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Introduction
This user manual is for the NETGEAR Nighthawk
®
WiFi 7 Tri-Band Router Model RS600.
Model RS600 supports WiFi 7 (IEEE 802.11be) with a combined WiFi speed of up to 18
Gbps and tri-band concurrent radio operation:
•
2.4 GHz radio: Supports IEEE 802.11 n/ac/ax/be with 4096-QAM, 20/40 MHz channel
width, and a speed of up to 0.7 Gbps
•
5 GHz radio: Support IEEE 802.11 n/ac/ax/be with 4096-QAM, 20/40/80/160 MHz
channel width, and a speed of up to 5.8 Gbps
•
6 GHz radio: Supports IEEE 802.11 ax/be with 4096-QAM, 20/40/80/160/320 MHz
channel width, and a speed of up to 11.5 Gbps
The router provides one 10GbE Internet port for cable and fiber ISP connections up to
10 Gbps, one 10GbE LAN port for connection to high-speed LAN devices, and three 1
Gigabit LAN ports.
This chapter contains the following sections:
• What is WiFi 7?
• Additional documentation
NOTE: For more information about the topics that are covered in this manual,
visit the support website at netgear.com/support/.
NOTE: Firmware updates with new features and bug fixes are made available
from time to time at netgear.com/support/download/. You can check for and
download new firmware manually. If the features or behavior of your product
does not match what is described in this manual, you might need to update the
firmware.
NOTE: In this manual, WiFi network means the same thing as SSID (service set
identifier or WiFi network name) or VAP (virtual access point). That is, when we
refer to a WiFi network we mean an individual SSID or VAP.
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