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WNDR3700v4 RangeMax N300 Wireless Router
NETGEAR WNDR3700v4 RangeMax N300 Wireless Router
I had to reinstall my Windows 7 Pro and now the device has
an Exclamation point (icon) and does not have an indication
of driver installed!
There does not appear to be any down load of driver for this
device just a Genie that does not help but does show my device.
Can any one help?
Don
3 Replies
Not sure what you have going on. the WNDR3700v4 is a N600 dual band router.
It doesn't need a driver. If you truly have the WNDR3700v4, its a router. Not a wireless adapter.
And it isn't a single band n300 device.
How are you connecting this random "windows 7 pro" device to the router? Via wireless? Via ethernet?
If wireless, do you have wireless security setup on the router?
Does this exclamation point (icon) say why its there?
What actual device is this windows 7 pro?
Information supplied came from the lable on back of unit.
It is tied into my computer via cat 5.
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Wireless dual band Gigabite router.
Model : WNDR3700v4
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Alll other information is same as previously supplied (Same infromation from NetGear when imputting my S/N).
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When I tried to download driver from NETGEAR, the only option was the Genie, which I tried to see if it would
help. It did not help, nor did it have a download option for the driver. After running the Genie it did not change
Windows 7 Pro device managers warning sign (Error no driver and none can be found){Previously receifed
driver error}.
As this is a dual band wireless router, can I just ignore the warning, will it effect my wireless printer or my laptop that is tied
into it?
Thanks,
Don
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> Information supplied came from the lable on back of unit.
Visit http://netgear.com/support , put in your model number, and look
for Documentation. Get some. Read. Compare your story with Netgear's
story.> Wireless dual band Gigabite router.
"bit" and "bite" (or "byte") are spelled differently for a reason.
You're bringing your clerical speed and accuracy into doubt.> There does not appear to be any down load of driver for this
> device [...]It probably appears that way because it _is_ that way. There is no
device driver for your router (whatever it is).> [...] the device has an Exclamation point (icon) and does not have an
> indication of driver installed!
_Which_ "the device"? What, exactly, are you seeing where, exactly,when you do what, exactly?
> It is tied into my computer via cat 5.
So, presumably, you have some kind of Ethernet adapter in your
(unspecified) computer which is running a freshly installed copy of
Windows 7 Pro. That adapter might be built-in (on the main board), or
in a PCI card slot, or some place else. That Ethernet _adapter_ needs a
device driver.Normally, I'd expect Windows Update to handle all that without user
intervention, but it's possible that you'd need to find the appropriate
device driver for that adapter, and install it yourself. With my weak
psychic powers, I know approximately nothing about that adapter, or what
Windows is telling you about it.But, in any case, you appear to have a Windows problem, not a router
problem.
> As this is a dual band wireless router, can I just ignore the
> warning, will it effect my wireless printer or my laptop that is tied
> into it?If you have other computers/devices which can communicate with the
router as expected, then that's just one more sign that you have a
Windows problem (on one computer), not a router problem. But the number
of wireless (radio) bands supported by the router is entirely
irrelevant.
