http://www.dslreports.com/forum/WNDR3700-Problems-23274179 en Thu, 09 Feb 2012 20:57:43 EDT Thu, 09 Feb 2012 20:57:43 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-WNDR3700-Problems-24320222
the DDWRT site is a bit vague as to method for flashing WNDR3700 over to 3rd party firmware could you post the steps you fallowed ... maybe even in a new thread?]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-WNDR3700-Problems-24320222 Mon, 31 May 2010 22:18:03 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-WNDR3700-Problems-24320162
The issue I had with the netgear firmware is that the router would lock up after a few days, I'm not the only one who has this issue and it has been reported numerous times on the netgear forums, yet still has not been fixed.

Indian netgear technical support is useless, they said it was an issue with the actual router which it obviously isnt if many people report the issue.

Indian tech support told me that my device needed replacing, it was replaced and still have the same issue.

The worst thing about the firmware is that for gamers who steam for example is usless as the firmware is limited to 4096 concurrent sessions.

When you refresh the server list with the netgear firmware, steam refreshes so many server that it actually casues the router to lock up..

With DD-WRT you can simply increase the max connections to unlimited which solves the issue I had.

This is bad programming in itself when the hardware is great yet it is let down by the software.

Since flashing to DD-WRT (Latest version) I've had no other issues, no lockups and my router has been online for over 2 weeks now without any issues what-so-ever.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-WNDR3700-Problems-24320162 Mon, 31 May 2010 22:04:59 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-WNDR3700-Problems-24317993
I don't tend to use 3rd party firmware unless I have a need for features they provide not adequately addressed in the manufacturer's own firmware.

I really have no need to look beyond Netgear's current firmware currently and wasn't considering that. It's just that, when somebody posts something is "rubbish" and doesn't provide any evidence to support it, I just don't consider the statement helpful.

In this case, since I am using the router with firmware Mr. DoughBoy has labeled rubbish, I really would like to know why. I may be missing something, but I am pleased with the performance of two different desktops connecting with Netgear WNDA3100v2 USB adapters, two different servers connecting via different ethernet onboard adapters and an HP ColorLaserJet ethernet printer connecting via an ethernet -> house wire -> ethernet -> router configuration (because the router must be downstairs on the north end of the house, the printer is ethernet only, printer is located upstairs and central, and I couldn't find a wireless ethernet dual band bridge I was sure would work).

I am having no drops, decent speeds, essentially no noticed issues. If there are problems with this firmware I would appreciate knowing what to look for.
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Join Team Helix * I am praying for these friends .]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-WNDR3700-Problems-24317993 Mon, 31 May 2010 14:14:43 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-WNDR3700-Problems-24313588 The ultimate downside of this, from what I can tell is, if you decide to go back to Netgear firmware, the old dd-wrt drivers stay, and so does your lowered wireless performance.
As far as specific features, dd-wrt offers the capability to turn your 160 dollar router into a 1000 dollar unit in as far as just about every enterprise-class option is available for you to use. Also, when those folks get it right, it's right, and your router will be a very fast, stable, function-capable unit. ]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-WNDR3700-Problems-24313588 Sun, 30 May 2010 11:24:05 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-WNDR3700-Problems-24311876 said by MrDoughBoy:

I've flashed the firmware with dd-wrt and the preformance is great! :) .

Was getting a bit sick of netgears rubbish firmware but since flashing with dd-wrt I've had my router on for over 38 days now and it has rebooted once :D
I am running with current Netgear firmware and performance is great here, too.

Specifically, what do you consider to be rubbish in regard to Netgear's firmware for that unit? I am not seeing issues here.
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My router hasnt crashed once or hanged where as with the netgear firmware it would do this only a weekly basis at the least.

Although DD-WRT is in the beta stages at the moment loading the firmware is as simple as logging into your netgear device and uploading any other netgear firmware.

