Netgear Nighthawk RS200
At sixes and sevens
ROUTER | £200 from Amazon www.snipca.com/52867
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).