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| RangeMax WNDR3300 Dual Band Wireless-N Router | 
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| List Price: $129.99
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Avg. Customer Rating:  (based on 25 reviews)
Sales Rank: 1289
Category: CE
Publisher: Netgear
Studio: Netgear
Brand: Netgear
Label: Netgear
Color: Black
Media: Electronics
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Special Features: nv:Device Type^Wireless Router|Form Factor^Desktop|Wireless Network Standards^IEEE 802.11g|Wireless Network Standards^IEEE 802.11b|Wireless Network Standards^IEEE 802.11a|Wireless Network Standards^IEEE 802.11n|Wireless Data Transfer Rates^300 Mbps|Wireless Network Configuration^Infrastructure|Security Protocols^128-bit WEP|Security Protocols^64-bit WEP|Security Protocols^WPA-PSK|Security Protocols^WPA2-PSK|Networking Standards^IEEE 802.3 Ethernet 10Base-T
Warranty: 1 year warranty
Shipping Weight (lbs): 4
Dimensions (in): 21.3 x 13.2 x 16
MPN: WNDR3300
Model: WNDR3300
UPC: 606449055078
EAN: 0606449055078
ASIN: B0017TFVUW
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Features:
| • | Wireless N dual band router operates on both 5 GHz and 2.4-GHz bands for optimal performance | | • | Backwards compatible with Wireless-G devices | | • | Surf, email, stream HD video, play on-line games, and make Internet phone calls simultaneously without interference from other Wi-Fi networks and other wireless devices | | • | Delivers up to 10 times the range of Wireless-G routers and offers throughput speeds of up to 15 times faster | | • | Measures 8.8 x 6.0 x 1.2 inches (HxWxD); 1-year manufacturer's warranty |
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Product Description
The WNDR3300 offers more wireless channels, less interference and better connections using dual band Wireless-N. Enjoy faster downloads, high-quality media streaming, and better online gaming.
Amazon.com Product Description
The NETGEAR RangeMax Dual Band Wireless-N Router (WNDR3300) effectively creates two separate but simultaneous wireless networks in your home or office--one that supports older Wireless-G products, and one for the newer, more robust Wireless N standards. The router's "dual" nature lets you continue to use your existing Wireless-G devices while giving you the advantage of the vastly improved throughput speed, range and performance of a Wireless-N network.  | The NETGEAR RangeMax Dual Band Wireless-N Router offers: - Blazing speeds and extended range thanks to Wireless-N technology.
- Backwards compatibility with Wireless-G devices.
- Double firewall security and parental controls.
- Quality of Service for automatic prioritization of tasks.
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With its dual band nature, you can create two separate but simultaneous wireless networks. View larger. | And when used with computers and devices with Wireless-N capability, the RangeMax Dual Band Wireless-N Router will let you surf, email, stream HD video, play on-line games, and even make Internet phone calls simultaneously, avoiding annoying interference from neighboring Wi-Fi networks and other wireless devices like Bluetooth or cordless phones. Dual Band Wireless-N: Less Interference, Increased Range and Superior Performance
Featuring the latest dual band Wireless-N technology, the RangeMax Dual Band Wireless-N Router delivers exceptional range and speed for new Wireless-N devices while still offering backwards compatibility to older Wireless-G devices. NETGEAR's unique multiple internal antenna technology packs eight metamaterial antennas into this wireless router. This enables wireless signals to travel farther for a stronger, more reliable wireless connection. This new technology also minimizes "dead spots" that can frustrate wireless network users. While performance will vary according to your particular conditions, when used with other Wireless-N computers and devices, the RangeMax Dual Band Wireless-N Router can deliver up to 10 times the range of older Wireless-G routers and offer a throughput speed of up to 15 times faster. (For optimal performance, the RangeMax Dual Band Wireless-N Router should be used with NETGEAR's RangeMax Dual Band Wireless-N Adapter or laptops with integrated Wireless-N) 
Push 'N' Connect makes set up a cinch. | Easy Set-Up with Push 'N' Connect
Setting up and connecting to the RangeMax Dual Band Wireless-N Router couldn't be easier. The router comes with a Smart Wizard installation CD that vastly simplifies the initial set-up process by automatically detecting and configuring your router for virtually all ISP connections. And once your network is set up, the router's "Push 'N' Connect" feature takes over. To connect a new device on your network, you simply push a button on the router, and your device is automatically and securely configured and connected to your wireless network. This means that the days of having to remember complicated security keys and passwords are over. The router also features an integrated switch that lets you attach up to four devices directly to the router. Another notable advantage of dual band Wireless-N is that it works with up to 23 channels that operate on the 5GHz band. Wireless-G networks, on the other hand, operate on the 2.4-GHz band with only 3 channels, which is also home to some cordless phones, microwaves, and other devices that can cause interference. 5GHz Wireless-N avoids the interference that can interrupt Wireless-G networks, giving you greater reliability and performance. And the RangeMax Dual Band Wireless-N Router "dual" nature means the router creates both Wireless-G and Wireless-N networks at the same time. So on your Wireless-N enabled computer, you'll see two networks to choose from, depending on your usage. For instance, if you're using your network for streaming HD movies or VoIP, you can connect over the Wireless-N network and use the Wireless-G for less demanding applications, such as connecting to your printer or sending email. And thanks to its QoS, or Quality of Service, the router will automatically prioritize its tasks according to your network's existing bandwidth and your needs. So if you're playing an online game, or streaming an HD video while someone else on your network starts downloading a large file, the router helps ensure that your games and video won't be interrupted. 