You can always flash back with a command prompt for the netgear firmware.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-WNDR3700-Problems-24275938 Fri, 21 May 2010 21:04:35 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-WNDR3700-Problems-24272974
Right now, the open source community is working very hard to produce a reliable, stable, feature-packed firmware for this router.
The current available builds leave much to be desired, as performance and stability are questionable. Not to mention, if you do not know how to properly install said firmware, you could have a lovely non functioning WNDR3700 on your hands.

Please read the posts in the forum over at »www.dd-wrt.com
The 3700 section is under the Atheros based header.

Also, this info is not for folks who have been using these wonderful firmwares for years, obviously. This post is to keep folks who have little or no knowledge of the risk involved with firmware testing from having a 160 dollar paper weight.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-WNDR3700-Problems-24272974 Fri, 21 May 2010 10:08:41 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-WNDR3700-Problems-24266749 http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-WNDR3700-Problems-24266749 Thu, 20 May 2010 05:36:42 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-WNDR3700-Problems-24265898
Was getting a bit sick of netgears rubbish firmware but since flashing with dd-wrt I've had my router on for over 38 days now and it has rebooted once :D]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-WNDR3700-Problems-24265898 Wed, 19 May 2010 21:53:48 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-WNDR3700-Problems-24248326
Hardware Version WNDR3700
Firmware Version V1.0.4.55NA
GUI Language Version V1.0.0.35 ]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-WNDR3700-Problems-24248326 Sat, 15 May 2010 20:38:13 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-WNDR3700-Problems-24205569 Hardware Version WNDR3700
Firmware Version V1.0.4.55NA
GUI Language Version V1.0.0.35 ]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-WNDR3700-Problems-24205569 Thu, 06 May 2010 22:05:53 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-WNDR3700-Problems-24175849
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Hardware Version WNDR3700
Firmware Version V1.0.4.55NA
GUI Language Version V1.0.0.35

About once some clients lose connectivity and/or new clients do not receive DHCP addresses and I need to power cycle. I've noticed that when this happens, I am also unable to login to the web interface of the router.

I'm wired only with connections to my ISPs cable gateway and two host ports - one to a large Ethernet switch and the other to a VoIP adapter.

-A ]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-WNDR3700-Problems-24175849 Fri, 30 Apr 2010 17:33:51 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-WNDR3700-Problems-24175837 Firmware Version V1.0.4.55NA
GUI Language Version V1.0.0.35

About once some clients lose connectivity and/or new clients do not receive DHCP addresses and I need to power cycle. I've noticed that when this happens, I am also unable to login to the web interface of the router.

I'm wired only with connections to my ISPs cable gateway and two host ports - one to a large Ethernet switch and the other to a VoIP adapter.

-A ]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-WNDR3700-Problems-24175837 Fri, 30 Apr 2010 17:32:22 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-WNDR3700-Problems-24151827 said by cherrybombaz :

I've also experienced problems with the guest network using 1.0.4.55NA firmware. When I enable it, the wireless stops working.
This is a current known issue that they are collecting data on. Please open a ticket with netgear at my.netgear.com]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-WNDR3700-Problems-24151827 Mon, 26 Apr 2010 09:57:00 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-WNDR3700-Problems-24063991 http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-WNDR3700-Problems-24063991 Tue, 06 Apr 2010 23:43:10 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-WNDR3700-Problems-24061999 http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-WNDR3700-Problems-24061999 Tue, 06 Apr 2010 16:35:11 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-WNDR3700-Problems-24042990
SLOW gui.
UPNP didn't work properly
Guest Network drops all wireless connectivity when enabled

Decent throughput

Product returned yesterday afternoon and am shopping for a new "upgrade"']]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-WNDR3700-Problems-24042990 Fri, 02 Apr 2010 06:55:28 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-WNDR3700-Problems-24030763
They haven't said anything about the firmware being faulty or any upgrade so the DD-WRT would be the only resolution outside a hardware exchange. Making due isn't exactly an option when the device is failing a week after purchase, I'd pin that on principle alone.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-WNDR3700-Problems-24030763 Tue, 30 Mar 2010 21:11:43 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-WNDR3700-Problems-24028294
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Contacted NetGear each time, and was confident they'd identify the issue, unfortunately that didn't happen and now I'm faced with having to return the router to them, pay shipping charges myself and wait for a replacement not knowing if the replacement will simply have the same problem. They refuse to do an advanced exchange without payment which compared to all other companies I've dealt with, is unheard of. Product was basically bad out of the box.

