CONCLUSION

   As you all know until this exact moment in time (and for the past 4 years) we've been using the Netgear DGN3500 Wireless-N modem/router but after finishing all tests with the X3500 we feel that the time has come for us to replace it. Now I’m not about to tell you that we were blown away with the differences in internet speed between these two models since as you can see for yourselves they were quite small but we were infact blown away with the difference in wireless speed. Many of you know that I’m not one to use Wi-Fi very often so what really sold the X3500 to me were the extra features along with the amount of available settings in the web interface. Overall a better device than the DGN3500 although i have to agree with the others that the enclosure quality of the DGN3500 is far better than that of the X3500 (however performance and features are our primary focus).

   Although we were unable to track down the X3500 N750 dual-band modem/router by Linksys inside the USA we did find it inside the EU for a price tag of 95Euros (Amazon.co.uk) which is actually very good for such a product and certainly less than what we had expected. Linksys has gone through quite a few transitions lately with their acquisition by Cisco and recently from Belkin but that doesn't seem to have slowed them down one bit since all their products that have arrived here have more than just lived up to our expectations. Of course I’m not saying that the X3500 is the best modem/router out there since i don't believe it to be but it offers a decent amount of features, a very detailed and thorough web interface, did manage to outperform our own model and all that for less than expected so it gets our Golden Award, it's that simple.

PROS

- Overall Quality
- Internet Performance
- Wireless Performance
- WAN Port
- USB Port (Printer/Drive Sharing/FTP Server/DLNA Media Server)
- Web Interface
- Easy Setup
- Price (For Some)

CONS

- Enclosure Quality