NETGEAR WNDR3700 Review: The Ultimate Wireless Networking Machine

Sometimes, all you need are the basics.  Other times, you need to break out the "big guns."  The NETGEAR WNDR3700?  One of the big guns.

How big, you say?  Gigabit Ethernet.  680 MHz processor.  A robust 16 MB of flash and 64 (!) MB of RAM.  This thing has the power you need, maybe even more than you need, which makes it perfect in my book - and definitely leagues beyond your average cheapie generic router.

This "ultimate networking machine" is also fully decked out with everything the super-connected, bandwidth crunching, HD media streaming home requires, with power to spare.  Is the WNDR3700 right for you and your home?  Read on, and learn about the advanced features of this special router.

I've unboxed a lot of NETGEAR products, and the WNDR3700's packaging is no different.  NETGEAR does a great job of packaging, keeping the materials efficient, with as little waste as possible, while retaining the product safely and securely.

Inside the box, you'll find the WNDR3700 router along with the installation CD (you won't really need it,) the power cord,  an Ethernet networking cable, and a stand if you wish to use it.

The router is handsome, as far as routers go.  It's made of a sturdy plastic with a glossy NETGEAR-logo-embossed top, and looks really sharp.

The back of the router is gifted with mounting holes, with which you could easily attach the WNDR3700 to a wall - for example, in your basement or in a media center.  Very handy.

The back ports are pretty standard - except for that the Ethernet ports are gigabit capable, and you also get a USB port for ReadyShare usage (more on that later.)

Ready to get this bad boy up and running?  Fortunately, NETGEAR really makes setup quite easy on this router (as well as all others that I've gotten my hands on.)  This is nice, since router setup can really be a pain, especially with cheaper products.

After plugging in the router to your local network as well as to your Internet connection and powering it on, simply navigate to 192.168.1.1 in your browser bar, and enter the "standard" credentials.  (If you need help connecting the cables, consult your user manual - but for basic purposes, plug the cable from your Internet into the yellow port, and your local network items into one of the four others.)

Admin = admin

Password = password

Pretty simple.  You'll be brought into the router interface, at which time it will check the NETGEAR servers for a newer version of the firmware.  You should allow it to do this, and complete an update if necessary.  Having the newest version of the stock firmware ensures that the device will be stable and have the latest feature set.

Quick Review and Specs: NETGEAR WNDR4000 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router

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by MyOpenRouter Team January 10, 2011 09:17 AM Categories: Networking

The NETGEAR N750 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router offers high performance wireless speeds of up to 450 Mbps needed for demanding applications, such as large file transfers, streaming HD video and multiplayer gaming. Dual band technology avoids interference, ensuring top speeds and the highest range, while Gigabit offers ultra-fast wired connections.

Faster multimedia streaming — Provides up to 450 Mbps wireless speed for streaming HD videos, simultaneous downloads, and online gaming in addition to basic Internet applications.Simultaneous Dual band — Ensures top speeds and avoids interference for better wireless connectionsUltra-fast wired — Four Gigabit Ethernet ports deliver ultra-fast wired connections for gaming and videoReadySHARE® USB — Easy shared access to an external USB storage deviceLive Parental Controls — Keeps your Internet experience safe using flexible and customizable filter settingsGuest network access — Provides separate security and access restrictions for guests using the networkBroadband usage meter — Monitors Internet traffic and sends customized reports to help keep costs under controlEasy setup — NETGEAR Genie™ with graphical installation guide and multi-language supportSecured connection — Push 'N' Connect ensures a quick and secure network connectionNETGEAR Green features — Power and Wi-Fi on/off buttons to save energy when not in use and 80% recycled packaging

Package Contents

N750 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router (WNDR4000)StandEthernet cableNETGEAR Genie™ installation CDPower adapter, localized to country of sale

Advanced Features

Live Parental Controls with flexible and customizable filter settingsSimultaneous Dual Band—2.4 GHz and 5 GHz operationReadySHARE® USB Storage Access—supports FAT16/32, NTFS Read/Write, Ext 2 Read/Write, Ext 3 Read/WriteMultiple SSID guest networks (separate security and access restrictions)Broadband usage meter measures Internet usagePower and Wi-Fi on/off buttons

Physical Specifications

Dimensions: 223 x 153 x 31 mm (8.8 x 6.0 x 1.2 in)Weight: 0.5 kg (1.2 lb)

