Ivan Frimmel on the BFL (Butterflylabs) forums shows a working setup with a NETGEAR WNDR3700, BFL ASIC Bitcoin miner, and a current snapshot of OpenWRT.

Check out screenshot and installation instructions here.

For more information on what Bitcoin is, click here.

Well, this is exciting news for all the NETGEAR enthusiasts, programmers, and open source fanatics out there! It looks like they have just announced the "NETGEAR Million Dollar App" contest which runs from 5/1/2013 - 9/30/2013. Apps are to be developed for NETGEAR's Genie+ Marketplace, which supports ReadyNAS and wireless router devices.

The top 3 app developers will win a trip to Las Vegas, where one of them (the grand prize winner) will have a chance to win a $1,000,000 annuity in a grand prize "number guessing" ceremony. 15 runners up winners will be kitted out with sweet NETGEAR swag such as ReadyNAS storage devices or high performance routers.

To check out the official rules and to apply to be a developer, check out the official contest page here.

R6300 WiFi Router and A6200 WiFi USB Adapter now have Beamforming+ for optimal wireless performance for video streaming, downloads and online gaming

SAN JOSE, Calif. — April 22, 2013 — NETGEAR^®, Inc. (NASDAQGM: NTGR) (www.netgear.com), a global networking company that delivers innovative products to consumers, businesses and service providers, today announced support for Beamforming+ (www.netgear.com/80211ac) on the NETGEAR R6300 802.11ac Dual Band Gigabit WiFi Router and the NETGEAR A6200 802.11ac Dual Band WiFi USB Adapter(www.netgear.com/landing/fastestwifi/). Beamforming+ is also available through a free firmware upgrade for current NETGEAR customers of the R6300 WiFi Router and the A6200 WiFi USB Adapter. The new router firmware improves WiFi performance and range when connecting to other WiFi devices. You’ll see even more improvement in WiFi performance and reliability when you connect your R6300 Router to a PC or laptop configured with an A6200 Adapter or with an 802.11ac device with Beamforming support. A second R6300 acting as a client bridge would also provide a higher performance solution for critical video over WiFi applications.

SAN JOSE, Calif. — April 8, 2013 — NETGEAR®, Inc. (NASDAQGM: NTGR) (www.netgear.com), a global networking company that delivers innovative products to consumers, businesses and service providers, is expanding its market-leading family of next-generation 802.11ac wireless products (www.netgear.com/fastestwifi) with the R6250 Smart WiFi Router. The industry’s newest router to support the upcoming 802.11ac wireless standard, the R6250 is designed for customers who want the best possible 802.11ac WiFi performance but don’t feel the need to have the fastest 802.11n WiFi performance in the 2.4 Ghz band. The router includes Gigabit Ethernet ports and a USB 3.0 port so that you can make the most of the outstanding performance it delivers with 802.11ac WiFi. The NETGEAR R6250 is ideal for HD streaming to multiple devices, including the latest smartphones with 802.11ac, such as the Samsung Galaxy S®4 and the HTC One®.

With a powerful dual-core 800 MHz engine to enable combined WiFi connections at Gigabit speeds up to 1600 Mbps (300 Mbps @ 2.4 Ghz 802.11n + 1300 Mbps @ 5 Ghz 802.11ac), the R6250 Smart WiFi Router offers optimal wireless coverage for large homes. It also has a new SuperSpeed USB 3.0 port, capable of transferring data from your hard drive up to 10 times faster than a USB 2.0 interface. These features make the R6250 ideal for enabling your increasingly connected digital lifestyle. The R6250 is particularly useful as the network hub for families with eight or more WiFi devices, and works especially well with dual-band WiFi devices such as the Apple iPad

Wait, what? We were pretty excited too when we heard that one of our favorite routers, the super powerful R6300, may very soon have a version of Android available to power it. The folks at Droidifi, in an already-funded Kickstarter promotion, are planning to release a flavor of Android built on the Jelly Bean 4.2.2 base, using the stable 3.6.11 Linux kernel.

