Considering a new router....

westy · Post by **westy** » Thu Jan 13, 2011 5:38 am

I'm considering buying a new router to replace my aged Netgear RT314, and am thinking about buying a Netgear WNDR-3400. My main computer and the other 3 in the house are wired, and I have a desktop in my workshop that connects wireless through a Cisco/Linksys WRT400N wirelss router. I thought if I bought the WNDR-3400, I could dump the linksys for my wireless.

Any thoughts or comments on the 3400? Would I see any improvements? My ISP is Mediacom with a 10 Mbps signal, but I rarely get over 7 wireless and 6 wired.

Thanks in advance!

Post by **YeOldeStonecat** » Thu Jan 13, 2011 7:08 am

Wow you're still on a 314? Those were some pretty solid routers back in the day....when Netgear was still under BayNetworks. What I would consider a first generation broadband router.
Yeah you'll see an improvement with a new router, I think those 314's peaked at about 8 megs throughput..so if your broadband connection is faster than that...the 314 has been a bottleneck.
The 3400 is pretty good, as is its big brother, the 3700.

westy · Post by **westy** » Thu Jan 13, 2011 8:12 am

Yup, the RT314 has been running strong for quite a few years! I figured I'd get a few chuckles out of that but the darn thing is bullet proof and runs without a hick-up!

I looked at the 3700 but for double the money, I can't justify the added features. Since the 314 isn't wireless and I have to run the WRT400 when I do have my laptop or workshop PC on, the 3400 would allow me to have wireless 100% of the time. What's the 3700 going to do for me that the 3400 can't?

The 314 would replace the ancient Netgear switch down in the kids computer room.

westy · Post by **westy** » Thu Jan 13, 2011 9:15 pm

Any idea on how the Netgear 3400 compares to a Linksys WRT400N?