I was looking at these 3 routers, E3000 vs WNDR3700 vs WNDR37AV ( New Model ).
Are there any differences between these 3 routers in every aspect that you can find?
And which one of them are best in performance and fastest wise?
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I can only speak for the WNDR3700.It is an absolutely excellent router.I have read about theWNDR37AV but I fail to see what's new with that router.
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WNDR3700 is EOL now- WNDR37AV is its successor. For all I know there are no differences in hardware- firmware is a bit different but this whole "optimized for streaming video" thing is just a marketing hype.
Netgear is simply changing their naming scheme (for all routers) and small changes apply to WNDR3700 too- it has a new name for example and new firmware and new name... oh sorry- that would be all changes we know of
Still it's better to go for WNDR37AV if you're buying now- firmware support is going to last longer.
As for E3000 it a similar story although it took place several months ago- it used to be known as Linksys WRT620N v2 but now with the same hardware and slightly different firmware it's called E3000.
As for the performance- these Linksys and Netgear routers are two (because WNDR3700 and WNDR37AV is/are the same thing so I count them as one) of the best home routers on the market. You can compare them using these two reviews from smallnetbiulder- E3000 and WNDR3700
In terms of raw routing power Netgear is better- also both of those can use 3rd party firmware but both also offer far more power than an average user needs so the decision between them has factor in the price.
If the E3000 is cheaper you can safely buy it- it won't run out of juice- if the prices are similar or Netgear is cheaper there's no reason to buy Linksys. -
Oh, ok.
How about the both router to be lasting?
The reason I went netgear to linksys, it was cuse of netgear didnt last longer then linksys one, when i bought it like few years ago...
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Linksys has had good reliability for a while.
Netgear to me seems to be hit or miss. Sometimes better than Linksys, sometimes worse.
As Downloads said, get whichever is cheaper, you won't go wrong. My 610N v2 is the most trouble free router I have ever worked with much less owned (which is a considerable number). -
Oh, ok, thanks everyone for the answer.
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I notice this thread is a week old, but I just want to add beware that WNDR3700 does not support port translation on stock firmware, i.e. forward external tcp 3390 to internal tcp 3389. Unless you are willing to risk death of radios, you can flash dd-wrt firmware on it. I know E3000 stock firmware is much better than WNDR3700.
E3000 vs WNDR3700 vs WNDR37AV ( New Model )
Discussion in 'Networking and Wireless' started by ajy0903, Sep 10, 2010.