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Netgear Nighthawk R7000 Router
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Connectivity

Number of LAN ports34414
Number of WAN ports11111
USByesyesyesnoyes
Total USB ports122
N/A
2
Number of USB 2.0 ports111
N/A
1
Number of USB 3.0/3.1 ports011
N/A
1
Connectivity technology
N/A
  • Wireless
  • Wired
  • Wireless
  • Wired
  • Wireless
  • Wired
  • Wireless
  • Wired
Communication mode
N/A
Full-Duplex
  • Full-Duplex
  • Half-Duplex
  • Full-Duplex
  • Half-Duplex
Full-Duplex
Number of USB 3.1 ports
N/A
00
N/A
N/A

Design

Colour of productWhite
  • Black
  • Grey
  • White
  • Black
  • Grey
  • Red
  • White
White
  • Black
  • Grey
Active cooling (fan)yesnononono

Dimensions

Width3.86 in8.66 in11.4 in4.18 in11.22 in
Height6.61 in6.3 in1.87 in2.71 in1.97 in
Depth3.86 in3.28 in6.6 in4.18 in7.24 in
Weight2.09 lb1.41 lb1.65 lb0.75 lb1.65 lb
Number of units11131
Rack-mount designnonononono

Features

Built-in DSL modemnonononono
File serverVia USBVia USBVia USBNoVia USB
Built-in printer serveryesyesyes
N/A
yes
Mobile app for controlling featuresyesyesyesyesyes
Support for mesh network
N/A
yes
N/A
yes
N/A
Designed for wall mounting
N/A
N/A
yesnoyes
Battery operated
N/A
N/A
N/A
no
N/A
Display
N/A
N/A
N/A
no
N/A

Communication

Management interfaceWeb/network
  • Telnet
  • Web/network
  • Telnet
  • Web/network
N/A
Web/network
6to4yesyesyes
N/A
yes
Communication protocol
  • IPv6
  • Wireless Multimedia Extensions
  • IPv6
  • Multicast
  • Quality of Service
  • Virtual LAN
  • Wireless Multimedia Extensions
  • IPv6
  • Multicast
  • Quality of Service
  • Virtual LAN
  • Wireless Multimedia Extensions
Wireless Multimedia Extensions
  • IPv6
  • Quality of Service
  • Wireless Multimedia Extensions
Data link layer
  • Ethernet
  • Fast Ethernet
  • Gigabit Ethernet
  • IEEE 802.11a
  • IEEE 802.11ac
  • IEEE 802.11b
  • IEEE 802.11g
  • IEEE 802.11n
  • Ethernet
  • Fast Ethernet
  • Gigabit Ethernet
  • IEEE 802.11a
  • IEEE 802.11ac
  • IEEE 802.11b
  • IEEE 802.11g
  • IEEE 802.11n
  • Ethernet
  • Fast Ethernet
  • Gigabit Ethernet
  • IEEE 802.11a
  • IEEE 802.11ac
  • IEEE 802.11b
  • IEEE 802.11g
  • IEEE 802.11n
  • Ethernet
  • Fast Ethernet
  • Gigabit Ethernet
  • IEEE 802.11a
  • IEEE 802.11ac
  • IEEE 802.11b
  • IEEE 802.11g
  • IEEE 802.11n
  • Ethernet
  • Fast Ethernet
  • Gigabit Ethernet
  • IEEE 802.11a
  • IEEE 802.11ac
  • IEEE 802.11b
  • IEEE 802.11g
  • IEEE 802.11n
Number of simultaneous connections3236030000
N/A
N/A
38793
Wireless standards
  • IEEE 802.11a
  • IEEE 802.11ac
  • IEEE 802.11b
  • IEEE 802.11g
  • IEEE 802.1x
  • IEEE 802.3
  • IEEE 802.3ab
  • IEEE 802.3u
  • IEEE 802.11n
  • IEEE 802.11a
  • IEEE 802.11ac
  • IEEE 802.11b
  • IEEE 802.11g
  • IEEE 802.1Q
  • IEEE 802.3ab
  • IEEE 802.3u
  • IEEE 802.3x
  • IEEE 802.11n
  • IEEE 802.11a
  • IEEE 802.11ac
  • IEEE 802.11b
  • IEEE 802.11g
  • IEEE 802.1Q
  • IEEE 802.3ab
  • IEEE 802.3u
  • IEEE 802.3x
  • IEEE 802.11n
  • IEEE 802.11a
  • IEEE 802.11ac
  • IEEE 802.11b
  • IEEE 802.11g
  • IEEE 802.3ab
  • IEEE 802.11n
  • IEEE 802.11a
  • IEEE 802.11ac
  • IEEE 802.11b
  • IEEE 802.11g
  • IEEE 802.3
  • IEEE 802.3ab
  • IEEE 802.3u
  • IEEE 802.3x
  • IEEE 802.11n
Jumbo frames supportnoyesyesnoyes
Mobile broadband supportnoyesyesnono
Throughput WAN-LAN325.5 Mbps755.0 Mbps787.1 Mbps
N/A
931.4 Mbps
VoIP (SIP)nononono
N/A
Wireless networkyesyesyesyesyes
2.4GHz wireless networkyesyesyesyesyes
2.4GHz data transfer rate450.0 Mbps600.0 Mbps600.0 Mbps
N/A
600.0 Mbps
5GHz wireless networkyesyesyesyesyes
5GHz data transfer rate1300.0 Mbps1300.0 Mbps1734.0 Mbps
N/A
1300.0 Mbps
External antennanoyesyesnoyes
MIMOnoyesyesyesyes
Total wireless data transfer rate1300.0 Mbps1900.0 Mbps2334.0 Mbps550.0 Mbps1900.0 Mbps
Wireless security
  • WEP
  • WPA
  • WPA2-Enterprise
  • WPA2
  • WPA3
  • TKIP
  • WEP
  • WPA-Enterprise
  • WPA-PSK
  • WPA
  • WPA2-Enterprise
  • WPA2-PSK
  • WPA2
  • WPS
  • WEP
  • WPA-PSK
  • WPA
  • WPA2-PSK
  • WPA2
  • WPS
  • WPA
  • WPA2-PSK
  • WPA2
  • TKIP
  • WEP
  • WPA-PSK
  • WPA
  • WPA2-PSK
  • WPA2
  • WPS
Frequency band
N/A
  • 2.4 GHz
  • 5 GHz
  • 2.4 GHz
  • 5 GHz
  • 2.4 GHz
  • 5 GHz
  • 2.4 GHz
  • 5 GHz
Network / transport Protocol
N/A
  • TCP/IP
  • PPTP
  • L2TP
  • NTP
  • IPSec
  • PPPoE
  • LPR/LPD
  • DHCP
  • DDNS
  • PPTP
  • L2TP
  • NTP
  • IPSec
  • PPPoE
  • FTP
  • DHCP
  • DDNS
N/A
N/A
Type of mobile support
N/A
USB modemUSB modem
N/A
N/A
Mobile HSUPA
N/A
yesyesno
N/A
Mobile HSDPA (turbo-3G)
N/A
yesyesno
N/A
Mobile 4G (LTE)
N/A
yesyesno
N/A
Mobile 3G
N/A
yesyesno
N/A
Mobile 2G (GSM)
N/A
yesyesno
N/A
Detachable antenna
N/A
yesyesnoyes
Beamforming
N/A
yesyesyesyes
MU-MIMO
N/A
noyesnono
Number of antennas
N/A
34
N/A
3

