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Ta-te
Dec 27, 2025Follower
Nighthawk RS100 vs RS300 - IoT devices
Hello! My goal is to have all of my IoT devices on a separate network. I've been googling and searching on this forum on whether or not nighthawk RS100 or RS300 can set up IoT devices on a separ...
FURRYe38
Dec 29, 2025Guru - Experienced User
NG Orbi AX, AXE and BE series systems have dedicated separate IoT networks. Nighthawk series routers do not have a separate IoT network.
Users have used Guest Network for some devices, however would not be recommended. GN is exposed to the WAN side internet and not behind the firewall and that the GN is blocked from WLAN and LAN side of the router. So if you have an IoT devices on the GN, it's supporting IoT support app or software used on any device connected on the WLAN or LAN side of the router, may not work right or at all.
Ta-te wrote:My goal is to have all of my IoT devices on a separate network. I've been googling and searching on this forum on whether or not nighthawk RS100 or RS300 can set up IoT devices on a separate network.
So far what I've been learning is that
RS100 - you can have IoT devices set up in the guest wifi network but no guarantee all IoT devices would work properly.
RS300 - I've got mixed search results on whether RS300 has a separate IoT wifi network. some post/site say yes, others say no.
my questions is if RS100 and RS300 both can only have IoT devices on the guest wifi network, then why should I spend more on the RS300 (I don't have faster speed and wider wifi range coverage). I would spend more on the RS300 if it has a IoT wifi network feature.
Can anyone pls confirm which is which? which wifi router should I get?