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no longer support 802.11 ac
when I first got the router it had phenomenal speed supporting 802.11 ac. now that the new firmware v2.02.08 has installed the router no longer sports 802.11 ac and the gui has changed taking away some features. the site is not letting me state the model number so here it is 600n c3700-100nas
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The C3700 is a 802.11n gateway (the N600 means it supports max link speeds of 300 mbits in each band, and the throughput will be much lower than this). It does not support 802.11ac By current standards it is a low-end model.
What speeds were you seeing before, and what speeds are you seeing now?
at first activation i was seeing 106 Mbps down and 6 Mbps up. Now its 49 Mbps down and 6 Mbps up. The only thing i can think of is the new firmware no longer supports the 802.11 ac. when I log on to the router wireless settings it shows the 2.4ghz band supporting a,b,g,n and the 5 ghz supporting a/n. the router does or did at one point here is the link on the tech specs http://www.netgear.com/home/products/networking/cable-modems-routers/C3700.aspx#tab-techspecs
As StephenB indicated, your router has never supported. AC, only .N. From the link you posted. That is a far cry from .AC.
N600 WiFi Cable Modem Router
802.11n Dual-Band Gigabit - N600 (300 Mbps + 300 Mbps)‡
The c3700 modem was always working as n netgear router it has 1 gb ports here is a link to the data sheet for it http://www.downloads.netgear.com/files/GDC/datasheet/en/C3700.pdf.
You may need to do a reset on the modem get back to your 106 mb's.
Are your speeds that you are posting wired or wifi?
the speeds are wifi not wired
http://www.netgear.com/home/products/networking/cable-modems-routers/C3700.aspx#tab-techspecs so this is a lie just to sell the router and this is from the netgear site. So Netgear lied about the specs online to sell a low end router. i guess i will not buy netgear again
justme0101 wrote:http://www.netgear.com/home/products/networking/cable-modems-routers/C3700.aspx#tab-techspecs so this is a lie just to sell the router and this is from the netgear site. So Netgear lied about the specs online to sell a low end router. i guess i will not buy netgear again
Sorry that you feel you were misleaded somehow but specs never said it was ac router if just firmware would turn a n router into ac router everyone would do it to their's it is not possible the hardware needed is not there.
As to the speed problem has your isp reset the modem on their end.
justme0101 I apologize for any inconvenience this may have caused you. It's true that the C3700 never supported 802.11ac, I already forwarded it to our web team to fix it.