Warranty

System Requirements

Broadband (cable, DSL) Internet service and modem with Ethernet connection2.4 or 5.0 GHz 802.11a/b/g/n specification wireless adapter or an Ethernet adapter and cable for each computerMicrosoft® Windows 7, Vista®, XP®, 2000, Mac OS®, UNIX®, or Linux®Microsoft® Internet Explorer® 5.0, Firefox® 2.0 or Safari 1.4 or higherUse a laptop with built-in Centrino6300 wireless for maximum performanceUse with an N600 Wireless Dual Band USB Adapter (WNDA3100)—optional

Standards

IEEE® 802.11 b/g/n 2.4 GHzIEEE 802.11 a/n 5.0 GHzFive (5) 10/100/1000 (1 WAN and 4 LAN) Gigabit Ethernet ports with auto-sensing technologyIPv6 Support (Internet Protocol Version 6)

Performance

Memory: 8 MB flash and 64 MB RAMFive (5) (1 WAN, 4 LAN) Gigabit Ethernet portsAdvanced Quality of Service (QoS)Supports Wireless Multimedia (WMM) based QoS

Security

Wi-Fi Protected Access® (WPA/WPA2—PSK) and WEPDouble firewall protection (SPI and NAT firewall)Denial-of-service (DoS) attack prevention

Ease of Use

NETGEAR Genie™ installation CDPush 'N' Connect using Wi-Fi Protected Setup® (WPS)1

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[More information at NETGEAR's Official Site]

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XBMC 10.1 released and PPA installation instructions included

XBMC is an award-winning free and open source (GPL) software media player and entertainment hub for digital media. XBMC is available for Linux, OSX, and Windows. Created in 2003 by a group of like minded programmers, XBMC is a non-profit project run and developed by volunteers located around the world. More than 50 software developers have contributed to XBMC, and 100-plus translators have worked to expand its reach, making it available in more than 30 languages.

While XBMC functions very well as a standard media player application for your computer, it has been designed to be the perfect companion for your HTPC. Supporting an almost endless range of remote controls, and combined with its beautiful interface and powerful skinning engine, XBMC feels very natural to use from the couch and is the ideal solution for your home theater.

Currently XBMC can be used to play almost all popular audio and video formats around. It was designed for network playback, so you can stream your multimedia from anywhere in the house or directly from the internet using practically any protocol available. Use your media as-is: XBMC can play CDs and DVDs directly from the disk or image file, almost all popular archive formats from your hard drive, and even files inside ZIP and RAR archives. It will even scan all of your media and automatically create a personalized library complete with box covers, descriptions, and fanart. There are playlist and slideshow functions, a weather forecast feature and many audio visualizations. Once installed, your computer will become a fully functional multimedia jukebox.

What is new XBMC 10.1

While we are moving quickly to get new features into 11.0, the time has come for a maintenance release for Dharma. We recommend that all users update to 10.1 as soon as possible to increase stability.

The main focus of this release is to address a bug that could cause XBMC to freeze when updating a skin. We have held back skin updates from the main repository because of this, but now that it is fixed, they will begin rolling out in a few weeks.

This is intended as a bug-fix release only, no new features have been introduced. Notable fixes include:

* If an in-use skin was updated in Windows, XBMC would freeze
* Some RTMP streams in Windows did not play
* Included add-ons have been updated
* The correct referrer is now used for downloading add-ons, improving dependency statistics
* Crashes during playback on ATI hardware in some circumstances have been fixed
* Hardware decoding improvements for OSX
* Various small fixes

Install XBMC 10.1 in ubuntu using PPA

Open the terminal and run the following commands

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:team-xbmc/ppa
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install xbmc

How to install Orta GTK theme in Ubuntu using PPA

This tutorial will explain how to install Orta GTK theme in Ubuntu using PPA

Install Orta GTK theme in Ubuntu using PPA

To add the ppa and install the theme and the settings manager, type this on a terminal :

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:nikount/orta-desktop
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install orta-theme

To install the emerald decorators :

sudo apt-get install orta-emerald-decorators

To install the Xfwm4 decorators :

sudo apt-get install orta-xfwm4-decorators

You can find the Orta Settings Manager under the Preferences category of your Main Menu.

Screenshots

Transmission 2.22 released and PPA installation instructions included

Transmission is an open source, volunteer-based project. Unlike some BitTorrent clients, Transmission doesn’t play games with its users to make money:

* Transmission doesn’t bundle toolbars, advertisements, twitter tools, or anything else.
* It doesn’t hold some feaures back for a payware version.
* Its source code is available for anyone to review.
* Its website and forums have no third-party ads or tracking.

