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News.com.au
28-07-2025
- News.com.au
Review: Can Netgear's cheapest Wi-Fi 7 router fix your internet woes?
Does a router really make a difference in speeding up your internet within your home? It's a question I've often asked, especially while watching the wheel of death as YouTube videos were loading or Netflix streams died. Our internet connection at home is normally pretty good. But in recent times, it seems to have got worse, particularly after the rain or other weather events. And of course with so many devices connected in homes these days, everyone is trying to get a little bit of the bandwidth love. So when I got the opportunity to review Netgear's most affordable Wi-Fi 7 router, the Nighthawk RS100, I thought why not. At $259 it's definitely one of the more affordable solutions for people wanting faster connections of devices across the home, especially for those who have deadspots. It promises speeds of up to 3.6 GPS for gaming, smoother streaming and video conferencing. Did I notice a huge increase in speed? Yes and no. In my weeks of testing, I generally found my internet more stable and yes there was less buffering. But truth be told, the biggest increase came when I saw I could get a better internet speed from my provider for about $10 a month. That difference was surprisingly better than I thought it would be given I had pretty decent internet, most of the time. So what are the benefits of getting a router? In general, while a router won't increase your internet speed from your provider, it can optimise its performance in the home. That's especially the case when you have multiple devices connected at the same time. And with more powerful antennas, or mesh networking capabilities with better, more expensive systems, they can extend Wi-Fi range, eliminating dead spots in larger homes. Dual-band and tri-band routers also offer more channels and frequencies to avoid interference. Importantly, they can also offer better protection against hacking attempts. The Nighthawk RS100 is good for up to 185m2 of 360-degree WI-FI coverage. Netgear says its Armor software provides an automatic shield of security for your Wi-Fi and connected devices for real-time protection against hackers and added privacy with VPN. It was pleasantly reassuring to see on the Netgear app that there had been no threats on our connections during testing. You get a 30 day trial with the router and if you think there's value in it, you can subscribe for about $99 a year, which includes a VPN service. A VPN, or Virtual Private Network, creates a secure, encrypted connection between your device and the internet, masking your IP address. It allows you to bypass geographic restrictions and access content as if you were in another location, which is a particularly popular use to get around streaming restrictions. How easy is it to set up a router? Out of the box, the Netgear router is easy to set up. You simply download the Nighthawk app, scan the QR code on the router and it will take you through the set up process which includes plugging it into your existing modem with the cords provided. I made a mistake with the cords I connected and it quickly identified that, advising me to check I had plugged them into the right spots. The whole process took about 30 minutes, which included rebooting and updating the router. Then of course you have to go around to the various devices you use and make sure you switch over to the Netgear connection to ensure the benefits. I was hoping I might be able to give some devices greater preference in terms of bandwidth – for example my work computer vs. my son's gaming needs, but that option wasn't available. There also no parental controls via the app that I could see. The router supports just the 2.4GHz and 5.0GHz frequency bands, omitting the higher-speed 6.0GHz band, so if you are right into gaming, you might want to go for the next models up. But if you have an older modem, you certainly should see some decent improvements. If space is an issue, one of the benefits of the RS100 model is it is smaller than others in the range, standing at 184mm high, 66mm wide and 122mm deep. It's certainly a lot smaller than my existing modem. The RS100 has a 2.5Gb Ethernet port for your broadband connection (WAN), along with four Gigabit Ethernet ports to provide wired (LAN) connections for a PC or games console if required. The app is easy to use and will show you things like your internet speed and the history of your speed. So is it worth it? At $259, it could be a reasonable costing solution to improving your connections throughout the house. But if you are looking for more advanced features like parental controls, you will need to look at other routers, or do it via your owns phones.
