NETGEAR Nighthawk Dual-Band WiFi 7 Router (RS100) – Router Only, BE3600 Wireless Speed (up to 3.6 Gbps) - Covers up to 2,000 sq. ft., 50 Devices – 2.5 Gig Internet Port - Free Expert Help

My NETGEAR - Nighthawk RS100 Dual-Band Wi-Fi 7 Router. was easy to setup and I added 11 device within minutes. It even allocates WIFI devices as you add them for load balancing. The dashboard is impressive and provides a traffic meter, speed tests, WIFI settings, security and support and a device list that can manage individual devices. A great router at a great price point.

I recently upgraded to the NETGEAR Nighthawk RS280S, and it has been a huge improvement over my old ISP-provided router. Setup was quick through the app and I was online within minutes. The speed difference is immediately noticeable. I’m getting much higher download and upload throughput, lower latency, and far more consistent performance across all my devices. Streaming 4K video, gaming, large downloads, and multiple phones/tablets running at the same time no longer slow anything down. Coverage is excellent too. Signal strength is strong throughout my entire home, including areas where my old router used to struggle. The 5 GHz and 6 GHz bands handle heavy traffic really well, and devices stay connected without random drops. I also like the 2.5-gig port for faster wired connections and future-proofing. Everything feels responsive and stable, even with lots of devices connected at once. It just works, which is exactly what I wanted. Overall, this router delivers great performance, easy setup, and reliable coverage. Definitely worth the upgrade if you want faster Wi-Fi and better stability.

NETGEAR Nighthawk BE9200 WiFi 7 Tri-Band Router (RS280S) By BJennis 12345 Amazing Router, Setup was quick and simple, less than 15 minutes to complete Once I switched devices from Internet provider modem to Nighthawk everything was incredibly faster. Before, .7 download, 13.2 upload After, 34.66 download, 54.64 Upoad Also coverage was great, router on 2nd floor and device in basement. Before could barely connect with internet provider modem, After connection was great - device speed was similar to devices on 2nd floor near the Nighthawk

Recently purchased and set up this router for my home, and here are some thoughts. First of all, on the specs themselves, I thought this was a steal at $188, compared to the RS300 at $280. I did a lot of research and these are practically identical routers, the only difference being the 2.4Ghz band does not support WiFi 7, so it's 500Mbps instead of 600Mbps, which seems completely trivial. Anything you need high speed for should be using the 5Ghz or 6Ghz band anyways. Setup: I did run into an issue when setting it up. After it asked me to name the network, it then needed a firmware update. The firmware update completed fine but the network name reverted back to the default name, even though in the Nighthawk app it still showed the new name I gave it. The only way to fix this was to turn off the smart connect feature that merges all the SSIDs into one, and once there were three different SSIDs, the names showed up correctly. Performance: So far the performance is good, but hasn't blown me away. The range for the 2.4/5Ghz bands is pretty much the same as the cheap TP-Link AX1800 that this replaced. The 6Ghz band range is terrible. There's no other way to put it. It pretty much only works in the same room. I was sort of expecting it to be worse based on what I've read online, but it's worse than I thought. Additionally, it's actually a littler slower than the 5Ghz band on the one device I have that currently can use the 6Ghz band, which is my new phone I just got that has Wifi6E. I tested both bands while standing right in front of it and the 5Ghz band outperformed the 6Ghz band by about 5-10%. I bought this for future proofing, so we'll see if Wifi7 devices will work better with it in the future. My desktop PC has a wireless AC card in it and was able to max out my internet's bandwidth at 800Mbps on the 5Ghz band no problem, so that was great (I upgraded my modem at the same time, which was previously bottlenecking me to 130Mbps no matter the device or band). Other: I have noticed at times that my phone will connect to the 2.4Ghz band instead of the 5Ghz band, so I made my phone forget the 2.4Ghz SSID to force it to always use the 5Ghz band. I suppose if the smart connect feature had worked, it would have fixed this (but I can't say since I never got to test it out). Conclusion: Definitely not perfect, but still good overall for the 2.4/5Ghz bands. For the price, I think it's a good deal and hopefully will work well with Wifi7 devices in the future.

Title: Easy setup, good coverage Description: The basic router setup was simple and I was up and running in under 10 min. It's been working for about a week now and speed is great, coverage is adequate for my home.

Nice design, great range, excellent installation instructions made the router easy to install. Got it all working on the first attempt and I am not a tech geek!

I had to replace my old Netgear Nighthawk router because there wasn’t going to be anymore updates to it and I was due to get a new one anyway. This router was very easy to set up and since I was able to use my same router name and password, it made logging back into everything sooo much easier. The speed I picked up was amazing, especially since we have so many smart home devices. There’s no lagging, buffering or anything like that. I’m extremely happy with my purchase and the price.

Excelente!

Exellent

El soporte de la Netgear esta en la India, no hablan español, apenas hablan ingles, y forzosamente quieren tu nombre, apellido y correo electronico para tomar tu llamada. Si no das esos datos, te cuelgan. Netgear ahora se dedica a la venta de datos personales, ya que no hacen routers que sirvan. Compre este router por que la pagina de netgear insiste que puedes configurar un cliente VPN directamente en el router. Esto es categoricamente FALSO. El submenu que su misma documentacion indica, NO EXISTE dentro de este router, ende, NO ES POSIBLE configurar una VPN. Falla seguido. De la nada mis servicio deja de navegar. No indica falla o perdida de señal, o un timeout. Simplemente deja de cargar lo que sea, ya sea por wifi o por ethernet. El problema se soluciona inmediatamente conectando directamente al modem de mi provedor de servicios. Si, es cierto. Es Wifi6, pero solo para dispositivos mobiles. Mi PC tiene una tarjeta de red que tambien es wifi6, y por ninguna razon el router solo le permite una conexion tipo 802.11n, lo cual te limita a 200Mbps. No hay forma de conectar mi PC en 802.11ac o 802.11ax. Curiosamente, al compartir datos con mi celular a la misma PC, esa conexcion SI ES 802.11ax. Es decir, no es un problema con la PC, ni con el celular. El router simplemente limita las conexciones de PCs a 802.11n, y no hay forma, no hay manera de forzar al router a utilizar 802.11ax. Y por alguna razon todo quieren que sea por su jodida app.

A brilliant piece of kit ... fast and smooth with plenty of gear hanging off it

Much smaller than I anticipated compared to my previous Nighthawk but no issues as of yet. The previous one lasted about 5 years. Seems to work well with WiFi 6/7 and handles cloud gaming effortlessly. (Tested with Nvidia GEFORCE Now and Xbox Cloud)