Highlights:
- Wireless N300 router with built-in ADSL2 modem
- Gigabit Ethernet ports including 4x LAN and 1x WAN port for Cable modem
- USB port with built-in UPnP and media server
Linksys introduces another wireless N300 router with ADSL2 modem – the X3000 ADSL2 wireless router (currently not available in North America) which is another X series after the first X2000 series. If you compare this X3000 with X2000 series, there are couples of feature differences. Firstly, Linksys upgrades the fast Ethernet (10/100Mbps) ports in X2000 to the Gigabit (10/100/1000Mbps) Ethernet ports in X3000. Actually X3000 adds one more Gigabit port in its LAN interfaces (4x) while the X2000 includes only three LAN ports (fast Ethernet).
The X2000 series with fast Ethernet ports doesn’t make any different with other traditional wireless N ADSL2 router such as Trendnet TEW-658BRM or TP-Link TD-W8961ND. Except that the X series include one WAN Ethernet port for cable modem connectivity in case you require cable services instead of DSL. In this case your X series device becomes a standard wireless router that requires modem connection for sharing the internet. Unfortunately you cannot make both ADSL and Cable connectivity in a load balancing manner or failover – failback manner like those dual WAN routers such as Cisco RV016 multi-WAN VPN router.
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The second difference between the X2000 and X3000 is the USB port which is included in X3000 with built-in UPnP and media server. With UPnP media server you can seamlessly connect XBOX, PS3, Blu-Ray and more UPnP compatible devices. The addition of USB port allows you add an external hard disk for sharing with the whole family on the network. Store all the multimedia files including HD video, music and more in the share storage.
Linksys X3000 with USB port is similar with the product shipped by Netgear – the DGND3700. Now, have a look at the following table that compares the manufacturer’s spec for Linksys X3000 Vs Dgnd3700.
The Linksys X3000 is a wireless N300 ADSL router with the high speed up to 300Mbps but Dgnd3700 is a wireless N600 simultaneous dual band ADSL router. Wireless N600 router supports both 2.4GHz and 5GHz bands at the same time, speed up to 300Mbps each band. Both ADSL routers include four Gigabit LAN interfaces plus one Gigabit WAN interface for Cable modem connection.
The other high performance feature for Dgnd3700 is that it is powered by dual-core 400MHz processor and 128MB flash memory and 128MB RAM for heavy duty processing, no wonder Netgear put this device into its high performance products. No processor and memory spec found for X3000.
Linksys X3000 ADSL router is ideal for homes or small offices with DSL services (or cable) that require easy installation and maintenance, you don’t need to purchase separate DSL modem to build your home wireless network with share storage. Linksys X3000 is an All-in-one device for your home wireless network.
| Linksys X3000 | Netgear Dgnd3700 | |
|---|---|---|
| Wireless technology | Wireless N300 – 802.11b/g/n compliant | Wireless N600 – 802.11a/b/g/n compliant |
| Antennas | 2 internal antennas with MIMO technology | Internal MIMO antennas |
| Ethernet ports | Gigabit | Gigabit |
| USB port | 1xUSB port storage link with built-in UPnP and media server | 1xUSB storage link with built-in UPnP media server – DLNA compliant |
| Memory | Unspecified | Flash = 128MB and RAM = 128MB |
| Security | WPA/WPA2; WEP
SPI and NAT firewall WPS Guest network Time-of-day access Domain blocking |
WPA/WPA2—PSK & WEP
SPI and NAT firewall DoS attack prevention WPS Guest network |
| Other features | Power on/off button
Cisco connect software |
Power and wireless on/off button
Broadband usage meter |
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