Netgear Nighthawk RS300 review

pcgamer.com:

While many other manufacturers like their Wi-Fi routers to look like mechanical spiders or spaceships, giving little thought to the practicalities of keeping them on narrow shelves or dusting them, Netgear's design department is more restrained. The RS300—an affordable Wi-Fi 7 router inasmuch as you don't actually fall over when you see how much they want for it—is very much the Nighthawk RS700S's little cousin.

There's a strong family resemblance in the upright stance, rounded-diamond cross section, and the lack of aerials, as well as a very similar layout with blinking status lights on the front which can be turned off with a single button-press. The RS300 comes from a different part of the gene pool, however, with slower speeds on both wired and wireless connections.

By slower, however, it still means fast. This is a Wi-Fi 7 router and everything is measured in Gbps, faster than almost everyone's internet connection and more than you need for streaming or even gaming (though downloading from Steam will always benefit from greater speeds). We're seeing more and more gaming laptops and desktops (as well as phones and tablets) come equipped with Wi-Fi 7 cards, however, so it's nice to see this latest version of a mature technology becoming mainstream enough for budget models to emerge.

Still, if you have an internet connection greater than 2.5 Gbps (in which case, can we come to your house?) you should consider something else. You won't find a 10 Gbps input or output port on the RS300, so if you want to run a high-speed home network you'll be limited to 2.5 Gbps throughput.

Wireless standard: Wi-Fi 7
Max speeds: 0.7 Gbps (2.4 GHz), 2.9 Gbps (5 GHz), 5.8 Gbps (6 GHz)
Ethernet ports: 2x 2.5 Gbps, 2x 1 Gbps
WAN: 2.5 Gbps
Processor: Quad-core 2.0GHz
RAM: 2 GB
USB: 1x USB 3.0 Type-A
Dimensions: 249 x 150 x 101 mm (9.8 x 5.9 x 4 in)
Weight: 0.95 kg (2.09 lbs)
Price: $329 | £299

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