Nighthawk WiFi 7 Router RS100

I've got the RS90. It's a dual band Wi-Fi 7 router. I'm running 500 mbps at my house. It's worked great. There are nicer and newer Nighthawk routers out there, like you said you just have to look at one that fits your needs.

You're welcome! So I researched it quite a bit and almost every Nighthawk router I looked up is compatible with Spectrum modems. I've got Spectrum service too. Once you set up your new router, you just have to take your Spectrum router to a Spectrum store or UPS store (probably better to do), and then you start saving the $10 a month you were paying before to rent Spectrum's router. Totally worth it!

Second this. I've got a Netgear Nighthawk router too and have been very happy with it.

I'm using a Netgear Nighthawk router and have been happy with it.

Netgear Nighthawk routers have worked well for me.

I upgraded from the Netgear Nighthawk mesh Wi-Fi 6 system to a single point Wi-Fi 7 Netgear Nighthawk router. Coverage is significantly better even though there’s only one point. It is tri band, which allows for more connections. (60 WiFi 6 and 100 WiFi 7) And the speed is so much faster. I speed tested the Wi-Fi mesh system on my iPhone 17 Pro Max. I was averaging about 400 Mbps. I have a 1 Gbps plan. With the Wi-Fi 7 I’m getting around 900 Mbps. On Wi-Fi. Not a hardline connection. My latency dropped from an average of 25 to 27. Down to 10 to 12. I am also using a Netgear Nighthawk modem, which is rated for 1 Gbps.

As far as penetration for the different types of Wi-Fi. It’s based on the megahertz. The lower the number the better the penetration. Think of it like frequency of music or sound. The lower the frequency the more penetration you get. Think of a car with a very loud stereo. Tons of bass. In your home, you hear the bass, but you don’t hear the higher frequencies. That is exactly how the Wi-Fi bands work. 2.4 penetrates walls extremely well but it’s a slower speed. 5.8 penetrate allright, but it is a much faster speed. The new 6Ghz band is a higher frequency than the 5.8. That is why it does not penetrate as well as the other two. But it is by far the fastest connection. And remember your device has to support the different connection speed as well.

i've had nothing but problems with my net gear wi-fi 7, after few weeks stuff buffers for split second, social media doesn't load immediately, i also have the net gear wi-fi 6 AX5400 router and works fine. seems walmarts website also has allot of complaints about wi-fi 7, and seeing that you actually have to have devices that use wi-fi 7, which technically none do, im going back to wi-fi 6, ether a new net gear router from amazon or MSI gaming routers or something.

I had the same problem spectrum came to my crib tried to hook everything up couldnt figure it out so he left the new wifi 7 router in the box and hooked up a wifi6e router..after i hooked it up myself when i got home from work and was very disappointed. I went and bought the new netgear wifi 7 router and with my 1Gig Internet i pulled 1134mbps..

yeah I stopped buying gaming routers 4 years ago. I was on my 3rd nighthawk - they would no joke die consistently 2-3 months after their warranty expired. 3 of them in a row, like clockwork. I went with a mesh system and I am very pleased with it. it allows me to have solid fast wifi in my detached garage, which wasn't possible with the gaming router. and I have overall way better signal on the other stories of my house. I get close to 1 gig on wifi now. the mesh system, which includes 4 routers, was also cheaper than my nighthawk. never going back tbh