NETGEAR is aware of a growing number of phone and online scams. To learn how to stay safe click here.
Forum Discussion
Best Netgear router to attach to my Mr1100 nighthawk hotspot?
I Have a Nighthawk MR1100 AT&T hotspot. I need better coverage in my RV and want to connect a Netgear router to the Ethernet port on the hotspot.
Can anyone give me a suggestion on which router they have connected to the their hotspot that works trouble free? I did connect my Linksys Velop to it but my hotspot did not like it and it only worked intermittently. I figured Netgear would have a router that would work with the nighthawk hotspot since it's also built by Netgear.
If anyone has used a Netgear router and the Netgear Nighthawk hotspot together without trouble, I would appreciate the model router you used. Thank You.
2 Replies
the MR1100 has its own integrated routing functions. Cascading routers (running more than 1) can cause issues.
Which is why many have an access point mode.
Did you try putting the velop in access point mode (or linksys's equivelent)?
Also, RV's tend to be giant faraday cages and do a great job of blocking cellular signal and wifi.Bought a Ac2300. Put the Nighthawk MR1100 into IP by pass through mode and it works great. The MR1100 will still reboot all by itself at times. To be it seems to happen when the cell tower were it gets it's signal, gets congested with traffic. Netgear has known about this issue for years and can't get it fixed. AT&T and Netgear like blaming each other and nothing gets fixed with the issue. Makes it hard when your trying to work and the hotspot keeps rebooting!
