| Best alternative firmware for WNDR3700? I have been using Arokh´s OpenWRT build for WNDR3700 with great success for a long time (more info: »forum.openwrt.org/viewtopic.php?id=27722). However, the latest versions do not offer the greatest performance - the fastest IMO is build r25460 from 11 February 2011 (at least when combined with the Intel wireless clients I am using).
Build r25460 is also very stable and has better wireless performance than Netgear's stock firmware....
It is available here, for those of you that may wish to try it: »www.2shared.com/file/P1uU5AgU/op···254.html (see flashing instructions in first link; it is of course possible to revert to the stock firmware if needed) |
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| Please note that the file is a "sysupgrade.bin"... This means that you first need to flash a newer "factory.img" file (available here: »enduser.subsignal.org/~trondah/ ). From stock just flash the factory image through web.
Then do an upgrade using the older "sysupgrade.bin" through the web interface. |
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| reply to WNDR10
I've been wanting to try an alternative firmware for the WNDR3700. I like the router alright, but the stock firmware leaves a lot to be desired. Honestly, all the consumer routers I've owned have had some lackluster issues. |
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| reply to WNDR10
Which WNDR3700 do you have, v1, v2 or v3? I'm pretty sure they don't use the same firmeware. |
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rjbasye
join:2000-05-24
Dry Ridge, KY Reviews:
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| Try Gargoyle. It is based on OpenWRT which is what Netgear is using for the WND3700 execpt they use an older version.
»www.gargoyle-router.com/index.php
»www.gargoyle-router.com/download···y-NA.img |
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I am using v1. The legacy build that I posted is only for v1. However, the new builds are available for 3700 v1, v2 as well as 3800.
Arokh's build is based on trunk, i.e. the newest version of OpenWrt. |
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airguy
join:2012-01-08
Lexington, KY | reply to rjbasye
I am using this with my WNDR3700 V1. Best Qos I have EVER seen. This router was on the shelf for over a year waiting for firmware that had a working Qos. DD-WRT failed miserably on Atheros. Now with Gargoyle, my Linksys e3000 (DD-WRT) is on the shelf!
Latest builds of DD-WRT have "fixed" Qos finally, but it's still not working correctly. Bandwidth takes a big hit when enabled.
Check out Gargoyle for this router. Really easy to setup/use. |
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airguy
join:2012-01-08
Lexington, KY | reply to rjbasye
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tcgPremium
join:2003-09-12
Lubbock, TX
2 edits | You say you're using the v.1 router but linked directly to the v.2 firmware.
But it does look interesting....
Edit: this should've been a reply to rjbasye, but I had clicked the arrow for new replies so I only saw yours. |
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| In Gargoyle's case, both v1 and v2 routers use the same firmware (the only hardware difference between the two is that v2 models have twice the flash memory of v1 - 16MB vs. 8MB of flash memory; both have 64MB of RAM); therefore, the link is NOT a misprint. |
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tcgPremium
join:2003-09-12
Lubbock, TX | Whatever. Gargoyle's site shows two different files. With two different MD5 Sums.  And if I'm going to take a chance on bricking my router, I'd probably try with the file that had the right name. Perhaps they're interchangeable, perhaps not. |
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| Please post your comments when you try it out. I'm curious about the wifi performance you get with it. I'm running the latest netgear firmware on my v2 typically getting 200 mbps or even faster in the 5 gHz band. (My laptop has ultimate n 6300.) |
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tcgPremium
join:2003-09-12
Lubbock, TX | I will...if I ever try it out. Which, in the overall scheme of things, isn't really one of my priorities right now. |
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Folks this seems to be one of the more current threads related to the WNDR3700 (in my case V2). I have been reading about various firmwares and have never used one myself since my routers have always done what I needed. However I'm in a place where I want two things that Netgear cannot give me. One is their restrictions, if I want the router down at say midnight until 6AM, it will stop any new sessions, but it won't terminate existing one. So if some streaming is being done, it'll continue all night long. Two, I'd like a stronger 5Ghz channel. I also have a Netgear WNDR2000 to repeat my 2.4Ghz band due to the size of the house. I don't want to spend tons of time, I don't want to build things, I want to flash a firmware, configure it and be done with it. Suggestions? |
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i know this is an old thread, but google still has it in the top search results. I used inssider, and flashed dd-rt, gargoyle, and stock netgear firmware on the router. by far best is the netgear's firmware. with the alternatives, the router broadcasts just on channel 6. netgear's broadcasts on channels 2+6. my boxee streaming 720p media with the alternative firmware would skip and have to rebuffer (ANGER!!!!). With netgear i see absolutely no lag whatsoever streaming 1080p video. netgear: -60 dbm, alternatives -80dbm. the only problems i have had with netgear is flashing beta firmware. they constantly lose connection and are buggy. you must resist the temptation and stay with their stable releases. |
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I haven't tried dd-wrt on my WNDR3700v2, but I've heard that netgear's firmware provides better throughput. Unfortunately, the other features of the netgear firmware are not so good, such as reliably displaying attached devices, port reservations, throughput, etc. That's where open firmwares such as dd-wrt are better. I found the features of the dd-wrt gui on an old linksys wrt54 to be better than what netgear provides on the WNDR3700, which is pretty pathetic on the part of netgear. Unfortunately, neither alternative is perfect. If netgear would release the source code for the radios, I'm sure open firmware would be much better, but I won't hold my breath for that to happen. |
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