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Netgear Nighthawk R7300 Router
Netgear Nighthawk R7300
Editiorial reviews
15
3.8 out of 5
9 user ratings
5 stars
0 %
4 stars
88 %
3 stars
0 %
2 stars
11 %
1 stars
0 %
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4 editorial reviews
SmallNetBuilder provides networking and IT news, reviews, help and information for professional and prosumer home, SOHO and small business users.Read more
We check out the Best Buy exclusive NETGEAR Nighthawk R7300 AC1900 DST router to see how it performs and if you should buy it or not.Read more
Excellent throughput and range at the 5GHz band, lots of features (including full VPN)?plus a cool name?all make the Nighthawk one of the best routers we've seen from Netgear in a while, despite a few annoyances.Read more
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User rating
1
4.0 out of 5
1 user ratings
5 stars
0 %
4 stars
100 %
3 stars
0 %
2 stars
0 %
1 stars
0 %
59
3.9 out of 5
59 user ratings
5 stars
33 %
4 stars
33 %
3 stars
22 %
2 stars
6 %
1 stars
3 %
40
4.3 out of 5
40 user ratings
5 stars
45 %
4 stars
42 %
3 stars
12 %
2 stars
0 %
1 stars
0 %

Connectivity

Connectivity technology
  • Wireless
  • Wired
  • Wireless
  • Wired
  • Wireless
  • Wired
Communication mode
N/A
  • Full-Duplex
  • Half-Duplex
N/A
Number of LAN ports
N/A
44
Number of WAN ports
N/A
11
USB
N/A
yesyes
Total USB ports
N/A
22
Number of USB 2.0 ports
N/A
11
Number of USB 3.0/3.1 ports
N/A
11

Dimensions

Width12.72 in10.12 in12.05 in
Height1.73 in7.24 in8.0 in
Depth9.61 in2.2 in10.3 in
Weight
N/A
1.23 lb1.98 lb
Number of units
N/A
1
N/A
Rack-mount design
N/A
no
N/A

Communication

Frequency band
  • 2.4 GHz
  • 5 GHz
  • 2.4 GHz
  • 5 GHz
  • 2.4 GHz
  • 5 GHz
Network / transport Protocol
  • IPSec
  • PPPoE
  • DHCP
  • DNS
  • L2TPv3
N/A
N/A
Management interface
N/A
Web/network
N/A
6to4
N/A
no
N/A
Communication protocol
N/A
  • IPv6
  • Quality of Service
  • Wireless Multimedia Extensions
N/A
Data link layer
N/A
  • Ethernet
  • Fast Ethernet
  • Gigabit Ethernet
  • IEEE 802.11a
  • IEEE 802.11ac
  • IEEE 802.11b
  • IEEE 802.11g
  • IEEE 802.11n
N/A
Wireless standards
N/A
  • IEEE 802.11a
  • IEEE 802.11ac
  • IEEE 802.11b
  • IEEE 802.11g
  • IEEE 802.3
  • IEEE 802.3ab
  • IEEE 802.3u
  • IEEE 802.11n
  • IEEE 802.11a
  • IEEE 802.11b
  • IEEE 802.11g
  • IEEE 802.11n
  • IEEE 802.11ac
Jumbo frames support
N/A
no
N/A
Mobile broadband support
N/A
no
N/A
VoIP (SIP)
N/A
no
N/A
Wireless network
N/A
yesyes
2.4GHz wireless network
N/A
yesyes
2.4GHz data transfer rate
N/A
600.0 Mbps
N/A
5GHz wireless network
N/A
yesyes
5GHz data transfer rate
N/A
1300.0 Mbps
N/A
External antenna
N/A
yes
N/A
Detachable antenna
N/A
yesyes
MIMO
N/A
yes
N/A
Beamforming
N/A
yes
N/A
MU-MIMO
N/A
yes
N/A
Number of antennas
N/A
33
Total wireless data transfer rate
N/A
1900.0 Mbps
N/A
Wireless security
N/A
  • WEP
  • WPA
  • WPA2-Enterprise
  • WPA2
  • WPA-PSK
  • WPA2-PSK
Type of mobile support
N/A
N/A
Built-in modem
Mobile 4G (LTE)
N/A
N/A
yes

Security

Encryption Algorithm
  • DES
  • Triple DES
  • SHA
  • MD5
  • IKE
  • ECDSA
  • 128-bit AES
  • 256-bit AES
  • 1024-bit RSA
  • 2048-bit RSA
  • 256-bit SHA
  • 512-bit SHA
  • 748-bit RSA
  • 384-bit SHA
  • 128-bit WEP
  • 64-bit WEP
  • WPA
  • WPA2
  • 128-bit AES
  • WPA2-Enterprise
  • WPA-PSK
  • WPA2-PSK
DMZ
N/A
yes
N/A
Number of DMZ ports
N/A
1
N/A
VPN client
N/A
no
N/A