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AML1618
Aspirant
Feb 28, 2019
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difference in Nighthawk M2 MR2100 & M1 MR1100

What is the difference between MR2100 & MR1100
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  • Blanca_O's avatar
    Blanca_O
    Mar 04, 2019

    Hi AML1618

     

    Thank you for your interest. 

     

    Nighthawk M2 Mobile Router (MR2100) 

    - LTE CAT 20, DL support up to 2Gbps speeds

    - 3GPP, Rel. 14

    - 5CA with 20 simultaneous Downlink layers

    - 4x4 MIMO

    - 256QAM DL / 64QAM UL CA 3C, 7C

    - 11ac Dual band dual concurrent 

     

    Nighthawk M1 Mobile Router (MR1100) 

    - LTE CAT 16, DL support up to 1Gbps speeds

    - 3GPP, Rel. 12

    - 4CA with 10 simultaneous Downlink layers

    - 4x4 MIMO

    - 256QAM DL / 64QAM UL CA 3C, 7C

    - 11ac Dual band dual concurrent 

     

    Regards, 
    Blanca 
    Community Team
     

Blanca_O's avatar
Blanca_O
NETGEAR Employee Retired
Mar 04, 2019

Hi AML1618

 

Thank you for your interest. 

 

Nighthawk M2 Mobile Router (MR2100) 

- LTE CAT 20, DL support up to 2Gbps speeds

- 3GPP, Rel. 14

- 5CA with 20 simultaneous Downlink layers

- 4x4 MIMO

- 256QAM DL / 64QAM UL CA 3C, 7C

- 11ac Dual band dual concurrent 

 

Nighthawk M1 Mobile Router (MR1100) 

- LTE CAT 16, DL support up to 1Gbps speeds

- 3GPP, Rel. 12

- 4CA with 10 simultaneous Downlink layers

- 4x4 MIMO

- 256QAM DL / 64QAM UL CA 3C, 7C

- 11ac Dual band dual concurrent 

 

Regards, 
Blanca 
Community Team
 

Apollon's avatar
Apollon
Apprentice
Mar 06, 2019

Does MR2100 have a static DNS support, lacking in MR1100?

Will there be a US version anytime soon, with FDD-LTE bands B2,B4,B12 support?

  • Apollon's avatar
    Apollon
    Apprentice
    Mar 11, 2019

    Blanca_O Care to reply to the questions in my previous post?

  • TeeJay74's avatar
    TeeJay74
    Virtuoso
    Mar 11, 2019

    MR2100 DNS mode choices are 'Auto' and 'Manual'. I have not heard anything about US-version so far.

    • Apollon's avatar
      Apollon
      Apprentice
      Mar 12, 2019

      I may have misspoken, calling dynamic DNS, such as No-IP, or dyndns.org "static", but either way your response has nothing to do with my question. Auto/manual DNS options are regular network configuration options, and not related to dynamic DNS feature I'm asking about. 

       

      Regarding US version - I was hoping to get a reply from Netgear staff, who would know for certain. 

      • nhantenna's avatar
        nhantenna
        Apprentice
        Mar 12, 2019

        "Regarding US version - I was hoping to get a reply from Netgear staff, who would know for certain."

         

        You would have to max out an M1's capabilities before an M2 is going to help at all performance-wise.  I'm not sure that is possible to do in the United States at this time.  Anyone out there getting the theoretical 1000Mbps download on an M1 in the United States?

         

        Perhaps the M2 is cheaper to manufacture and then it would make sense for Netgear to replace the M1 in the United States from a cost perspective.