After being very happy with my WNR2500L in my Australian office, I recently purchased another for my Philippines office. This second one happrened to be a WNR3500L v2, so I opened both up to see what the physical differences are.
Here are the results:
WNR3500L v1 | WNR3500L v2 | |
FCC ID | PY308400093 | PY310400153 |
Power | 12VDC 1.0A | 12VDC 1.5A |
CPU | Broadcom BCM4718A1 | Broadcom BCM47186B0 (480 MHz) |
FLA | 8 MB (Macronix MX25L6405DMI-12G) | 128 MB (Samsung K9F1G08U0D) |
RAM | 64 MB (Samsung K4T56163QI-ZCE6) | 128 MB (Winbond W971GG6JB-25) |
Expansion | 1 x USB 2.0 | |
Wireless Chip | Broadcom BCM4718A1 | Broadcom BCM47186B0 |
802.11 Protocols | bgn | |
Antenna Connector | None | U.FL |
Ethernet Chip | Broadcom BCM4718A1 | Broadcom BCM47186B0 |
Switch | Broadcom BCM53115 | |
LAN Speed | 10/100/1000 | |
LAN Ports | 4 | |
WAN Ports | 1 |
If you are not sure which version of the WRN3500 you have, check the FCC ID number on the rear of the case and compare it to the above.
Very useful information, hope this link may add some more information to this post.
Where you able to load DDWRT on the v2 unit? If yes, which version of DDWRT did you load?
@mholmes234: DDWRT for WNR3500Lv2 is available here.
As wifi coverage and 'better v1 or v2? Because I read that the v1 has 3 antennas while the v2 has 2.
Thanks so much for providing this information. I always wondered whether I had the Lv1 or Lv2, thanks to the FCC ID in your post, I now know I have the Lv1