This build promises numerous new features, including a wireless "power boost," a built in media server, custom firewall settings, anti-virus firewall capability, and even the ability to run Android apps.

Yes, Android apps -- the Droidifi project also plans to have its own "app store," through which custom apps for the build can be downloaded.We're really, really amped up for this release; the Kickstarter mentions that they are shooting for a May 2013 release date.. which can't arrive soon enough.

[Droidify on Kickstarter]

[Droidify Official Site]

NETGEAR came out of the gate with lots of great announcements this year at CES, with a focus on "doing more" and realizing the dream of a fully connected and networked home. It's understandable, then, how many NETGEAR fans and followers might have missed the upcoming updates to the well-known Genie software, used by millions of NETGEAR product owners.

The Genie software, along with allowing users to easily install and set up their router, offers a whole slew of features -- and it's going to get even better. Here's what's getting added, according to the official NETGEAR press release:

• NETGEAR genie EZ Mobile Connect is an incredibly easy way to enable your guests’ smartphones or tablets to connect to your home Wi-Fi network, simply by scanning the QR code from the genie WiFi screen without typing in security keys or SSIDs. It provides quick and easy wireless connectivity to either the full home network or guest WiFi network.

SAN JOSE, Calif. — May 15, 2012— NETGEAR®, Inc. (NASDAQGM: NTGR),a global networking company that delivers innovative products to consumers, businesses and service providers, today announced a new line of products that provide access to next-generation high-speed 802.11ac wireless to meet growing customer needs for better and faster wireless on Internet-enabled WiFi devices in the home. The products—two wireless routers and one wireless USB adapter—make 802.11ac WiFi available to laptops and PCs, even before this capability has been built into these systems.

The previously announced NETGEAR R6300 WiFi Router is the industry’s first 802.11ac router. Following up on the introduction of that product, NETGEAR is pleased to announce that it will be expanding its 11ac range with a second 11ac router and a USB adapter. The NETGEAR R6300 WiFi Router supports combined WiFi speeds up to 1750 Mbps, while the NETGEAR R6200 WiFi Router announced today supports approximate combined WiFi speeds up to 1200 Mbps and has a lower price point. Both are backward compatible with 802.11a/b/g/n to provide optimum interoperability with legacy WiFi devices and maintaining maximum performance on Wireless-n.

NETGEAR really hit CES 2013 with a bang; they have not only introduced a new color scheme but a slew of new products focusing on the company mantra: "Do More." Specifically, the company is focusing on the connected smart home, with its vision being that in 10-15 years, everything in the average home that is powered by electricity will be connected to the Internet. Impressive, eh?

Here's a breakdown of what NETGEAR had to show off:

• VueZone Home Surveillance Cameras - Tiny, wire-free home surveillance solution. There's even a version with night vision.
• 3rd Generation Push2TV Adapter - Uses Miracast, small as a pack of gum.
• Dual Band Range Extenter w/ Streaming - Supports DLNA, Pandora, and more.
• Updated Genie app - Can use QR codes to connect smartphones and tablets to a network. Cool!
• D6200 ADSL Modem/Router - 802.11ac for the DSL crowd.
• NeoTV Max - Adds Slingbox support.

Are you ready to meet the newest member of the NETGEAR family--the ultra-capable, all-in-one Centria? NETGEAR is running a contest to help show you what the Centria can do.

All you have to do is visit NETGEAR's contest page on Facebook, click on the family member who matches your needs the most, learn more, and enter to win.

[Enter and get full contest details on Facebook.]

Have you checked out the NETGEAR Developer Program? If not, now's the time--looks like Qualcomm Atheros has jumped on board to show off their Skifta Android app. With Skifta, you can stream content from DLNA/uPnP devices, including NETGEAR ReadyNAS.

Learn more at SlashGear.

