On Tue, 19 Apr 2011, Robert P. J. Day wrote: > 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. CORRECTION: the difference between the v1 and v2 is amount of *flash*, not RAM: 8M -> 16M. rday