Four ports let you connect via ethernet cable. | Parental Controls and Security at Home
The RangeMax Dual Band Wireless-N Router offers double firewall protection that includes network address translation, or NAT, to keep you network hidden from outside users, and stateful packet inspection, or SPI, firewall to deny outside requests for personal information. Other security measures include denial-of-service (DoS) attack prevention, intrusion detection and prevention (IDS), and Wi-Fi Protected Access (WPA2-PSK, WPA-PSK). The router offers both 64-bit and 128-bit encryption as well as a wireless access control that identifies authorized wireless network devices connected to your network. For parental peace of mind, the RangeMax Dual Band Wireless-N Router offers several options designed to keep your kids safe, including URL content filtering, time-based usage controls, and "trusted user" controls. The router's remote management controls make it easy to keep your kids online and protected. The RangeMax Dual Band Wireless-N Router measures 8.8 x 6.0 x 1.2 inches (HxWxD) and comes with a 1-year manufacturer's warranty. What's in the Box
RangeMax Dual Band Wireless-N Router (WNDR3300), stand, Ethernet cable, setup CD, 12V 1.5A power adapter, and warranty/support information card.
Avoiding interference allows for a network with longer range and better connections. |
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| Customer Reviews: Read 20 more reviews...
 Bad Product with Decent Customer Service August 22, 2008
This router has awful range. At 3 feet from the router, my laptop gets 54 Mbps. At 50 feet, it's getting 5 Mbps. The connection drops at least once every twenty minutes. I called the customer service guys for help... they were helpful, did not transfer me around, but I did not get the problem resolved.
Continued Freeze Ups Even After Tech Support August 11, 2008
I bought a new home and my Netgear Rangemax MIMO Router, which has been wonderful and reliable for the last 3 years, wasn't able to push a strong signal to our second garage. With that said, I thought I would upgrade to N technology. I have had the WNDR3300 for about 3 weeks. I have tried everything to get this router to work properly but to no avail. Download the firmware upgrades - check. Contact tech support for help - check. Moved the position of the router - check. Changed the routers settings - check. One of my computers is a mere 30 feet away with no significant wall structure between it and the router. As with all four of my (brand new Dell) computers, a very good to strong signal is always indicated. However, over 50% of the time the internet will seemingly freeze at any given time and never recover unless rebooted. I am stumped on how to solve the problem. Needless to say, the router is going back.
 Excellent on G Lightening Fast on N and Blows the Linksys out of the Water! August 10, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
For a few years now we've been using the Linksys WRT54GS Wireless-G Broadband Router with SpeedBooster with descent results if you were very close to the router and very below average results if you were more than a few hundred feet away from it or in a room with a closed door. Using it in a 2 story house was nothing short of a joke. We had to use a repeater if moving too far from the box and even that didn't work very well. When given the opportunity to try out and review the RangeMax WNDR3300 Dual Band Wireless-N Router, I jumped at the chance.
The packaging was very self explanatory the directions were easy, step by step, very basic and did not require advanced knowledge at all. Please note that the three computers (2 laptops and one desktop) do not have a wireless N card. However for the purpose of the Vine Program, Netgear included a RangeMax WNDA3100 Dual Band Wireless-N Adapter but this DOES NOT come with the router. We have been using this router for over 45 days to run a home business (i.e. email, email attachments, interenet browsing,Voice over IP), as well as personal use including transferring over 4 TB's of images and video. We used this router on both the Wireless G and the Dual Band Wireless N during this period of time.
