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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...
Netgear created the IoT WiFi network to make it easier for users to get devices connected to WiFi. The smartphone apps for some IoT devices are poorly written and struggle when customer WiFi systems broadcast the same WiFi network on both 2.4G and 5G frequencies. Having a separate WiFi signal that can be restricted by frequency (or even temporarily disabled) makes the connection process easier.
Both the primary network (wired and WiFi) and the IoT network share the same IP subnet and all devices can communicate with each other. Only the Guest WiFi network is "walled off" on Netgear routers. Thus, there is no difference in capability between the RS100, RS300, RS500, RS700, etc.