Time Business News
24-07-2025
- Time Business News
Netgear Nighthawk App Not Working? Here's How to Fix It
The Nighthawk app used to complete the Netgear Wifi extender setup or Nighthawk router setup as well as Nighthawk mesh setup. Because of so many features and interface in it, the app can get damaged from the code perspective or many more problems. Here we try to understand your Netgear Nighthawk app not working problem and try to fix it with the help of the simple solutions and fixes. So let's dive in to this troubleshooting guide. Start simple. Force closes the app. Fully kill it — don't just minimize. Then reopen. Sounds stupid, but half the time this alone kicks it back into gear. Classic move. Unplug your Nighthawk router and your modem. Wait like 30 seconds (seriously — give it time). Plug the modem in first, let it boot. Then the router. Wait till all lights look happy. Then try the app again. The app wants to talk directly to your Nighthawk. If your phone jumped to another network — like your neighbor's open WiFi or your mobile data — it won't work. Go into your phone's WiFi settings. Make sure you're connected to your actual router. Not a guest network. Not a random hotspot. iPhones and Androids love to sneakily use LTE/5G when WiFi looks slow. The Netgear Nighthawk app hates this. Go into your phone settings and toggle off mobile data while you're setting it up or using the app. Once it's working again, you can flip it back on. Android: Long-press the app > App info > Storage > Clear cache. iPhone: Just delete and reinstall the app. Sometimes the app just gets weird junk stuck in it. Clearing or reinstalling usually fixes mystery bugs. Seriously. Check for updates. Old app + new phone or new app + old phone OS = instant weird behavior. Go to the App Store or Play Store and update everything. If you just can't get it to connect on local WiFi, flip on remote access in the app (if you had it set up before). You'll need your Netgear account login. Not as fast, but it works when local discovery is acting stupid. This is the nuclear option. If nothing else works, grab a paperclip, press and hold the reset button on the back of the router for 10+ seconds. Be ready to reconfigure everything — network name, passwords, etc. Don't do this unless you're totally stuck. Honestly, the Nighthawk app is just okay. Once you're set up, go bookmark 192.168.1.1 or in your browser. That's the actual web interface. More options, fewer bugs, and you don't need to worry if the app flakes out again. Seriously. You have to be connected to the router — either through Wi-Fi or with an Ethernet cable. Doesn't matter which. Just don't try this from your office VPN or from your neighbor's guest Wi-Fi. Doesn't matter if it's Chrome, Firefox, Edge, or whatever. Open it up. In the address bar — not the Google search box — type this: 192.168.1.1 or 192.168.0.1 (Those are the most common. If those don't work, try or Yeah, I know, super creative URLs, right?) Hit Enter. If you've never changed it, the default is usually: Username: admin Password: password Yep. That's really it. If that doesn't work, someone changed it. If that someone, was you but you forgot the password — well, we're going to have to reset the whole damn thing (more on that below). If the credentials were right, you're in. You'll see the Netgear dashboard. It's not the prettiest interface, but it gets the job done. Now you can mess with settings, change SSIDs, update firmware, set parental controls, whatever. TIME BUSINESS NEWS
Business Insider
08-07-2025
- Business
- Business Insider
3 Quantum Computing Stocks with Potential to Beat the Market – 7/7/2025
Quantum computing, though still in its early stages, is expected to be the next big revolution after artificial intelligence (AI). This emerging technology can tackle complex problems more quickly than traditional computers due to its ability to process information using quantum bits (qubits) instead of regular bits. Thus, investing in quantum computing stocks could give long-term investors a chance to benefit from new technology and market growth. Don't Miss TipRanks' Half-Year Sale Take advantage of TipRanks Premium at 50% off! Unlock powerful investing tools, advanced data, and expert analyst insights to help you invest with confidence. Make smarter investment decisions with TipRanks' Smart Investor Picks, delivered to your inbox every week. To find such stocks, take a look at TipRanks' Quantum Computing Stocks page. It allows you to compare stocks based on analyst consensus, price targets, and key technical indicators, among others. Today, we have picked stocks that carry an Outperform Smart Score (i.e., 8, 9, or 10) on TipRanks, which indicates that these stocks have the potential to beat the market. Here are today's top quantum computing stock picks. Click on any ticker to thoroughly research the stock before you decide whether to add it to your portfolio. IBM (IBM) – IBM recently deployed the Quantum System Two, powered by the 156-qubit Heron processor. Also, the company is developing the Nighthawk and Loon processors to support more complex circuits and error correction. IBM aims to deliver an over 4000-qubit quantum-centric supercomputer by year-end. The stock has earned an analyst consensus of Moderate Buy. Also, IBM stock has a Smart Score of 'Perfect 10.' IonQ (IONQ) – IonQ recently secured a $1 billion equity investment to scale its systems and expand global reach. Its current platforms, Forte and Forte Enterprise, are delivering 20x performance gains for several key clients. It aims to deliver a 2 million-qubit machine by 2030. Interestingly, IONQ stock has an analyst consensus of Strong Buy and a Smart Score of nine. Alphabet (GOOGL) – Alphabet's Google Quantum AI team is making progress with its Willow chip. It aims to achieve practical quantum use within five years by combining quantum technology with AI. GOOGL stock has an analyst consensus of Strong Buy and a Smart Score of nine.
