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.

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.

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.

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.