SAN JOSE, Calif. — September 20, 2012 — NETGEAR®, Inc. (NASDAQGM: NTGR), a global networking company that delivers innovative products to consumers, businesses and service providers, today announced the worldwide availability of NETGEAR CentriaTM, a powerful, all-in-one automatic backup/media server and high-speed WiFi router. Centria is a dual band high-performance router with the added convenience of automatic data backup for both PCs and Macs. The backup capability of the Centria router gives you peace of mind knowing that your data is always backed up. If your PC or Mac goes down or is lost, you can still access your data from Centria using another computer. Routers are an ideal device to provide data backup since they are always on and are the central point of connection for all computers in the home. Additionally, Centria can be used as a storage repository for photos, media and documents that may take up too much space on your computer. Centria uses an internal SATA drive and/or external USB drives to backup and store data.

Enables customers to create secure private cloud for safe and secure remote access to their data and supports Apple Time Machine backup for Macs

Berlin, Germany – August 29, 2012 – NETGEAR®, Inc. (NASDAQGM: NTGR), a global networking company that delivers innovative products to consumers, businesses and service providers, today announced the NETGEAR N750 Dual Band Gigabit WiFi Router - Premium Edition (WNDR4300), a wireless solution that combines a rich feature set with blazing fast 750Mbps (300 + 450 Mbps) speed to stream HD video, support multiplayer gaming and handle large file transfers. Featuring secure NETGEAR ReadyShare® Cloud service and compatibility with Apple® Time Machine®, the NETGEAR N750 is a cost-effective router that makes home networks faster, more reliable and easier to manage in medium-to-large homes.

The NETGEAR N750 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Premium Router includes NETGEAR ReadyShare Cloud service, which enables the creation of a highly secure private cloud for easily accessing and sharing files wirelessly. NETGEAR ReadyShare Cloud keeps all your files stored securely at home but available to transfer, edit or share anywhere, anytime remotely via your smartphone, tablet or PC. Simply and securely drag and drop files and folders without the hassle of using multiple file sharing sites or uploading.

NETGEAR®, Inc., a global networking company that delivers innovative products to consumers, businesses and service providers, today announced a new line of products that provide access to next-generation high-speed 802.11ac wireless to meet growing customer needs for better and faster wireless on Internet-enabled WiFi devices in the home. The products—two wireless routers and one wireless USB adapter—make 802.11ac WiFi available to laptops and PCs, even before this capability has been built into these systems. 

The previously announced NETGEAR R6300 WiFi Router is the industry’s first 802.11ac router. Following up on the introduction of that product, NETGEAR is pleased to announce that it will be expanding its 11ac range with a second 11ac router and a USB adapter. The NETGEAR R6300 WiFi Router supports combined WiFi speeds up to 1750 Mbps, while the NETGEAR R6200 WiFi Router announced today supports approximate combined WiFi speeds up to 1200 Mbps and has a lower price point. Both are backward compatible with 802.11a/b/g/n to provide optimum interoperability with legacy WiFi devices and maintaining maximum performance on Wireless-n.

NETGEAR Announces the R6300 Dual Band Gigabit WiFi Router based on Broadcom’s 802.11ac router platform delivering Internet Speeds Up To Three Times Faster than 802.11n

SAN JOSE, Calif. — April 26, 2012 — NETGEAR®, Inc. (NASDAQGM: NTGR), a globalnetworking company that delivers innovative products to consumers, businesses and service providers, today announced the availability of the NETGEAR R6300 WiFi Router; the first 802.11ac dual band gigabit WiFi router enabling 5th generation WiFi (5G WiFi) at gigabit speeds. The router is also backwards compatible with 802.11a/b/g/n which provides optimum interoperability with legacy WiFi devices.

The NETGEAR R6300 WiFi Router, powered by Broadcom’s 5G WiFi IEEE 802.11ac chips, is up to three times faster than today’s 802.11n routers. With an elegant new design that fits perfectly in consumers’ living spaces, the router increases the coverage area for HD streaming in the home. The NETGEAR R6300 WiFi Router has speeds of up to 1300 Mbps on 5GHz and 450Mbps on 2.4GHz enabling consumers to download web content from any device in the home in afraction of the time it would take on a similar 802.11n device.

Well, this is pretty spiffy. Somewhat under the radar, it looks like NETGEAR has released a fabulous (and free) mobile app to connect to your wireless router to perform a variety of functions, including simple things like remotely managing your network settings all the way to streaming shared media connected to the router--or even wireless printing.

