New Modem

Well, 4th of June
For all you Chinese out there, this marks one special day.
21 years ago, on this very day, those of us who were born (i was only 2 and a bit months old at the time) would have lived through one big historical event. The truths behind this events still remains a mystery today, and to stop our blog from being banned in China for political reasons, I would not be discussing about it.

Oh wait....blogspot IS already banned in China....


Well, moving on to todays topic.
Product review!!!Thanks to CK who kindly lent me his spare Asus DSL-N11, I was able to confirm that it was indeed my old netgear DG834Gv4 playing up on me.

I've had the chance to play around with quite a few adsl modems, and personally, im still quite fond of the Netgear firmware. It is one of the best out there.

Hence, i decided to stick with netgear.
This was the one i got Netgear DGND3300

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Fairly standard box.
Just like all of netgears products.
Unlike other companies like logitech, who tries to glorify all their hi-end products, Netgear does not give their hi-end products any special packaging.

Now moving on to the modem itself.
Most of you who have seen the Netgear DG834G before, at it was one of the best selling adsl2+ modems ever made.
Its flat white, with a clear glossy border.

From the box, i thought that this modem would be similar aswell.
But then i was very wrong...
Rather than being flat black, this thing was Hi Gloss Black.

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Very very reflective.
And just like all shiny black things, its a dust and fingerprint magnet.

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Similar to the old Wireless G routers, this unit comes with the big blue light display show in the center

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These lights are very bright.

Like the old netgear modems, this unit is also designed to be able to stand vertically.
I find it better this way, as the unit doesnt get as hot.
Clip on the two feet, and the modem stands upright.

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However, unlike the old DG834G, you can mount the feet on either side because theres no antenna to get in the way of things.
Instead of using one external antenna, this unit comes with 8 internal ones, giving it the ability to broadcast at 5ghz

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Basically, 5ghz means that it uses alot more frequencies, and avoids interferance from other wireless devices.


And the back of the unit.
One of the main attractions of this unit is the USB port on the back.
Basically, this allows me to hook up a external usb drive to this port, and share media with other computers in my home network.
Another feature that i found was that i could use this port to host my own http or ftp server.

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Major downside to netgear is that you cant watch iptv with tpg.
but then again, iptv doesnt offer that many nice channels to watch, so i can always live without it.
If i really wanted to watch fta channels on my comp, then i'll just buy a tv tuner instead.
Overall, im pretty happy with this modem.
Sync speeds have been decent
And it also introduces a whole lot more features compared to the older netgear modems.
Worth 150bux? Well, nowadays, you can get a Dlink Wireless N ADSL2+ modem for just under 100bux.
So for that extra 50bux, you get more range, less interferance, and a network storage port. This unit can also function as a wireless repeater.
So yeah, I rkn it is pretty worth considering if you need a new modem.