Summary

Do you have a large property you want to blanket with fast Wi-Fi?

You might be able to square that circle with theNetgear Nighthawk MK93S Mesh Wifi 6E System.

ft. for whole-home coverage.

A Netgear Nighthawk MK93S mesh node on a table between a plant in an orange pot and a black water bottle.

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This three-pack instead can be augmented with additional satellites for expanded coverage.

The vents become invisible and instead you see what looks like a repeating cube pattern.

Take a look and you might notice there’s noUSB port on this routersystem.

NETGEAR Nighthawk Tri-Band Whole Home Mesh WiFi 6E System (MK93S)

Engineered to deliver improved Wi-Fi performance, the Nighthawk tri-band mesh Wi-Fi 6E system keeps your home running with top Wi-Fi speeds up to 5.7 Gbps for up to 100 devices simultaneously and provides exceptional Wi-Fi range of up to 7,500 sq. ft. for whole-home coverage.

Once the main router is connected, then you connect the satellites using a physical sync button.

I saw some owners of the previous generation complaining the satellite sync was an exasperating process.

Most of the power is in the web interface rather than the app.

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Engineered to deliver improved Wi-Fi performance, the Nighthawk tri-band mesh Wi-Fi 6E system keeps your home running with top Wi-Fi speeds up to 5.7 Gbps for up to 100 devices simultaneously and provides exceptional Wi-Fi range of up to 7,500 sq. ft. for whole-home coverage.

Still, the mobile app alone had more capabilities than I was used to.

you’re able to test speeds, monitor web link usage, get wireless analytics, and more.

Opening the web interface will get you access to finetuning tools likechannel management.

Ports on the back of a Netgear Nighthawk MK93S main router and satellite unit.

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The blue indicator light is very bright and noticeable in a dark room.

Instead, I moved it to another room.

Netgear claims a “50% improved Wi-Fi performance than the previous model” with the MK93S.

Person’s thumb pushing the sync button the back of a Netgear Nighthawk MK93S mesh node.

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That alone can do wonders fornetwork congestion.

TheiPhone 15and the 2023MacBook line, for example, are the firstApple products to support Wi-Fi 6E.

I assume this is because the Netgear app can optimize the connection when it sees that as necessary.

Person connecting an Ethernet cable to the Netgear Nighthawk MK93S main router.

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Should You Buy the Netgear Nighthawk MK93S System?

You’ll similarly want to verify you aren’t overshooting in terms of the coverage.