Nighthawk WiFi 7 Router RS200

You do not need the RS300 for what you will be using it for. The Netgear Nighthawk RS200 will serve your purposes just fine since you only have a 1 gig fiber and a few devices. Look at the TP Link Archer AX73 router instead, its performance and price point will suit you well. Your current wired configuration takes care of your gaming requirements.

I have a nighthawk rs pending order on Amazon waiting to be shipped it has 2.5gbps wan and 2.5gbps lands and wifi 7 claims up to 9gigps over wifi course I won't get that cause only on gig plan but future proof lol

The night hawk RS180 I ordered finally shipped says delivery tomorrow it's wifi 7 with 6ghz up to 5.5gbps wifi and has 2.5gbps wan and 2.5gbps lan so I should get full 1gig

Recently setup a Netgear RS200 and am very happy. Replaced an old Apple router. Just 2 of us in a small house, not gamers. Set up was easy using the app. Had small issue with updating device passwords which customer service talked me through no the phone.

Between those two, the ASUS RT-BE92U is better: It has a 10GB WAN port (Netgear only 2.5GB WAN port). ASUS, all 4 LAN ports are 2.5GB (Netgear only has a single 2.5GB LAN, with other 3 being 1GB ports). And the most crucial difference: The RT-BE92U is a tri-band WiFi 7 router with 2.4, 5 and 6ghz bands. The Netgear claims to be WiFi 7 but is only dual band.. 2.4 and 5ghz. It has no 6ghz band! Ripoff! ASUS also comes with free security software (AiProtection Pro). Netgear has a 30 day free “Netgear ARMOR” security plan, then you need to pay $ forever for the security plan. So ASUS wins on this metric too. And ASUS firmware is more complex, gives you more configurability. You can use the web UI to configure things the precise way you like it. Netgear seems to be moving to using a phone app for configuration, which means you won’t have as much control over the config. I don’t know 100% if the Netgear RS180 has a web UI or if you must use a phone app, but I’m confident the ASUS will have a better feature set for configuation than the Netgear. Unfortunately where they are both tied is customer service. Both will not win any awards in that department. Buy the router you like, try it and if it is terrible I wouldn’t even bother calling tech support.. just return it and try something else. Good luck!

Just did this - 7 people, 3 floors. Went through a few mesh systems (tplink be4800, be5000, XE75). Hated the way mesh worked, walked to another room device would hang on the further node and online games were choppier (higher ping and latency) than a single nighthawk (even had wired backhaul from main to second of the 3 nodes). Then went through multiple Netgear Nighthawks (rs200, rs300, rs500, axe3000). Ordered a refurbed RS700S for $349, its a beast but better coverage, better speeds, lower pings, less latency than any of the Mesh systems. Dead spots where we got 5-10mb/sec now getting 550mb. Using the nighthawk app I could see with the RS500 60% signal level in some of the dead spot areas, now getting 90+%. I've got a 1GB connection from Spectrum and they overprovision so wirelessly with iphone 17 getting over 1gb a floor above or under the router and up to a room away still. Wired to PCs getting 1.1-1.2 gb too. I tested speeds in every room of my house with each system to record speeds. I found a single, more powerful router to be a much better and consistent solution for 3 floors and 7 people.

Netgear nighthawk. Spend what you can afford for the coverage you need.

ASUS, got better UI on the app as well. I used to have Netgear

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.