Yahoo
08-07-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
Nighthawk and Arena Investors, LP Launch Venture Lending Platform to Support UK Innovation Economy
LONDON, July 8, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Nighthawk Advisors LLP ("Nighthawk"), a specialist growth lender to early and mid-stage UK small and medium enterprises ("SMEs"), has announced the formation of a new secured lending platform in partnership with Arena Investors, LP ("Arena"). The programme will provide up to £30 million of flexible capital to UK SMEs, with capacity to scale to £60 million as demand grows. The platform has already completed its first two transactions, deploying £5 million in funding to two highly innovative UK-based technology companies. The companies financed are in UK-based fast growing technology sectors of ad-tech and personalised nourishment, demonstrating the wide range of businesses the venture is prepared to support. This partnership combines Nighthawk's specialist structuring expertise and access to emerging growth businesses with Arena's global institutional platform and experience navigating complex private credit markets. The joint venture aims to address the growing demand for alternative non-dilutive growth finance solutions from UK SMEs that are scaling rapidly but underserved by traditional bank lending or venture equity. "Across the UK, there are outstanding innovation-led businesses seeking the right kind of growth capital to scale responsibly and sustainably," said Xavier Van Hove and James Davis, Managing Partners at Nighthawk. "This partnership allows us to offer highly tailored financing to help these businesses create skilled jobs, retain intellectual property onshore, and drive long-term economic value for the UK." Pablo Fraga, European Private Investments, Managing Director at Arena, commented: "We are delighted to partner with Nighthawk in supporting the next generation of UK growth companies. The UK innovation economy presents exciting opportunities, and this platform allows us to deploy flexible capital where it can have real impact." With its focus on supporting ambitious UK businesses at critical stages of growth, the venture contributes to the broader objective of strengthening the UK's innovation ecosystem and supporting domestic scale-up activity. About Arena Investors, LP: Arena is a global multi-strategy investment firm with approximately $4.1 billion of assets under management and programmatic capital1 as of April 1, 2025, with a team of over 180 employees in offices globally. The firm is a subsidiary of Arena Investors Group Holdings ("AIGH"). AIGH, along with its affiliate, Ceres Life Insurance, comprises the Westaim Corporation (TSXV: "WED"), an integrated asset management and life insurance and annuity provider. In its alternatives business, Arena provides creative solutions for those seeking capital across all corporate, real estate, and structured finance investment areas, at all levels of the capital structure, and in all developed markets, alongside operational capabilities to manage and improve the businesses and assets in which it invests. The Firm brings together individuals with decades of experience, a track record of comfort with complexity, the ability to deliver within time constraints, and the flexibility to engage in transactions and business operations that cannot be addressed by banks and other conventional financial institutions. Please see for more information. About Nighthawk Advisors LLP: Nighthawk is a London-based growth lender focused on financing early and mid-stage technology SMEs based in the UK and Europe. The team has significant experience lending to and investing in technology companies, helping them accelerate their growth with innovative and non-dilutive funding solutions. Media Contact Prosek Partners Pro-arena@ 1Programmatic capital includes callable capital to discretionary and non-discretionary separately managed accounts and certain commingled vehicles. View original content to download multimedia: SOURCE Arena Investors Error in retrieving data Sign in to access your portfolio Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data
Scotsman
07-07-2025
- Scotsman
We review Netgear mobile hotspot routers: Better than your phone for portable WiFi?
