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NighthawkMR1100
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Oct 31, 2022

Netgear Nighthawk MR1100 External Antennas will actually boost signal?

I have a Netgear Nighthawk MR1100 and have tried several external antennas that state they will boost the cellular signal from a tower.  They do not. After reading several chats, it seems W1lliam  s...
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NighthawkMR1100
Aspirant
Nov 01, 2022

Thank you!   

NETGEAR 6000450 MIMO Antenna with 2 TS-9 Connectors is the last external antenna that I tried.  .  Got it from Amazon.  I think it's the same one you tried. 

The one over at ebay you mentioned is a NETGEAR 6000450 MIMO Antenna for 3G/4G Air Card USB

 

Is this the same antenna?

 

FYI  My current band is LTE B66

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NighthawkMR1100
Aspirant
Nov 01, 2022

I read on another post to possibly connect a NETGEAR Orbi mesh WiFi system to the ethernet port of the Nighthawk.  I've just ordered this and will try it out.