Netgear WNR3500L



The WNR3500L (also known as the WNR3500U) is an 802.11b/g/n Wi-Fi router created by Netgear. It was officially launched in the autumn of 2009. The WNR3500L runs open-source Linux firmware and supports the installation of third party packages such as DD-WRT and Tomato.

Hardware


Version 1:
 * Broadcom BCM4718 453 MHz SoC
 * 8 MB Flash memory
 * 64 MB RAM
 * 32 kB instruction cache
 * 32 kB data cache
 * Three internal antennas
 * 802.11 b/g/n wireless support
 * One 10/100/1000 Mbit/s WAN port
 * Four 10/100/1000 Mbit/s switched LAN ports
 * Integrated USB 2.0 EHCI host port
 * Compatible with Windows 7

Version 2:
 * Broadcom BCM47186 500 MHz SoC
 * 128 MB flash memory
 * 128 MB RAM
 * 32 kB instruction cache
 * 32 kB data cache
 * Two internal antennas
 * 802.11 b/g/n wireless support
 * One 10/100/1000 Mbit/s WAN port
 * Four 10/100/1000 Mbit/s switched LAN ports
 * Integrated USB 2.0 EHCI host port
 * Compatible with Windows 7

Features
There are several ways to identify the version, including a v2 label on version 2.

Version 1:
 * Supports installation of Tomato firmware and DD-WRT; the manufacturer has a custom version of OpenWrt while the mainline version works partially
 * Supports Wi-Fi Protected Setup (WPS)
 * Automatically detects ISP type, exposed host (DMZ), MAC address authentication, URL content filtering, logs and email alerts of internet activity
 * Static & dynamic routing with TCP/IP, VPN pass-through (IPsec, L2TP), NAT, PPTP, PPPoE, DHCP (client & server)
 * Supports IPv6, including automatic 6to4 tunnel (since firmware 1.2.2.30)

Version 2:
 * Supports installation of Tomato firmware (Shibby and Toastman varieties) and DD-WRT

Open source features
According to one analysis, installing DD-WRT reduced performance.