Nighthawk® 5G Mobile Hotspot -- Spec Sheet

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Perhaps others have seen it already, but here is the official spec sheet for the:
Nighthawk® 5G Mobile Hotspot
Data Sheet | MR5000-1A1NAS
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https://www.netgear.com/images/datasheet/mobile/MR5000.pdf

JSchnee21 · Answer

Wait, hold the phone . . . (pun intended)
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No Ethernet?!?!&nbsp; Just USB-C are you serious?&nbsp; Please tell me they just forgot to list it.
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And only one?!?!&nbsp; 5GHz radio?&nbsp; So when you're getting "5G" (not 5GE and not 5G+) -- aka LAA -- and you cannot use the USB-C or the 5GHz 802.11ac, what are you supposed to do?
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And I should have the privledge of paying $500 for this?

JSchnee21 · Answer

Here's the FCC ID
Goggle this
PY318300428 FCC&nbsp;
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Go to the&nbsp;second link which starts "https://apps.fcc.gov/blah/blah"
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Most of the info is still confidential.&nbsp; But I see no Ethernet port.

nhantenna · Answer

1) No external antenna ports?
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2) No low band 5G?
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3) 5 band aggegration with only 4 internal antennas?

JSchnee21 · Answer

Most likely the one of the 5 band aggregation bands are either "intra-band" or LAA (and thus using the Wifi antenna)
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I'm not surprised there are no external antenna ports.&nbsp; This is becoming more and more un-manageable given LTE MIMO.&nbsp; Let alone mmWave -- for which there is no consumer/prosumer hardware.
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I would expect that the Qualcomm X50 chipset should support sub-6GHz 5G.&nbsp; Presumably the same antennas would be used as for LTE?&nbsp; Whether or not it gets enabled is another question.
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I strongly expect this to be a short lived "Gen 1" product.&nbsp; I'm curious to see who the OEM is for the Verizon product.&nbsp; Their hotspots are generally more fully baked.

Blanca_O · Answer

Hi All,&nbsp;

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Let me verify this with the team. We will let you know for any updates.

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Regards,&nbsp;
Blanca&nbsp;
Community Team

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Nighthawk® 5G Mobile Hotspot -- Spec Sheet

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