On Tue, 19 Apr 2011, Rick wrote: > I might have mentioned it earlier, except for the premise that the > router be inexpensive. It's totally worth the money, but this is > one of the more expensive routers. > > Regarding the WNDR3700 vs the WNDR3700v2: I have v1. Yes it has > half the ram, but it doesn't use much of that. v2 has a different > placement on the antennas which is purported to have a negative > effect on performance. I don't have the research I did on this, but > it's out there. > > I installed wrt first thing. The experience wasn't memorable, > except that I was floored at how totally seamless the process was. > Compile, install. I didn't even have to manually reboot the router. after i submitted my original post, i found this: http://www.tigerdirect.ca/applications/searchtools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=7089722&cm_mmc=Email-_-WebletMain-_-CANLET-_-03ship&SRCCODE=CANLET that is, a *recertified* WNDR3700 for $70 from tigerdirect. it's not at all clear which version it is (v1 or v2), and i called and asked, but the phone person couldn't help me (for which i don't blame them at all, it's not obvious unless you're looking at the box itself). but as rick points out, even with only the RAM in the v1, there's still plenty of room, so i ordered one. at that price, i think we're down in the range of affordable for just about everyone. rday p.s. it's not like i did a massive amount of research to recommend that particular router -- it just happened to have everything i wanted, it seemed fully supported, and it even had its own tutorial page on installation. so i went with that. i'm certainly open to other suggestions. -- ======================================================================== Robert P. J. Day Ottawa, Ontario, CANADA http://crashcourse.ca Twitter: http://twitter.com/rpjday LinkedIn: http://ca.linkedin.com/in/rpjday ========================================================================