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Figure 2 shows that the WNR834B's enclosure is identical to that of its WNR854T sibling, which uses Marvell's TopDog chipset.
Figure 2: Netgear WNR854T RangeMax Next Wireless Router
Figure 3 shows that Netgear's board design differs from bth Buffalo's and Linksys', but also uses a Broadcom BCM4704 processor, BCM5325 10/100 switch, 4 MB of flash and 16 MB of RAM.
Figure 3: Netgear WNR834B board bottom view
Figure 4 shows that a CardBus radio is used, which is the same approach taken by Linksys. But the WNR834B uses only two internal antennas instead of the three external antennas used by the Linksys WRT-300N.
Figure 4: Netgear WNR834B board top view
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