NETGEAR D3600-100UKS N600 Wi-Fi DSL Modem Router

Update:-------Have been using for several months now, and the connection generally stays up for around a month at a time... Very happy :-)I've noticed that Amazon in their wisdom have lumped together reviews of several different netgear models... so unfortunately you need to sift through the reviews to get a true picture of any particular model <sigh>Original Review---------------I bought the DGN2200v3 a month ago and have been using it since it arrived. I bought it because I had been having issues with ADSL connection with my 7 year old modem router, which kept dropping the connection several times each day. Before buying I did a fair amount of research to try and get a modem that would maximise reliability. Many people on forums etc recommend the Billion BiPAC 7800N Dual WAN ADSL2+/Broadband Wireless-N Gigabit Firewall Modem Router, however, I couldn't justify the high cost of that unit, so in the end chose this one.Setup:------Setup was really, really easy. My provider is TalkTalk, and the unit immediately recognised the provider and configured itself accordingly and connected to the internet as 'guest'. All I had to do then is enter my TalkTalk ADSL username and password. My home network was based on a different subnet and gateway address than the netgear, but changing the settings on the netgear to match my existing network was no trouble, and saved me having to reconfigure many other devices on my home network.ADSL Reliability:-----------------Initially the ADSL connection stayed up for 10 days with no disconnections :-)But then I started to have some issues. This is when the unique strengths of the unit came into play.As well as all the standard diagnostics via the web interface, it is possible to put the device into 'debug' mode and then access the unit via telnet. (The way to enable this is <router_ip>/setup.cgi?todo-debug and then you can telnet to the unit using the same username and password as the web interface). This allows you to access additional diagnostics and configure additional parameters (the ADSL Control command line tool to use is adslctl - google adslctl to find out more about how to use this).Also you can run a free monitoring tool against the unit to see in graph form what is happening to the connection over time (google RouterStats or RouterStatsLite - the 'lite' version is recommended unless you need the more advanced features of RouterStats).These features allowed me to 'see' what was happening with noise on my line... it turned out to be a fault on a phone extension cable. Once I could 'see' the problem, I was able to eliminate it, and maximise the quality of my connections. I now have the fastest and most stable connection that I've ever had. The connection stays up for more than a week at a time, at a speed of 8.2Meg (I used to get 7 - 7.5Meg with regular disconnections).Wireless:---------The wireless is where I have one issue with the unit. There seems to be a weakness in the wireless that is related to instability of the connection. While I was having the ADSL connection issues described above and the wireless radio turned on, the unit would get itself into a state where ALL internet access (either wired or wifi) would slow down to a snail's pace (200K on a speedchecker web site vs the usual 8Meg, even though ADSL was still claiming to be connected at 8 Meg) and once in this state, the only way to rectify was to reboot the router. On googling, this seems to be an issue that has affected other owners too ... in the end, while I was still having the ADSL connection problems, I had to disable the wireless radio to avoid the issue (fortunately I have a separate wifi access point that got me by). Now that the ADSL connection issues are all sorted out, wireless is back on and works just fine, with no repeat of the issue at all. (I guess that the unit's internals just got overloaded while having to cope with both the connections issues AND the wireless).I have very thick walls within my house (even internally), and this does a reasonable job. I use the wireless on this unit plus a seperate wireless N access point, each at a different end of the house, to cover the whole house. This unit seems to do an adequate / good, if not remarkable job.Chipset:--------The DGN2200v3 has a broadcom chipset (Broadcom BCM63281). Many people claim that it is best to match your ADSL modem chipset with your ISP's DSLAM chipset. I can't vouch for that theory as I can't really compare this unit to anything other than the really old one which it replaced (not a fair comparison). However, my TalkTalk servers at the exchange do also use Broadcom chipset (as do most TalkTalk exchanges - but beware there are exceptions particularly if the exchange equipment was 'inherited' by TalkTalk acquiring another ISP). One of the advantages of the DGN2200v3 is that it allows you to verify the chipset used in the ISP exchange equipment. This info is obtained via the adslctl command line (via a telnet session using the debug mode mentioned previously). IIRC it's "adslctl info --vendor" From which you'll be given a ChipSet Vendor Id. If the id is BDCM then the ISP uses Broadcom chipset at the exchange. The other chipset Vendor Ids can be found by googling for them.Overall:--------I debated whether to drop a star due to the wireless issue, but given that it has been resolved and considering all the other plus points (and most importantly a fast stable connection), this is getting a full 5 stars.

I was looking for a router to replace my 3 yr old talktalk router which I was convinced was under performing. It was constantly dropping the signal and had ongoing problems trying to connect smartphones,sky, tablets and laptops. Currently have 6 devices connected to wifi.Rather than trying to argue with Talktalks infamously poor customer support who just try to convince all customers that any broadband problems are nothing to do with them even though they supplied the equipment in the first place. I decided to take the plunge and purchase a new router of my own and after reading many reviews settled on this one.Oh how I wish I had done this 12 months earlier as the difference was amazing!. The set up was simple and was effectively plug and play. I didn't have to do anything or add any talktalk user names and passwords, it just worked seamlessly with talktalks network.The range of the wifi is much better than any previous router I have had over the last 10 yrs and I can now surf the web in the garage and garden which had previously been impossible.I also checked my broadband speed on my old router several times and could only ever achieve maximum 6meg and was told by my supplier that this was the maximum speed available on my line (fair enough) However I then plugged in the Netgear N300 and got 8meg speeds straight away.I would highly recommend this unit to any talktalk customers who are having issues with there broadband connection.I must add that the first router that was sent was faulty but Amazons fantastic customer service sorted out a replacement unit within 48hrs. I would only ever buy products like this from Amazon due to there exceptional service and returns policy.Hope this review helps others who may be having similar connection problems and are fobbed off by there phone supplier.

I've just ordered my second DGN2200, having given the first one to my Dad after a few months of using it. This one, like the first, is operating faultlessly and connecting at a slightly higher speed on my line than other products I've used.The item I received was a version 3 unit and was running the latest firmware out of the box (version 1.1.00.10)The DGN2200v3 contains a Broadcom chipset and interoperates with Broadcom-equipped exchange equipment particularly well. I'm using it on an O2 "The Works" LLU package with Annex M enabled and the exchange is literally next door to my flat, giving a sync speed of 19301Kbps down and 2385Kbps up. The O2-supplied Thomson router synced more in the region of 18500/2000. In practical usage, this works out to about 16.72Mbps down and 2.03Mbps up according to speedtest.net.The router has the standard NetGear web admin interface and features, but also has a guest wi-fi function and scheduled switching on/off of the wi-fi. It also has USB media sharing over CIFS (Windows networking), HTTP(S), FTP, and DLNA, although I don't make use of this feature and haven't tested it.The previous model of NetGear router I used was one of the venerable DG834Gv5 which worked well for the most part but had a bug in its DHCP server such that it sometimes stopped handing out IP addresses to computers it had seen before, until it was power-cycled. This issue went unacknowledged by NetGear and was never fixed in a firmware update. I'm glad to say the DGN2200v3 hasn't shown any sign of that bug so far.The Wi-fi is 2.4GHz band only. It supports up to 300Mbps if you enable 40MHz channel width, which basically hogs two-thirds of the non-overlapping channel space and is a bit inconsiderate to neighbouring networks. If you stick to 20MHz channel width, it runs at 145Mbps.

è un buon apparato! purtroppo però ho dvuto comperarmi l'adattatore per le prese elettriche italiane, poiché l'alimentatore a corredo aveva solo la connessione alle prese inglesi