FTP access from outside the home or office.

Features:

680 MHz powerful MIPS 32-bit Processor
Memory: 8 MB flash and 64 MB RAM
ReadyShare USB Storage Access - support FAT16/32, NTFS Read/Write, Ext 2 Read/Write, Ext 3 Read/Write
Denial-of-service (DoS) and stateful packet inspection (SPI) firewall
WPA/WPA2 - PSK and WPA/WPA2 Enterprise
WiFi Protected Setup (WPS) - Pin and Push Button
Advanced Quality of Service (QoS)