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Netgear Nighthawk R7300 Router
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Netgear Nighthawk X6 Router
Netgear Nighthawk X6
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Editiorial reviews
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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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13
3.4 out of 5
7 user ratings
5 stars
0 %
4 stars
71 %
3 stars
0 %
2 stars
28 %
1 stars
0 %
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User rating
42
4.2 out of 5
42 user ratings
5 stars
42 %
4 stars
35 %
3 stars
21 %
2 stars
0 %
1 stars
0 %
40
4.3 out of 5
40 user ratings
5 stars
45 %
4 stars
42 %
3 stars
12 %
2 stars
0 %
1 stars
0 %
62
3.9 out of 5
62 user ratings
5 stars
32 %
4 stars
33 %
3 stars
24 %
2 stars
9 %
1 stars
0 %

Connectivity

Connectivity technologyWired
  • Wireless
  • Wired
  • Wireless
  • Wired
Number of LAN ports844
Total USB ports122
Number of SFP ports2
N/A
N/A
Number of SFP+ ports2
N/A
N/A
Number of WAN ports
N/A
11
USB
N/A
yesyes
Number of USB 2.0 ports
N/A
11
Number of USB 3.0/3.1 ports
N/A
11
Communication mode
N/A
N/A
  • Full-Duplex
  • Half-Duplex
Number of USB 3.1 ports
N/A
N/A
0

Design

Colour of productWhiteBlack
  • Black
  • Grey
  • Silver
Active cooling (fan)yes
N/A
no
LED indicatorsyes
N/A
N/A

Dimensions

Width13.98 in12.05 in11.63 in
Height2.17 in8.0 in8.93 in
Depth5.71 in10.3 in2.15 in
Number of units1
N/A
1
Rack-mount designyes
N/A
no
Rack height1U
N/A
N/A
Weight
N/A
1.98 lb2.43 lb

Communication

Data link layer
  • Ethernet
  • Fast Ethernet
  • Gigabit Ethernet
  • 10 Gigabit Ethernet
N/A
  • Ethernet
  • Fast Ethernet
  • Gigabit Ethernet
  • IEEE 802.11a
  • IEEE 802.11ac
  • IEEE 802.11b
  • IEEE 802.11g
  • IEEE 802.11n
Wireless standards
  • IEEE 802.3ab
  • IEEE 802.3u
  • IEEE 802.11a
  • IEEE 802.11b
  • IEEE 802.11g
  • IEEE 802.11n
  • IEEE 802.11ac
  • IEEE 802.11a
  • IEEE 802.11ac
  • IEEE 802.11b
  • IEEE 802.11g
  • IEEE 802.3
  • IEEE 802.3ab
  • IEEE 802.3u
  • IEEE 802.11n
Mobile broadband supportno
N/A
no
Wireless networknoyesyes
Frequency band
N/A
  • 2.4 GHz
  • 5 GHz
  • 2.4 GHz
  • 5 GHz
Type of mobile support
N/A
Built-in modem
N/A
Mobile 4G (LTE)
N/A
yes
N/A
2.4GHz wireless network
N/A
yesyes
5GHz wireless network
N/A
yesyes
Detachable antenna
N/A
yesno
Number of antennas
N/A
36
Wireless security
N/A
  • WPA-PSK
  • WPA2-PSK
  • WEP
  • WPA-PSK
  • WPA
  • WPA2-PSK
  • WPA2
  • WPS
Management interface
N/A
N/A
Web/network
6to4
N/A
N/A
no
Communication protocol
N/A
N/A
  • IPv6
  • Quality of Service
  • Wireless Multimedia Extensions
Jumbo frames support
N/A
N/A
no
Throughput WAN-LAN
N/A
N/A
806.4 Mbps
VoIP (SIP)
N/A
N/A
no
2.4GHz data transfer rate
N/A
N/A
600.0 Mbps
5GHz data transfer rate
N/A
N/A
2600.0 Mbps
External antenna
N/A
N/A
yes
MIMO
N/A
N/A
yes
Beamforming
N/A
N/A
yes
MU-MIMO
N/A
N/A
no
Total wireless data transfer rate
N/A
N/A
3200.0 Mbps

Memory

Included flash memory1024.0 MB128.0 MB128.0 MB
Included RAM
N/A
256.0 MB256.0 MB
Maximum flash memory
N/A
N/A
128.0 MB
Maximum RAM
N/A
N/A
256.0 MB

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