Experience on G:
When using the router on the Wireless G it has been extremely stable, very fast, much faster and more reliable than the Linksys WRT54GS Wireless-G Broadband Router with SpeedBooster. It reaches our entire house with doors closed, up and down two stories, which the Linksys did not.
We intentionally broke the Client Side WEP Security Settings in order to see how a call to Tech Support would be. We found Netgear response time to be exceptionally fast (please note, they had no idea we were reviewing this product for Vine), very precise, very helpful and helped us re-set the router no problem.
Experience on N:
Using the N adapter mentioned above (again provided soley through the vine program but is avaiable for purchase) we experienced even greater range and lightening fast speeds although G is still very fast.
In summary, I highly recommend this router. If I didn't get this product from Vine and knew how great it would work, I would absolutely purchase this product without a doubt. As mentioned above the G network is very fast with great range because of the speed and number of antennas in this router, which is more than sufficient for me. If you are looking for the absolute fastest possible connection with the farthest possible range and do not have a new computer with Wireless N available, then I highly recommend this router and additionally purchasing the N adapter. I could not be more thrilled with this router, my husband can't remember the last time I said "Honey, can you fix the Router" because this works fantastic ALL the time and ALL over my house. Buy it now!!
 This product is crippled by adapter card availability............ August 9, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I've had this item for over 6 months, it generally works well but at least with the online games I tend to favor, I sometimes have to reboot the router before I can connect to my game.
The setup was pretty easy, the internal firmware automatically searches for updates every time you enter it and windows provides a icon (sees it as a pnp device) for easy access to router setup, or you can do it the hardway too by just typing the ip address into your browser window. I never use any security on my network because some of my older hand held devices are still running mobile 2003 and the security doesn't work well or correctly with those. I have a fairly small house, with my old belkin products I can easily get a good connection all the way out to the end of my driveway but not here, this unit if I'm lucky goes out to the end of my garage a good bit of difference but that should also mean less wardriving off my access point.
The firewall in this router has several selections, I found that hellgate london did not like the most secure setting but setting for the lesser protection does not seem to have exposed me to any more popups or virus attacks than usual (but I also run xp 64 bit and that has a lot to do with it also, there's just less junk written for the os I'm running).
Netgear after nearly a year has still not produced a pci adapter card that works with this router....personally I think that's a pretty serious stupidity on their part; they also don't seem to have released the promised version of this router with gigabit hardwired ports. The usb dongle they do sell is junk if you ask me, I had it for a few days and returned it because it could not maintain a connection. My house is an old 50's rebar and concrete block, wood frame house, it's considered a difficult transmission situation especially since the microwave and the pipes for the bathroom are in the way between the other room where I have a media pc and the router; so far my belkins seem to do the best in this house but I've always had better luck with 5 ghz signals than 2.4 ghz signals (they travel better and bounce less in this type of house).
For what this router costs I keep hoping Netgear will pony up with the pci card and fix the firmware issues that most believe are keeping the range so poor. This router serves but it could be a much better product than it is and the lack of pci cards is really hampering their sales of this product if you ask me. I'm currently using a linksys gaming adapter dual band N with this router. I had to turn off a lot of settings and of course no security but I don't use that anyway. The linksys adapter is also a unfinished product that needs a lot of work but if you fight with it enough it's a fair setup when paired with this router. Connections are plenty fast for games and I've got a four port switch setup so my media pc and my xbox 360 share the linksys adapter simultaneously if I need to.
Not a bad router but netgear needs to pony up the pci adapters and put out the version with the gigabit ports.
Like a Diamond, Pretty but Flaws appear upon Closer inspection August 2, 2008
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
I have a couple of these for a while now. For gaming purposes and normal traffic, these are more than fine, however, this series of router has a known problem of causing traffic corruption during routing. It usually does not kick until the device has been running for a while, also, it only becomes abundantly clear on large downloads.
Obviously you overlook an image or mp3 that hasn't downloaded just right, or that when you are updating software, that the download has failed once and had to do a re-try here and there.
However, if you do serious downloading (GB+ files at a time) imagine waiting for a DVD iso to take 2 days to download, only to find that the file is corrupted!?
Granted when using a CRC checking system on small packets (such as BT) this may not be much of a problem (although, believe me, it is slowing you down!), but HTTP downloads are very susceptible to this (painfully so) as well as other mediums.
I have used these for sub-internal networks to connect them to wider, larger networks, as well as for connecting networks to various types of internet connections (Cox Cable, Comcast Cable, Wireless 800MHz Broadband, etc) and these problems manifest time after time.
If you just want to do simple web-surfing, or play World of Warcraft, then this will work fine. But for a work environment or anyone who needs real reliability, avoid this like the plague.
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