Be in control of your Internet connection at home and in the office with Vikings’ libre-friendliest WLAN router to date.
Vikings WNDR3800 Free Software Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router
Be in control of your Internet connection at home and in the office with Vikings’ WNDR3800 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router. This is a re-branded NETGEAR WNDR3800 that can run with 100% libre firmware instead of the proprietary firmware ex works, improving security and freedom.
It offers the high performance wireless Internet access needed for demanding applications, such as streaming HD video or multiplayer gaming running a powerful 680 Mhz processor inside. It supports a wide range of new features and applications such openVPN, dynDNS, interference avoidance, support of multi-function printers and much more. Dual band technology avoids interference, ensuring top speeds and the greatest range, while Gigabit offers ultra-fast wired connections.
Best Connections
- Clear Channel Selector: Dynamically avoids busy Wi-Fi channels for clear and fast wireless connections automatically
- Simultaneous Dual band: Ensuring top speeds and the greatest range while minimizing interference
- Fast Wireless Speeds: Provides up to 300 Mbps wireless speed for streaming HD videos, simultaneous downloads, and online gaming
- Fast wired: Four Gigabit Ethernet ports deliver ultra-fast wired connections
- Automatic Quality-of-Service (QoS): Keeps Internet videos streaming by recognizing video streaming and gives them priority bandwidth
- Fine-tuned antennas: Provides best wireless range
Security
- Guest Network: Separate and secure Internet access for guests
- “Business Class” Wi-Fi Security and Firewall: High-level wireless security for the home
- Wi-Fi Protected Access® (WPA/WPA2: PSK) and WEP
- Denial-of-service (DoS) attack prevention (LibreCMC/openWRT only)
- Double firewall protection (SPI and NAT firewall) (LibreCMC/openWRT only)
- KRACK countermeasures (LibreCMC/openWRT only)
- and more
Advanced Features
- Clear Channel Selector: Dynamically avoids busy Wi-Fi channels for clear and fast wireless connections automatically
- Simultaneous Dual Band: 2.4 GHz and 5 GHz operation
- DLNA: streaming media (LibreCMC/openWRT only)
- Multiple SSID guest networks (separate security and access restrictions)
- Broadband usage meter measures Internet usage (LibreCMC/openWRT only)
- Power on/off buttons
- Das U-Boot bootloader
- and more
Three router distributions available
LibreCMC, openWRT and Freifunk are available. Choose
- LibreCMC for blob-free operation (best choice in terms of libre-friendlyness),
- openWRT for bleeding-edge features and
- Freifunk if you’d like to expand the Freifunk community network (available for orders that have an active Freifunk community).
Standards
- 802.11 b/g/n 2.4 GHz
- 802.11 a/n 5.0 GHz
- Five (5) (1 WAN and 4 LAN) Gigabit Ethernet ports with auto-sensing technology
- IPv6 Support (Internet Protocol Version 6)
Performance
- 680 MHz powerful MIPS 32-bit processor
- Memory: 16 MB flash and 128 MB RAM
- SoC : Atheros AR7161 rev 2
- Five (5) (1 WAN, 4 LAN) Gigabit Ethernet ports
- Advanced Quality of Service (QoS)
- Supports Wireless Multimedia (WMM) based QoS
Package Contents
- WNDR3800 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router: Premium Edition (WNDR3800)
- Power supply unit with Type A connector (mainly used in the USA, Canada, Mexico & Japan)
- Optional: localized power adapter (see below)
- CD with sources and binaries of the router firmware
Power Adapter for Power Supply
These routers have been sourced from North America and come with a power supply unit with a type A connector. This connector is mainly used in the USA, Canada, Mexico & Japan. We will provide you with an appropriate adapter according to the shipping address, if required.
Physical Specifications & Warranty
- Dimensions: 223 x 153 x 31 mm (8.8 x 6.0 x 1.2 in)
- Weight: 0.5 kg (1.2 lb)
- This is a refurbished item coming with the legal 1-year world-wide warranty (https://europa.eu/youreurope/citizens/consumers/shopping/guarantees-returns/germany/index_en.htm)
Refurbished Certificate
The WNDR3800 router is a refurbished/used part. Vikings does rigorous testing of all refurbished/used items and gives a comprehensive guarantee for this device.
The housing has wear marks, function of the product is not affected
Links
Vikings Wiki Article
The WNDR3800 together with LibreCMC is one of the best 100% libre-friendly options for open source/free software enthusiasts who need a reliable and versatile networking companion.
NOTE: Product images shown are representative of the product being sold, but may vary slightly from the product as shipped due to continuous improvement and related changes.
EchedeyLR
The only drawback are the antennas if you want it for more than one room.
The LibreCMC version is up-to-date, runs smooth and you have plenty of options to use and test in real life.
I have been using it in production for my own home for years and it is perfect.
Paul
Great router and fast service. Wifi has very good range and works with our IP phone and PlayStation network.
Karl
Awesome Product! Much wow! Many thanks!
Greg
Excellent service and product. Highly recommended. Gone are the days of extensive searching for hardware that runs free software flawlessly, nowadays it even comes pre-installed! Also it is a used, refurbished product and therefore environment friendly.
Patrick Garrity
Exceptional product. Fastest Libre-friendly hardware available. Confident Vikings will get FSF RYF certification. Flawless product, works as expected and more.