The router which this replaced started to reset itself randomly (even with nothing attached) after about a year and a half of no problems. I suppose I should be shameful for expecting a better product this time around.

Last time I ever purchase a NetGear product.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-WNDR3700-Problems-24024680 Mon, 29 Mar 2010 18:32:10 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-WNDR3700-Problems-23942720
After installing the Firmware Version V1.0.4.35NA both the XP computers became very, very sluggish while the Win 7 and other devices maintained their speeds. A speedtest on the XPs showed a 9-10 meg download but actual web page download was slower than a bad DSL connection.

The XP won't connect with \\readyshare either. ]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-WNDR3700-Problems-23942720 Fri, 12 Mar 2010 17:47:58 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-WNDR3700-Problems-23921092
Firmware level: V1.0.4.55NA]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-WNDR3700-Problems-23921092 Mon, 08 Mar 2010 21:58:56 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-WNDR3700-Problems-23755331
- No port mapping, only port forwarding
- Router logs can only be emailed via port 25, which is useless since my ISP blocks it.

Netgear support experience has been awful, on the log emails, after three exchanges over one week with three offshore techs they signed off with a "sorry we don't support that". Complete waste of time.

I replaced my D-Link DIR-855 with this unit, due to poor range of the 855 particularly on 5GHz. That router had much better setup features, and D-Link support was actually quite good (my first unit was one of the recalled units, replaced). But the range was just too lousy.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-WNDR3700-Problems-23755331 Thu, 04 Feb 2010 16:25:56 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-WNDR3700-Problems-23740798
RR]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-WNDR3700-Problems-23740798 Tue, 02 Feb 2010 07:56:55 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-WNDR3700-Problems-23737525 http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-WNDR3700-Problems-23737525 Mon, 01 Feb 2010 16:34:00 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-WNDR3700-Problems-23736662
I have found this device to work excellently. I have been running j-perf to measure and optimize wireless throughput a bit, and by using both bands (PC to router to PC, all wireless N but one on 2.4 GHz and the other on 5 GHz) I can get about 150 mbps at peak, a little less average.

The internal wirless in my four laptops all connect at 270-300 mbps on 5 GHz one story down from the WNDR. My desktop in the den behind a big HVAC duct is pickier and I had to spend some time moving its wireless adapter around to find a place where I can get 108-241 MHz links on 5 GHz. All locations get 300 mbps on 2.4 GHz easily.

The WNDR does take a while to boot up and start radios but this is only when I change a parameter. (Oh, I use wide channels for both freqs, obviously.) It has not reset itself once in 72 hours.

I'll write a note later if anyone cares about the USB adapters I tried with this, the Netgear WNDA3100 and the Linksys WUSB600N. Some issues there.

RR]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-WNDR3700-Problems-23736662 Mon, 01 Feb 2010 14:12:40 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-WNDR3700-Problems-23736166
Do you really recommend this Netgear router? I have seen 3 pages of problems with the router, and it is not a very encouraging proposition to buy it from my reading. I'd appreciate any comments. By the way, all my devices at home are G-wireless compliant.

