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Barca95
Feb 17, 2021Initiate
Netgear Nighthawk M5 MR5200 WAN issue
Hi, I have a Netgear Nighthawk M5 MR5200 (ip address 192.168.1.1) that is working with the IP passthrough and it is connected to the WAN port of an Asus AX11000 (ip address 192.168.2.1). I can acces...
jpparkerjr
Dec 28, 2022Aspirant
Ok the other post linked says it’s closed also when you click on solution you just get a problem post not a solution. the wan pass through is still an issue not as bad as once was but still requires daily reboot because all the isp ip addresses go to zeros and will not populate without reboot to hotspot i never reboot router. It’s very unstable unless you sit right beside it for WiFi 5GHZ extender does help but nothing like pass through when it works my router covers my home with 5GHZ and have no connection issues. just trying to use hotspot by itself sucks speeds are much slower and even with extender in some rooms I have to use 2.5GHZ which is much slower like 25meg vs 220meg on SpeedTest if you are on att Watch SpeedTest.net it will show good when fast.com and Google show slow. Though that seems to have been corrected as of late. Not to mention even though att shows 5g in my area there is none
salwoo
Dec 28, 2022Guide
OH sorry, I just find this post today. I haven't checked it was closed.
I just wonder why JohnPeng doesn't give any update on our issue. And also doesn't inform us the new post was created to consolidate the issue.
- jpparkerjrDec 28, 2022AspirantBest I can tell they have dropped the ball it’s liveable rebooting once a day but I don’t expect a lot of movement just not enough people complaining probably most just use as hot spot but it suck compared to the m1 I had it would go days sometimes weeks before reboot