Netgear's Nighthawk series has had some amazing upgrades recently - if you're still using your smartphone as a hotspot, you might want to consider one This article contains affiliate links. We may earn a small commission on items purchased through this article, but that does not affect our editorial judgement. Consumer Technology Writer and heavy tech user Gareth Butterfield takes two of Netgear's latest Nighthawk mobile hotspot routers on a few holidays to see if they're worth the price Sign up to our daily newsletter Sign up Thank you for signing up! Did you know with a Digital Subscription to Edinburgh News, you can get unlimited access to the website including our premium content, as well as benefiting from fewer ads, loyalty rewards and much more. Learn More Sorry, there seem to be some issues. Please try again later. Submitting... For plenty of years now, smartphones have had the capability of creating a "mobile hotspot". It effectively turns them into mobile routers, creating a small WiFi connection around them for other devices to piggyback off. And it works pretty well. If you're away with your laptop, for example, you can do most of the things you can do through your home router, and your phone takes the strain. There are limitations to this system though, lots of them. Firstly, it'll absolutely clobber your smartphone's battery. Sure, you can plug it in, but wait and see how hot it gets. Your phone will be working very hard, and that's not good for it in the long run. You'll also notice the data speed will be strangled a little, especially if you connect more than one device. That's not a problem if you're in an area with fabulous 5G, but if you're rural and you like streaming video or gaming, it'll soon cause issues. And if you get a phone call while you're streaming? Bye bye internet. Streaming through a smartphone hotspot can be very unstable | Amazon Even for just general home office work, mobile phone hotspots can use up huge amounts of data very quickly. And carriers often place limits on hotspot use, so you might quickly run out of your allocation. Smartphones also aren't always the best devices for securing and maintaining a weak signal. So using a hotspot might work for most people but, in just the same way you can slice off a knob of butter with a hedge trimmer, you'd be much better off using a butter knife. Smartphone hotspots are like hedge trimmers, then, whereas mobile hotspot routers - dedicated devices with their own connection - are the bone-handled, Sheffield Steel, butter knife. Mobile hotspot routers vary in price enormously. From the sub-£100 devices that perform only a little better than your smartphone to the high end kit that can cost north of £1,000, there's a lot of choice out there. Which one to go for? It rather depends on your needs. Consumer Technology Writer Gareth Butterfield on why he uses a mobile hotspot router I'm a classic user of mobile hotspot routers, and I've been using them for years. I have a motorhome and a boat and a wife that works long hours, remotely. We're in a world now where it's possible for her to work from either the motorhome or the boat, but to do that she needs a stable internet connection. A smartphone hotspot just won't cut the mustard. We might often be in an area with a weak signal, and insulated vehicles and vessels might be fine for keeping warm in, but they're famously good at blocking cellular signal, too. The difference between using a smartphone hotspot and a proper mobile hotspot router is quite remarkable | Amazon With a mobile hotspot router we know that we can draw signal in from the most advantageous position, perhaps a dashboard, skylight, or window, and we can still get a strong signal from several metres away. We also occasionally use the mobile hotspot router at home. If our internet goes down - and we had a tumultuous time with a dodgy connection a few months back - it's a backup plan. One router easily covers the whole house and gives a 5G WiFi signal to all the devices. More importantly, though, while my wife is conducting an online training session, if the data speed where we are is fast enough, I can be streaming Netflix or gaming on my Meta Quest 3 at the same time. And the router doesn't break a sweat. This simply isn't possible with a smartphone. Not without melting it, at least. The latest mobile hotpsot routers from Netgear - tried and tested The Nighthawk M3 is the base model - but it's still phenomenally powerful | Amazon If you've ever done any research into mobile hotspot routers you'll have stumbled across Netgear's Nighthawk range. From a simplicity and price perspective, they're about as good as it gets. The base model in the current 5G range