Compatibility

DynDNSnoyesyesnoyes
Target audienceHome users
  • Smaller offices
  • Business
  • Home users
  • Business
  • Home users
Home users
  • Smaller offices
  • Home users
Routing protocol
N/A
  • IGMP
  • static IP routing
  • IGMPv2
  • IGMP
  • static IP routing
  • IGMPv3
N/A
N/A
Support for alternative firmware
N/A
DD-Wrt
  • DD-Wrt
  • OpenWrt
N/A
  • DD-Wrt
  • OpenWrt

Memory

Included flash memory32.0 MB128.0 MB128.0 MB4096.0 MB128.0 MB
Included RAM512.0 MB256.0 MB256.0 MB512.0 MB256.0 MB
Maximum flash memory
N/A
128.0 MB128.0 MB4096.0 MB128.0 MB
Maximum RAM
N/A
256.0 MB256.0 MB512.0 MB256.0 MB

Power

Operational Power Consumption (min-max)< 9< 11.3
N/A
< 9
N/A
Power over Ethernet (PoE)nonononono

Security

DMZyesyesyesnoyes
VPN protocol
  • IPSec
  • L2TP
  • PPTP
  • IPSec
  • L2TP
  • PPTP
  • OpenVPN
  • IPSec
  • L2TP
  • PPTP
  • OpenVPN
N/A
  • IPSec
  • PPTP
VPN clientnoyesyesnoyes
Number of DMZ ports
N/A
11
N/A
N/A
Encryption Algorithm
N/A
  • MPPE
  • 128-bit WEP
  • 64-bit WEP
  • WPA-PSK
  • WPA2-PSK
  • WPA-Enterprise
  • WPA2-Enterprise
  • MPPE
  • 128-bit WEP
  • 64-bit WEP
  • WPA-PSK
  • WPA2-PSK
  • WPA-Enterprise
  • WPA2-Enterprise
WPA2-PSK
  • WPA
  • WPA2
  • WPA-PSK
  • WPA2-PSK
Firewall
N/A
N/A
N/A
yes
N/A

Often compared with Apple AirPort Extreme

Often compared with Asus RT-AC68U

Often compared with Asus RT-AC87U

Often compared with Google Wifi

Often compared with Netgear Nighthawk R7000