Netgear’s Nighthawk brand used to sit at the more expensive end of its range of routers, but it has recently included more affordable models. This new offering, the RS200, is a Wi-Fi 7 router, similar in appearance to the RS300 (£290 from www.snipca.com/51974, reviewed in Issue 693), albeit at a lower price and with inferior specifications.
Wi-Fi 7 technology ensures fast speeds right across your home, but it lacks features and a 6GHz band
The main change is that this is a dual-band rather than a tri-band router, so only uses the traditional 2.4GHz and 5GHz frequencies, and therefore can’t access the 6GHz band available on some Wi-Fi 6E and Wi-Fi 7 devices. That limitation positions it closer to the TP-Link Archer BE3600 (£110 from www.snipca.com/52252, reviewed in Issue 695).