NETGEAR Wireless Router for Video and Gaming WNDR37AV

Introduction
This is my third router in 5 years. I upgrade when the technology takes a jump or when I start to see a lot of network outages or both. This time I replaced a router that was 802.11n but it was not dual band (netgear 3500 series). I used the 3500 about 2.5 years and I was starting to see more and more network outages. Maybe because the router was getting old or maybe because I'm starting to add more devices to my network and it simply could not handle the traffic. Currently I have the following equipment on my wireless network: (1)Desktop, 2(laptops),(1)iPhone4, (2)iTouch, (2)Sony PS3, (1)Kodak Digital Picture, (2)Flat Panel TV's streaming video. I also support a number of devices wired directly to my router including: (1)Desktop, (1)Network Printer, (1)AT&T 3G Microcell, (1)Synology NAS, (1)Sonos Bridge, (1) Vonage Device. So, I have many devices trying to communicate through my router.

Router Review
Installation was a snap. Out of the...Read more

We just switched from DSL to Cable. I wanted to just have one cable through the wall in the Living Rm. This router was perfect. Wired it to our RoKu, PopBox, and Diretv DVR. Placed a 1.5TB USB Hard Drive at the Router's USB input as a Network Drive (Z). Then the Computors are Wireless N so the speed is fine.
I do notice N band drops off after 30 to 35' in signal compared to the G band using inSSIDer program (Free download)
We also have a WII connected wirelessly at the other end of the house in the basement Playroom. It is on G Guest. We stream NetFlixs on it without a problem.
So it fills our needs just fine. Haven't had to do any reboots yet with the cable modem or the router.

The bottom says it's 3700 as others have mentioned.
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{{UPDATE 10/6/10}}

I removed two stars because of the problem below!!!
The router works fine, it's the "REGION" that is the...Read more

This router is amazing. It took me 20 minutes to setup because i had to power cycle it after the firmware upgrade. I actually called Netgear and had them walk me through the process even though it was very simple. The had me set it up from the GUI instead of the CD. After setting it up, I noticed a drastic increase in my speeds. My Desktop has never loaded web pages so fast. I decommissioned my 4 year old Linksys wrt54g version 6. I found myself rebooting my Linksys every 3 months and after my support was no longer free, Linksys tried charging me $30 just to talk to their tech support. I googled the issue and figured out how to reset it each time. Anyways, enough about the old and slow Linksys. With the WNDR37AV, you have many different options on how you want to setup your network. The security features are great and I actually connected my external Western Digital 500gb HDD and it picked it up right away. I can view the files from my laptop and my desktop with ease. It...Read more