Netgear DGND3700

Netgear DGND3700 N600 Dual-band Gigabit router review

The Netgear DGND3700 is the big brother to the Netgear DGND3300 Dual Band router that we recently took a look at here on TechRadarDescribing itself as the ultimate DSL router, it appears to have a lot to live up to, but on the basis of just the specification and its full name - there's no less than nine words in there - it should do a good job. It's a full ADSL2+ capable dual band 5/2.4GHz wireless gateway with Gigabit Ethernet, a WAN port and two USB sockets.On offer is a raft of additional features such as NAS, a DLNA streaming media server, the ability to store multiple SSIDs with individual settings, alongside a guest network. There's a 'more detail' statistics module and a refreshed content filtering section, plus a detailed repeater mode and the usual quality of service and UPnP features. To help make adding systems as simple as possible there's also full WPS support. We tested the wireless performance in various scenarios to see how the Netgear DGND3700 performed in typical real-world situations for both its 2.4GHz and 5GHZ modes. The first was a same-room configuration transferring a large file from the router to the laptop. The second involved the laptop being place one brick-wall and a standard wooden floor away. Finally we ran a distance test at 25m with a direct line of sight, to see how it coped with distance.