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Introduction
This user manual is for the NETGEAR Nighthawk
®
WiFi 7 Tri-Band Router Model RS300,
Model BE9300, and Model RS280.
Models RS300 and BE9300 support WiFi 7 (IEEE 802.11be) with a combined WiFi speed
of up to 9.3 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 2.9 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 5.8 Gbps
Model RS280 supports WiFi 7 (IEEE 802.11be) with a combined WiFi speed of up to
9.2 Gbps and tri-band concurrent radio operation:
•
2.4 GHz radio: Supports IEEE 802.11 n/ac/ax/be with 1024-QAM, 20/40 MHz channel
width, and a speed of up to 0.6 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 2.9 Gbps
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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 5.8 Gbps
All three routers provide one 2.5GbE Internet port for cable and fiber ISP connections
up to 2.5 Gbps, two 2.5GbE LAN ports for connection to high-speed LAN devices, and
two 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/.
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