By Ki Grinsing

NETGEAR DGND3300 V2 N300 RangeMax Dual Band Wireless-N Router with Built-in DSL Modem is a high performance ADSL Wireless Modem, an ideal all-in-one solution for high-performance gaming and streaming environment. See new Model in Jan 2011 DGND-3700 Adsl2 modem router with gigabit Cable.

Wireless ADSL Modem gateway

Building a high performance wireless network in homes for gaming and streaming video typically consists of broadband modem, high performance broadband router, a LAN switch, and high speed wireless access point. A modem is used to connect your home (subscriber premises) to the ISP central office. The types of the modem depend on the service provider either Cable or DSL broadband internet based modem. A router (with firewall feature) helps protecting the network against any types of internet threats. A LAN Switch is used for expanding network with wired or wireless (with wireless Access Point), and a Wireless access point (AP) for wireless network.

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Mostly ordinary home users do not have much knowledge in setting up and configuring the networking devices to build a wireless network environment in homes. Connecting the modem to the router improperly or configuring the router improperly can cause no internet connection to network. Setting up and configuring the wireless network for users with networking knowledge might not be a problem. Therefore, Netgear understand the situation. Netgear introduces DGND3300 an all-in-one solution for high-performance wireless network for gaming and streaming video.

What this DGND3300 Product Does

DGND3300 V2 N300 RangeMax ADSL wireless modem is an all-in-one solution for high-performance wireless network environment for gaming and video streaming.

All-in-one device

Netgear Dgnd3300 Rangemax includes all the requirements you need in building a wireless network including the ADSL modem, router / firewall, a LAN Switch, and a wireless –N access point which is integrated into a single box. The built-in ADSL modem supports major ADSL /ADSL2+ Internet service providers.

Netgear DGND3300 includes the router with dual-firewall feature: NAT (network address translation) and SPI (Stateful packet inspection) to help protect your internal network against any network and internet attacks. And it also includes Denial-of-service (DoS) attack prevention.

Wireless N600 Access point

Netgear DGND3300 ADSL wireless modem includes a wireless access point which is powered by the latest wireless 802.11n technology with dual-band support both 2.4 GHz and 5 GHz frequency band. With wireless N technology, it can provide high speed up to 300 Mbps wireless network. Dual band technology avoids interference, ensuring top speeds and the greatest range. And the included Gigabit switch offers ultra-fast wired connections. Automatic Quality of Service (QoS) provides reliable internet connection for Jitter-free video and gaming experience.

USB port is available for shared storage with ReadySHARE^™ technology to provide fast and easy shared access to an external USB storage device.

Advanced Security

Besides dual firewall and DoS prevention features as mentioned above, the DGND3300 N300 RangeMax supports the latest industrial wireless security Wi-Fi Protected Access (WPA/WPA2-PSK) and WEP (for legacy client connections). For client secured connection, the device supports Push ‘N’ Connect using Wi-Fi Protected Setup (WPS) to ensure a quick and secure network connection.

To keep your Internet experience safe, the router supports Live Parental Controls. Unlike DGND3300 version 1, the DGND 3300 version 2 supports multiple SSIDs (the guest network access) to allow you provide separate security and access restrictions for guests so you don’t need to worry that your guests access your internal network.

Network Diagram

The figure below shows networking diagram that uses DGND3300 ADSL wireless modem. The RJ11 port of the modem is connected direct to the ISP (the phone line on the wall). You can use the line splitter to allow you split the line for use with your telephone together.

With the wireless network, you can install a wireless XBOX adapter to your XBOX game console to allow you play online games wirelessly at the comfort of your living room without the clutter of the wires.

By Ki Grinsing