Wall mount for DGND3700

[BlueTweet]

I have recently purchased a Netgear N600 DGND3700 V2 ADSL2+ Dual Band Gigabit Modem Router and am a little concerned about the possibility of it being knocked over as it stands upright.

It has wall mounting screw holes on the back however the protruding base prevents you from screwing it to a wall unless you put a block between the back of the case and the wall and then fix it to the block. Is it possible to remove the base to allow easier wall mounting?

Also if I remove the base can I tun the unit upside down to fit it that way as the screw holes are actually on the wrong side at the moment?

Any help would be appreciated.

Thanks

[jmizoguchi]

It has wall mounting screw holes on the back however the protruding base prevents you from screwing it to a wall unless you put a block between the back of the case and the wall and then fix it to the block. Is it possible to remove the base to allow easier wall mounting?

If you can not slide or without force then probably not ( for warranty reason, you should not break it)

Also if I remove the base can I tun the unit upside down to fit it that way as the screw holes are actually on the wrong side at the moment?

it will hurt since the all the way around there should be small vent around the router.

[REFMAN]

HI

I think the solution to the problem is to remove the base .. that's also my question .. how can I remove the baseplate and not damage the router .. does it just click off or do i need to use a tool to remove it without damaging the base or router

Thanks

Mark

[N3t934R]

The question of removing the base has arisen before. Apparently it just clicks out, though it is fixed with some glue as standard.

A previous poster removed the base for just such a purpose.

http://forum1.netgear.com/showthread.php?t=67001

[DeanH]

Yes, the morons glued in the base. I knew it came out because I've installed these before and had to remove the base and it just slides straight out normally, no problem, but when I went to install a new one today it wouldn't come out. But after some intense effort it finally popped out with obvious glue marks on the tabs (not much but just enough to make it a bitch to remove). I'm a custom installer of A/V systems and home networks and in my experience, in 9 installations out of 10 the modem/router is installed either in a structured wiring panel or mounted on a wall so the base normally isn't used. And the base was designed to be removable for just that reason. So why they would now start to glue it in is a mystery. Obviously the glue is something new they've just started doing over the last few months, maybe some untrained new employee decided it was a good idea and nobody at the factory noticed or realized the impact on the customer. It's not like the base would accidentally fall out. Anyway, in previous installations I've had these running in closed (but still somewhat well ventilated) structured wiring cabinets and mounted on walls (in both cases without the base) for upwards of a year with no problems so ventilation isn't the issue.

[jmizoguchi]

Probably the reason for the glue likely to be user want to lay down the flat the router to have better wireless signal in vertical spread

When router is standing which what designed for the heat dissipate correctly as you said also in installation in the rack. Signal spread is omni direction and horizontally spread so with this say when user needs more vertically the will lay down router cause heat issues.

I bet support have had too much RMA from user using router in flat position so they are forcing user to use router in correct position