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external antenna for Nighthawk M5 wifi 6 Mobile broadband router
Hello ive had my Nighthawk m5 mobile broadband for about 3months now and well its pretty amazing however due to where i live i have 1- 2bars of signal most of the time and well i was wondering is an external antenna for the MR5100 would help with getting a better signal strength i dont know much about how it works so im making this post to get some answers if i can get a antenna to help make the signal stronger that would be awesome but i have no idea where i can get one or what kind of antenna i need ill post a picture of the modem with the external antenna port if that helps thanks in advance ```````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````
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Netgear has set up a community forum specifically for the Mobile Router products. Most of the people who watch that forum are more likely to have experience with mobile routers and know how to work it better than those of us who follow this router forum. Might be more likely to find someone who has a solution if the question is posted there:
https://community.netgear.com/t5/Mobile-Routers-Hotspots-Modems/bd-p/aircard
Please use this link to the main forum product list to review and choose where to make your posts.
https://community.netgear.com/t5/NETGEAR-Forum/ct-p/en-netgear
Thank youSometimes a larger antenna or external antenna can help with reception. But we can't say 100% without actually testing it.
There's everything from standard just extenderal antenna's to boosted ones.
