NETGEAR WNDR3300-100NAR N300 Wireless Dual Band Router IEEE 802.11n version 2.0 IEEE 802.11n, IEEE 802.11g, IEEE 802.11b 2.4 GHz IEEE 802.11n, IEEE 802.11a 5.0 GHz

Pros: Works great with dd-wrt, can run N & G simultaneously using 5 and 2.5Ghz radios

Cons: Wireless range is mediocre

Overall Review: This is a well-price dual-band N/G router (not true dual-band N) that has great features but middling wireless range. Get this if your coverage area isn't too big, or if you plan on using multiple access points. I gave it four stars only because it supports dd-wrt, otherwise, I would've given it two.

Pros: PRICE!! Good unit. Yes, this is a dual band unit. Will be ordering a couple more.

Cons: None so far.

Overall Review: Initially after reading some of the reviews that the firmware stinks, I have to say it is not bad at all. When received this unit I installed the DD-WRT firmware but had some problems with it. Probably me, but I had difficulties with it. So I downloaded the latest firmware from Netgear and installed it. Been running fine since.

Pros: Dual radios (1x 5ghz, 1x 2.4ghz). DD-WRT capable I cannot say enought about DD-WRT.... The stock firmware is garbage, but DD-WRT turns this little puppy into an extremely capable router. With DD-WRT you can stream HD video over 5ghz AND have all other devices using the 2.4ghz wireless G to browse the web. When done like that, they will never interfere with one another or have to share wireless bandwidth on the LAN.

Cons: Not gigabit - but no eggs deducted because I bought it knowing full well it wasn't. Also worth mentioning is that it as a rom size just a tiny bit smaller than 4mb, so the standard DD-WRT builds won't fit unless a feature or two is removed (kaid etc).

Overall Review: I have 1 in my living room with my entertainment system, TV, XBOX, and Bluray hooked to it. It is bridged to the other on the other side of the house at 5ghz wireless N. The connection shows 135mbps, which ain't bad considering the distance and walls in-between. My wireless G network was connecting at about 14 to 20mbps......which made streaming video skipping, and streaming HD video impossible. Do NOT expect to connect two of the that are more than 5 feet away at the advertised 300mbps (270mbps actual) speeds. If any distance is between them, it will connect at less. I bought it knowing that and the 135mbps speeds are over 6 times better than what my G network was connecting at.

Pros: This is the second time I am buying a Netgear router (had a WG311r3). This time I picked the WNDR3300 refurbished (For that price, and since I wanted another Netgear it was a no brainer) Very very easy set-up. I just followed the user manual. It took me 10 minutes to switch to the WNDR3300, included the time to create the wireless profile on my 2 laptops. I have 1 workstation (XP SP2) and 2 laptops (Win7 and Vista). I use the 2 laptops wireless.

Cons: Not found any for now.

Overall Review: I have had a netgear WG311 Rev.3 for almost 6 years. Have been very happy with it (reliable and easy to set-up). Had to replace it when my daughter got a laptop running Windows7 (would cut connection w/ modem after 5 minutes using wireless from her win7 laptop - No software download available to upgrade firmware... too old...).

Pros: Great performance with DD-WRT installed. I used the firmware files recommended by the DD-WRT database; however, they are obsolete and according to the dd-wrt forums and one could use the newer firmware that has been posted. Wireless N performance rocks in regards to speed (especially at 5ghz), and wireless G works just fine, even when streaming HD and SD movies over the wireless N network.

Cons: Despite the great performance with dd-wrt, the wireless n at 5ghz has a limited range, as others have stated. It is good enough to reach my living room from my bedroom for watching Netflix via Roku, but the signal strength is roughly 35% according to dd-wrt's firmware website. I have yet to test wirelss G at any decent range, but from my living room it is roughly 4 out of 5 bars in Windows 7 on my laptop.

Overall Review: If you do use dd-wrt, please make sure you follow the instructions by flashing the *.chk firmware first through the manufacturer's website interface, and then flash the *.bin file through the dd-wrt website interface. If you only flash the netgear wndr3300 with just the *.chk dd-wrt file, you will get the dd-wrt interface and setup; however, your nvram (where your configuration is stored) may become corrupted. This is why it is important to flash the *.bin file once the *.chk file has been successfully flashed. I have no problem ordering refurbished products (some have worked better than new). New Egg is the best, I order on Monday (I think) and it was delivered by the next day. New Egg rocks!!!!! I give this router four eggs, because of the range for N being limited, especially within a 700+ sq/ft apartment. Other than that it works fantastic with DD-WRT.

Pros: * Reliable brand * Great web interface * Super cheap (I bought 2 of them!!!) * Dual band capable which means I just run everything in the home at 5GHz (if the device is capable) * Got "Wireless Repeating" working easily * Can flash the firmware but I didn't need to (dd-wrt)

Cons: * A reboot turns the bright flashing blue lights on each time but it's pretty easy to turn off (the dome on the top of the router is an actual button to toggle the lights).

Overall Review: So I bought this to connect my Xbox360 to one WNDR3300 and then enable the Wireless Repeating function and connect to another WNDR3300 (connected to my PC and Cable). It works over 5GHz and the range is pretty good. I can stream HD video (H264, MP4) content to my Xbox360. Another big bonus is I can hook up my Samsung LCD and Bluray player to the network to get widgets and other online based stuff working. Having 4 network points running at wireless N is pretty awesome. I also connect using my iPod/iPhone to the network so if I am by the PC or TV, my signal is great. And with my macbook pro I connect at good speeds whereever I am. Take note when configuring this router, it broadcasts out 2 SSID's, one for the B/G network and one for N. So you always know which one you can connect to.

Pros: Great performance, DD-WRT functionality, dual-band

Cons: No gigabit ports

Overall Review: I picked up 2 of these refurbs, installed DD-WRT and now have a wireless bridge that connects around 120Mbps. It would be nice to have gigabit ports, but for most of us, this works extremely well. Perfect if you have an entertainment center with several devices you use to stream media off a remote server location in your home, and want something fater than 54g speeds.

Pros: Cheap Can install dd-wrt easily which allowed me to: ssh into it, and tunnel your traffic through it using a proxy wake-on-lan (from the ssh) a machine in my house. check bandwidth usage graph set QOS to prevent uploads from killing my network

Cons: Does not have gigabit ports only 100Mb. Didnt have enough flash memory to install much which probably had some part in the following problems: couldnt get JFFS working properly, couldnt get VPN working at all couldnt mount my time capsule as an external disk. When used as a wireless router it would kill the cpu of the router and hang. I would recommend not using this router if you can afford not to. Especially if you plan to use it for wireless or are expecting gigagbit ports. Im trying out the ASUS RT-N16 now which I have just ordered. I will install dd-wrt on it and try the same things I listed above.