The app is free and available for iPad, iPhone and Android devices. More info via the press release below.

[Official NETGEAR Press Release]

LAS VEGAS, Nev. – January 9, 2012 — NETGEAR^®, Inc. (NASDAQGM: NTGR),a global networking company that delivers innovative products to consumers, businesses and service providers, today launched a number of new WiFi, networking, storage and media streaming products at CES 2012 that are set to transform the home computing and entertainment experience for consumers around the world, and cement the company’s position as the global leader of complete connectivity solutions. 

Three of NETGEAR’s new products have also been honored as CES 2012 Innovations Design and Engineering Award winners. These include the company’s Media Storage Router (WNDR4700), the N750 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit DSL Modem Router (DGND4000) and the NETGEAR Genie® network management application. 

“NETGEAR is leading the home networking revolution by redefining what the home network does and expanding its capabilities and functionality to help make people’s lives richer, more rewarding and more productive than ever before.

Aaahhh... CES. The mecca of gadget geeks, networking aficionados and technology freaks worldwide. Every year, NETGEAR announces exciting new products in the networking field, and 2012 is no exception.

This time, though, it's a bit bigger than a new router or extender--it's a promising new ecosystem of cloud applications called the "Smart Network."

Reading through the press release (included below) we're super excited about the possibilities--especially for the programming crowd here at MyOpenRouter. ANYBODY can program for the Smart Network Application Cloud, it seems, making it an "App Store" of sorts for your network connected devices.

We'll be sure to report more when we get a chance to check out some of the features of Smart Network, but for now, you can sate your appetite with the press release below and NETGEAR's official information page.

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LAS VEGAS, Nev. – January 9, 2012 — NETGEAR^®, Inc. (NASDAQGM: NTGR), a global networking company that delivers innovative products to consumers, businesses and service providers, today announced its Smart Network Cloud Application Platform, a new technology platform that enables consumers to purchase and download apps from the cloud for their home network to optimize and personalize their connected home. Enabled exclusively through NETGEAR

NETGEAR's WNDR3800 "Premium Edition" wireless gigabit router has been generating quite a buzz. It's received excellent reviews in some major publications. Check them out for more information on this fantastic router.

Review of WNDR3800 at SmallNetBuilder

4 out of 5 stars at Cnet.com

SAN JOSE, Calif. – September 14, 2011 — NETGEAR^®, Inc. (NASDAQGM: NTGR), a global networking company that delivers innovative products to consumers, businesses and service providers, is setting a new benchmark for speed, range and premium features in home wireless routers with the N900 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router (model number: WNDR4500). The NETGEAR N900 router, available now, leaps ahead with up to 900 megabits per second of combined WiFi speed and greater WiFi range for maximum performance with even the most demanding tasks, such as wireless 3D and HD video streaming, multiplayer gaming and backing up big files.

With up to 50 percent more speed in the 2.4 GHz band than the current generation of 750 Mbps routers, the NETGEAR N900 can support a full 450 Mbps in both the 2.4 GHz and 5 GHz bands. The NETGEAR N900’s six highly sensitive internal antennas, boosted by ultra-high-power radio amplifiers, provide more WiFi range

NETGEAR, a global networking company that delivers innovative products to consumers, businesses and service providers, today announced worldwide availability of the N600 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router – Premium Edition (WNDR3800), the first home router to offer Clear Channel Selector and the first to create private cloud file sharing through NETGEAR’s new ReadySHARE^™ Cloud service.

Clear Channel Selector, previously available only in more costly wireless routers for businesses, automatically detects when the WiFi channel currently in use becomes overcrowded and switches to another less-crowded channel. WiFi overcrowding is a growing problem as the number of WiFi access points proliferates and there’s more competition for WiFi frequencies from household devices such as microwave ovens, cordless phones, baby monitors and from neighbors. Clear Channel Selector creates a more reliable home WiFi network by greatly reducing sudden disconnects and slowdowns, especially important for demanding applications such as HD video streaming, multi-player gaming and online voice or video chats.