What is new in Transmission 2.22

All Platforms
* Faster endgame
* Fix bug where leechers might be disconnected while seeding in some situations
* Fix 2.20 bug that sometimes showed inaccurate upload/download speeds
* Support for unsorted blacklists
* Fix IPv6 DHT
* Re-add support to automatically close idle peers
* Fix bug where the resume file did not save the time checked for the last piece
Mac
* Fixes for Dutch, German, and Russian localizations
GTK+
* Fix setting individual idle seeding time
Qt
* Fix loading localizations on Linux
CLI
* Fix bandwidth display issue

Install Transmission 2.22 in ubuntu

Open the terminal and run the following commands

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:transmissionbt/ppa

sudo apt-get update

sudo apt-get upgrade

How to install pSX 1.13 on ubuntu Lucid/Maverick (i386/amd64) using deb package

pSX emulates the Sony Playstation, pretty much everything is emulated (to my knowledge) and most games run perfectly.  It runs under Windows and Linux.One thing that should be noted is that pSX DOES NOT use plugins.The emulator is completely self contained.

The emulator has been designed to be as easy and unobtrusive to use as possible - in most cases you will not need to configure anything to use it (except maybe the controls).

Install pSX 1.13 on ubuntu Lucid/Maverick

Download deb packaged from here

Please also note that lib32gtkglext1_1.2.0-3.2-amd64.deb (included in amd64 compressed file) must be installed for 64bit/amd64 systems. This is not needed for 32bit systems.

NOTE: While running, due to a conflict with pSX and pulseaudio, pulseaudio is disabled while running pSX. This may make any program using it crash and will probably make the mixer/sound volume control unavailable while pSX is running. It should return to normal when pSX is closed. If not, close any program currently using sound. If that doesn’t work, hit alt+f2 and type in “pulseaudio” (without quotes).

If the mixer does not start up next time you start Ubuntu, add the pulseaudio command to the startup applications or to /etc/rc.local

Via Ubuntuforum

List of Ubuntu Unity Keyboard shortcuts

This is the list of Unity Keyboard shortcuts and if you have more you can add in to the askubuntu thread

List of Ubuntu Unity Keyboard shortcuts

Super - Invoke the Launcher.Super-1 or 2 or 3 and so on until 0 - Open or focus an application.Super-T - Open the rubbish bin.Alt-F1 - Put keyboard focus on the Launcher.Alt-F2 - Invoke the Dash in a “special mode” to run a command.Ctrl-Alt-T - Launch a terminal window.Super (tap) - A tap opens the DashSuper-A - Open Applications placeSuper-F - Open Files & Folders placeF10 - Open the first menu on the panelSuper-? - Spread mode, zoom out on all windows in all workspaces.Super-? - Spread mode, zoom out on all windows in current workspace.Super-D - Minimize all windows; hitting it again restores them.

If you cycle through the same key Unity will cycle through different placement widths, so experiment by hitting the numkey multiple times, for example Ctrl-Alt-numpad 5 5 5:

Ctrl-Alt-Numpad 7 - Place window in top left corner of screen.Ctrl-Alt-Numpad 8 - Place window in top half of screen.Ctrl-Alt-Numpad 9 - Place window in top right corner of screen.Ctrl-Alt-Numpad 4 - Place window on the left side of the screen.Ctrl-Alt-Numpad 5 - Center/Maximize the window in the middle of the screen.Ctrl-Alt-Numpad 6 - Place window on the right side of the screen.Ctrl-Alt-Numpad 1 - Place window in the bottom left corner of the screen.Ctrl-Alt-Numpad 2 - Place window in the bottom half of the screen.Ctrl-Alt-Numpad 3 - Place window in the bottom right corner of the screen.Ctrl-Alt-Numpad 0 - Maximize window.Super-W or Super-E - Expo mode, zooms out on all the workspaces and let’s you manage windows.Ctrl-Alt-? / ? / ? / ? - Change to a new workspace.Ctrl-Alt-Shift-? / ? / ? / ? - Place window to a new workspace.Maximizing - Dragging a window to the top panel will maximize it.Middle click on Maximize - Maximize Window Vertically.Left click on Maximize - Maximize Window HorizontallyTiling - Dragging a Window to the left/right border will auto tile it to that side of the screen.Restoring - Dragging the top panel down on a maximized window will restore it to its original size.Middle click on an application’s launcher icon - Open a new instance of the application in a new window. If the application isn’t running it will just open it normally.Middle click on the top panel (but not the menu) - send the current window behind all other windows.Middle click on Maximize - Maximize Window Vertically.Right click on Maximize - Maximize Window Horizontally.