NetGear Nighthawk RS700 WiFi 7 Tri-Band Router Review

Performance

Speed testing was done using a WiFi 6E capable laptop. Unfortunately, even us tech folk don’t have much access to the latest WiFi 7 hardware right now. And unfortunately, even if we did, the internet in our new office leaves a lot to be desired, at least for now. However, we managed to get our maximum internet speed from right next to the router via WiFi.

Next to Router

5M Away

5M away, the signal remained perfect, no drop off in performance here.

10M Away

At 10M away, we saw no performance drop again, actually, it went up a little bit, so again, no issues.

10M Away (Outside)

We tried to test outside, but we’re in a bit of a unique scenario here, We’re in a warehouse, so the front wall is 40ft tall insulated dual steel monstrosity, and basically, a Faraday cage, so the fact we have any connection is a bit of a marvel. However, speeds were maintained perfectly.

20M Away (Outside)

It was only when we got to around 20M away, which when you think about it, is a really freaking long way to be away from the router with a laptop. I suspect if we had a desktop system out in the car park that had a stronger antenna it wold hold up pretty well.

Floor Above

From our bottom floor to our upstairs mezzanine the signal helped up great there too, we performed the test in reverse and again got a similar result. We also performed the tests at similar distances in different directions to test the 360-degree coverage, and again, the results held true, so I’m very happy with the range of network coverage on offer here.