Thanks and ciao.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-WNDR3700-Problems-23736166 Mon, 01 Feb 2010 13:03:31 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-WNDR3700-Problems-23715727
Had mine replaced, the new one works great, no issues.
Must have been a faulty ethernet chip.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-WNDR3700-Problems-23715727 Thu, 28 Jan 2010 05:08:53 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-WNDR3700-Problems-23709923 http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-WNDR3700-Problems-23709923 Wed, 27 Jan 2010 06:48:19 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-WNDR3700-Problems-23701469 Unpacked mine and can not connect to any ethernet port (WAN/LAN). It goes through boot sequence but when cables are connected to either WAN and/or LAN ports the relevant LEDs are blinking slowly and the device on the other end for a short time seems to make connection (identifying...) but than "Cable unplugged".
I can connect via Wireless 2.4 and 5 GHz and there are no obvious errors messages apart from "Internet connection not found" or so.
Tried numerous resets.
My strong hunch is, the Switch chip is not working, will return under Warranty soon.
Just hope someone here can give me a hint if there are any hidden secrets. Scanned manual and forums up and down, no one else seems to see these symptons.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-WNDR3700-Problems-23701469 Mon, 25 Jan 2010 17:56:20 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-WNDR3700-Problems-23585294 http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-WNDR3700-Problems-23585294 Mon, 04 Jan 2010 08:21:19 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-WNDR3700-Problems-23584519 http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-WNDR3700-Problems-23584519 Sun, 03 Jan 2010 23:50:21 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-WNDR3700-Problems-23584177 http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-WNDR3700-Problems-23584177 Sun, 03 Jan 2010 21:57:53 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-WNDR3700-Problems-23441331 said by banditz71:

Oops.....sorry about that, it sort of slipped my mind. :uhh:

Anyway, it appears it works just fine.....it came up with a MAC Device List and the 4 devices currently attached are showing.

Hope that helps....
Sure does! Thanks!

Hope they get that USB issue fixed and release a new firmware soon!
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I really do apologize, the department is already aware on this as it is stated on the website but the firmware that should fix on this has no estimated date of arrival. For any updates on this you can always visit our website. In case I have a information for the release of the firmware, I will let you know as soon as possible.
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Anyway, it appears it works just fine.....it came up with a MAC Device List and the 4 devices currently attached are showing.

Hope that helps....
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In my last communication with tech support, she stated that engineers were aware of the USB issue and a fix would be coming shortly in one of the next FW releases....apparently "not" .43 . She's looking into a possible workaround and getting back with me in a few days.

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]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-WNDR3700-Problems-23420079 Tue, 01 Dec 2009 12:45:52 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-WNDR3700-Problems-23420043
You could check the QoS MAC address issue though, without actually changing any settings... :)

Just go under QoS Setup, hit the Setup QoS Rule button, Add Priority Rule, then select MAC Address from Priority Category, and see if any of your other computers/devices show up?

Again... you could... lol ;)
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]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-WNDR3700-Problems-23418997 Tue, 01 Dec 2009 09:07:23 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-WNDR3700-Problems-23418230 said by banditz71:

OK.....now running .43, as of this morning.....we'll see how things go.

Tech support stated the following:

The Beta Firmware V1.0.4.43NA fixes are time zones issue and enable QOS through MAC Address.
Good deal. I haven't bothered contacting them, since the QoS MAC address issue is well known and widespread, so I don't have access to their "beta" drivers. I know they are at least up to .47. Has 43NA fixed the QoS MAC address issue for you?
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Tech support stated the following:

The Beta Firmware V1.0.4.43NA fixes are time zones issue and enable QOS through MAC Address.
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]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-WNDR3700-Problems-23410772 Sun, 29 Nov 2009 18:20:52 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-WNDR3700-Problems-23403426 said by jerry666:

It's a beta that you can get through netgear support only , not for general release .
Does the 43 beta fix the QoS MAC address issue?

»forum1.netgear.com/showthread.ph···&t=42091
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No problems here with the latest firmware (.35)......also, attached USB HD works fine as well....but noticeably slower than when connected directly to the computer.

Very satisfied so far.........
Well, guess I'll have to take that back.....appeared to have a lock up a few days ago.....then again a little while ago while trying to copy a fairly large folder over to the HD connected to the USB port.

For those who went back to .31, did it keep all your settings? And did you do it just like when going "up" to .35?
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