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[Wireless] WRT610N vs E3000

My buddy just got the E3000; comparing it to my WRT610N v2 doesn't yield any big improvements that I have seen.
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reply to chrisbmoore
Nope... they are for all intent and purposes the same. I have the E3000... just relabeled to Cisco with a few minor tweaks.

reply to chrisbmoore
there is no reason to upgrade to the E3000. And if you are buying new and need dual band i would say go with the netgear wndr3700

I have a few reasons.

*The Netgear has a faster CPU 680mhz vs the E3000 480mhz

*http://www.smallnetbuilder.com benchmarks show the 3700 preforms much better out of the box "stock frimware" than the E3000. (I also have personal experience helping someone with 2 xboxes where the 3700 works much better)

*the 3700 is cheaper (Edit:I am wrong on that. It was cheaper a while back now it is only $10 cheaper than E3000 at bestbuy @ $169.99 and $2.78 more than E3000 at newegg @ $149.63.)

*I think the 3700 looks better (opinion )

*It can stand upright

*3700 has 8 internal antennas, the E3000 has 6

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differences I could see arguing both sides to are:

*the 3700 has dual radios using two chips, the E3000 has dual radios using one chip.

*CPU/Switch: 3700 is Atheros/Realtek, E3000 Broadcom/Broadcom

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they both have the same amount of flash and ram and both support 3rd party firmware (DDwrt)

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now what I would love to see is a head to head review of the 2 routers with ddwrt on both. That review I would read.

Also, there is a new version of the 3700 the wndr37AV that has the same specs. Wont known hardware other than memory and CPU till I see a tear down. looks like it is a rebanded 3700 that is listed as full N instead of N2.0. there should be a firmware upgrade for the 3700 for that soon if not now.

(Edit: formatting and wording)

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after reading all 9 pages of the »forum1.netgear.com/showthread.ph···4&page=2 and looking at links there as well.

I am 100% sure that there are NO hardware differences between the newest 3700 and the 37AV

they are the same router and 3700s are even shipping in 37AV boxes

reply to chrisbmoore
Going back on topic, I think the difference lies in the CFE. If you search the dd-wrt forums, they have already posted how you can convert a wrt610nv2 to a e3000 (but the gain seems to be minimal, IMO).

I own a wrt610nv2 flashed with dd-wrt and it is an excellent router. On a 35/35 FIOS connection, I get nearly full speed (DL actually exceeds 35 consistently) on BOTh wired and wireless in a medium sized SF home. The wireless range is excellent (my experience with Netgear routers is that their wireless range is poor).

Also, you can get a remanufactured wrt610nv2 from Linksys outlet for about a $100.

the why i think about it is the E3000 is like the wrt610nv3 that was never released.

i do not know if there really is any changes

reply to rhdcheme
If you don't mind me asking, which version of the firmware do you have installed on the router?

Thanks

reply to chrisbmoore
I am running Firmware Version: 1.0.01 build 6 Apr. 15, 2010 on my E3000.

reply to anon1998

reply to chrisbmoore
I open up both and found the same chips and motherboard within both routers. The firmware and price were the only differences I could find.

edit: someone said wrt610n v3 was never released? Odd, I'm using one

reply to OldschoolDSL

OldschoolDSL-

we are talking about the WRT610N not the WRT160N

I flip numbers all the time too. no worries.

I am running the E3000 to keep things all in the family...i have 2 x 310 routers as well....all have dd-wrt and all work very very well in the WDS i have configured.

The 3000 also allows me to us the 5ghz channel for pure N devices to have speedy internet access

reply to OldschoolDSL
I guess we can conclude there is no WRT610N v3.
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The new E series matches up like so

E1000 = WRT160N V3

E2000 = WRT320N

E3000 = WRT610N V2

Here is a break down of old vs new...

»www.smallnetbuilder.com/wireless···co-valet