is the £449 Nighthawk M3. It offers up to 2.5 GB/s of network data transfer speed when connected to a full 5G network, which is faster than my house, and it can connect up to 32 devices. Unlike older variants of the Nighthawk family, many of which I've tested, this router can tap into a 5G cellular network and transmit WiFi 6, which unlocks the potential for some frankly absurd speeds and provides a far more stable connection. The Nighthawk M3 has a removable, swappable battery which lasts up to 13 hours on a charge, it tops up from a USB-C port, and offers coverage out to 1,000sq ft. In practical terms, out in the field - or on a canal or campsite in our case, this means you've got an absolutely incredible data output that will feel no different to your home WiFi. That is, of course, if you've got a strong signal. We've used the latest Nighthawk routers in deepest, darkest Snowdonia, and that was what it took to find its limits. They're great for drawing in a weak cellular signal and capitalising on it, but if there isn't a signal at all, they're basically a posh coaster. The M3 has a 2.4-inch colour touchscreen, which gives you access to plenty of useful information and controls. You can track data use, monitor who's connected, and alter security settings. All from the device. It's compact enough to slip into a pocket, and has a nice, robust feel about it. It is by no means flimsy. The Nighthawk M3 costs £449, and it's available from all the usual places, including Amazon. It's a product that simply won't be needed by everyone, but there are plenty of people who rely on a stable internet connection wherever they are - and that's the target market. It might be the base model, but the Nighthawk M3 is an incredibly powerful performer, and should be on your shopping list. The M6 Pro is physically quite similar to the M3 - but a bigger touchscreen helps, and the technology that lies within has plenty of upgrades | Amazon This is the other end of the Nighthawk spectrum. It's the £899 flagship, and it has some serious power. I took one away on a recent boating trip on the Trent and Mersey Canal, and it's notoriously terrible for patchy mobile signal, but the M6 Pro made a massive difference. My wife and I know this stretch of the inland waterways very well, and we know where to moor up and where not to moor up if we're planning on some night-time binge-watching. But using such a powerful router really increased the flexibility. Let me give you some stats on the M6 Pro. It has WiFi 6E technology, which means it can tap into the lovely new 6GHz band. This is much, much faster, less congested, and paves the way for some absolutely stratospheric download and upload speeds. Up to 4Gbps is possible, but I'll come back to that. Of course, in the pretty but sleepy inland port village of Shardlow, it's a bit wasted, but at home, on a decent 5G network, the difference is staggering. I don't have fibre broadband where I live, but fibre speeds - and then some - are a walk in the park when you're on a connection like this. There is another caveat, of course. You'll need to own a WiFi 6E device to capitalise on this wireless wonder, and there aren't many about yet. Plenty will come, but it's an exercise in future-proofing, at the very least. The range of the 6GHz band also isn't amazing. While it is very fast, its performance tails off if it needs to go through walls. I guess that's the joy of a mobile 5G router though, you place it where you need it. In most other aspects, the M6 Pro looks and feels similar to the M3. Battery life is about the same, the display is slightly bigger and therefore easier to use on the M6, and the ports and plugs are the same. If I didn't lose you in the first paragraph when you read the price, you might be in the M6 Pro's target market. This is a device for power users who want the very best. If you can afford it, you will absolutely love it, and you'll be set up for many years with that 6GHz capability. If you're just a general user, though, and you can't quite make the mental leap of spending nearly £1,000 on a mobile hotspot router, the M3 will suffice. You'd buy the M6 Pro for the same reason you'd buy a Bentley over a BMW. The Bentley is more polished, and a better performer, but the BMW is still a fine car and still something to be admired. It's hard to fault either of these devices, and I'd recommend a Nighthawk router to anyone. Especially if you can get the best out of them. A word about data and sim cards Bear in mind that mobile hotspot routers will need their own data sim. These can cost anything from a few pounds a month to £30 or £40 per month, depending on your needs. 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