While many other manufacturers like their Wi-Fi routers to look like mechanical spiders or spaceships, giving little thought to the practicalities of keeping them on narrow shelves or dusting them, Netgear's design department is more restrained. The RS300—an affordable Wi-Fi 7 router inasmuch as you don't actually fall over when you see how much they want for it—is very much the Nighthawk RS700S's little cousin.
There's a strong family resemblance in the upright stance, rounded-diamond cross section, and the lack of aerials, as well as a very similar layout with blinking status lights on the front which can be turned off with a single button-press. The RS300 comes from a different part of the gene pool, however, with slower speeds on both wired and wireless connections.
