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difference in Nighthawk M2 MR2100 & M1 MR1100
What is the difference between MR2100 & MR1100
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
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
I cannot see really much advantage of the M2.
Upload CA only with 3C or 7C is very poor.
Show my one net operator with 2x2x20 Mhz on Band 3 or Band 7.
Useless.
Whrere is UL-CA 3_7 or 3_1 or 20_7
"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."
Unfortunately, the MR1100 is clearly under performing in the United States when compared with AUS and EU. Compared to my iPhone XSM, my MR1100 is generally only half as fast on downloads and roughly the same (or better) on uploads.
So while I agree that from a theoretical -- paper spec sheet perspective - the MR2100 is unlikely to be any faster than the MR1100 given the mismatch between theoretical capabilities of the hotspot and a carrier's actual, deployed capabilities in the field. But in reality, the MR1100 is such a dog, that many are holding out hopes that the new version will be better.
In practice, if the MR2100 was as fast as my iPhone (albeit with better RF sensitivity), I'd gladly pay $399 for it. But, I would not pay $1 for the "5G" M5 Fusion which lacks Ethernet and LTE antenna jacks.
Soon, I may just need to buy a nice Samsung LTE table and use that for a hot spot for my iPad and laptop (-: