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Ni_co_las's avatar
Ni_co_las
Aspirant
May 21, 2018

MR1100 - poor internet quality

Hi,

I purchased the MR1100 (US version).

I did some testing in order to check that it is a good investment. What a disappointment!

I made lots of internet speed testing with the MR1100 and also with my smartphone (Iphone X) and compared them...

My expectation was that the MR1100 would deliver better results than my Iphone X but it was the other way around.

 

My Iphone was connected to different LTE band which leads to better results (Download Speed 42Mbps compared to MR1100 Download Speed less than 4Mbps on LTE band 2). Also I observed that the MR1100 was hopping from one band to another one.

 

At the end I am disappointed and I regret buying the device. Did anyone experience the same?

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5 Replies

  • jpr78's avatar
    jpr78
    Tutor
    May 22, 2018

    Were you using the MR100 WIFI for testing? If  so, the 2.4Ghz WIFI band on the MR100 is not good. If you did all your testing on this connection, either try the 5 Ghz WIFI band or try Ethernet instead. You will most likely see much better speeds.

    • tmoffitt's avatar
      tmoffitt
      Aspirant
      Aug 19, 2018

      Having the same issue.  Decent ATT cell service on my Iphone X with 25 mbps or more down.  Can't get anymore than about 2-3 mbps on the Nighthawk.  That's both 2.4ghz or 5ghz. Any suggestions.

      • jpr78's avatar
        jpr78
        Tutor
        Aug 19, 2018
        tmoffitt wrote:

        Having the same issue.  Decent ATT cell service on my Iphone X with 25 mbps or more down.  Can't get anymore than about 2-3 mbps on the Nighthawk.  That's both 2.4ghz or 5ghz. Any suggestions.

        Does ethernet give you good speeds? If so, get a wireless router and disable wifi on the nighthawk.