Goodbye and good riddance

[Simon0]

Originally Posted by quagmire

I used to use DD-WRT with my WRT54GL and loved it. It would be great to use it again.

As I recall, one of the problems with using DD-WRT with the WNDR3700 was that the drivers they used were massively inferior to the proprietary ones used by Netgear. Has this issue been resolved?

DD-WRT will work great on the WNDR3700v2... The WNDR3700v1 has all sorts of issues when flashed with DD-WRT...

[code46]

If buying today I would likely buy the Asus RT-N66U also. However, I've been reading user comments regarding heat issues with it. I'm going to wait and see how it's faring in a few months. One thing for sure, I won't be picking up a V3 WNDR3700.

Curious, if DD-WRT has issues with a V1, is OpenWRT still good for the WNDR3700v1?

[theforce81]

Originally Posted by code46

If buying today I would likely buy the Asus RT-N66U also. However, I've been reading user comments regarding heat issues with it. I'm going to wait and see how it's faring in a few months. One thing for sure, I won't be picking up a V3 WNDR3700.

Curious, if DD-WRT has issues with a V1, is OpenWRT still good for the WNDR3700v1?

For me the WNDR3700V1 has no issues at all on OpenWRT and I am more happy with it due to being able to install stuff you normally could install on a PC. Even with that installed, my WNDR3700V1 is 100% stable (for more than a week without reboots atm) and is superfast like never before on stock FW.

[Simon0]

Unless it is a really great deal, I'm waiting for a 802.11ac router... I Just kidding...

Anyhow, I think it's a shame that Netgear stopped fixing & updating the wndr3700v1/2 firmware..

[crn]

Considering v3 is a different hardware base I'm not shocked they tuned it down, but to completely tune *out* maintenance on v1/v2 is just stupid IMHO. For those of us with v3 there is not current option for alternate firmware that I can remotely rely on. (at least none that I know of, by all means chime in with suggestions or a custom WRT port, preferably with lotsa goodies!)

I literally had to rearange my home network due to the inexplicable (and borderline-sinfull) lack of ability to simply turn OFF nat on the WAN port of a 3700v3 (dunno about v1/v2). Imagine the horror of using a Wireless router as, wait for it.... a *router* rather than a NAT'ed gateway. What was I thinking. Silly rabbit...

I've NOT experienced the connectivity issued you all have (thank God), but the feature set on their firmware has honestly left me speechless sometimes.

[quagmire]

Originally Posted by Simon0

DD-WRT will work great on the WNDR3700v2... The WNDR3700v1 has all sorts of issues when flashed with DD-WRT...

That's disappointing - I have a V1.

[theforce81]

Originally Posted by quagmire

That's disappointing - I have a V1.

I have a V1 and used DD-WRT for two weeks and it worked like never before, so, the V1 should work with DD-WRT without any problems.
The reason I switched to openWRT is the fact that I wanted to install BT-Transmission which would not work on DD-WRT.

[roraniel]

I just wanted to plug it in and have it work for what I paid for it. Having to install third party FW is a PITA that I just should not have to deal with. It should just work!

Week three and not a single dropped connection.

[theforce81]

Originally Posted by roraniel

I just wanted to plug it in and have it work for what I paid for it. Having to install third party FW is a PITA that I just should not have to deal with. It should just work!

Week three and not a single dropped connection.

This I agree with, I had a lot of headaches from the original FW, especially at the beginning of its lifetime. Still vividly remember the FW that made websites load VERY slow or not at all.
The good thing for me is that I now can use the router as more than that and can use it for stuff that I usually left my computer on 24/7. This saves me quite some cash. That is just getting lucky in the process of course, not a good feature due to Netgear....

[smlunatick]

I also joined the "ranks" of those who are abandoning the 3700. My WNDR3700v1 has been reliable for since I have purchased it. However with Netgear's NTP mix-up, it is now not reliable. Just can not rely on Netgear anymore. Scheduling does not work. Ow my schedule wireless radio "shutdowns" disables wireless. I'm "peeved" that I would need to do a full "hard reset" every time a "schedule" fails.

I'll be welcoming an ASUS RT-N66U any day now. Maybe I will experience a dual-band router that works for more than 1 week at a time.