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Nighthawk LTE hotspot + external antennas
I am in the United States. I purchased the Nighthawk LTE hotspot directly from AT&T. I have several technical questions about the two external antenna ports on this hotspot. 1) Do the external ant...
I was wondering if you knew of somewhere I could purchase the antennas for this router? I’m having difficulty finding them. Thank you!
cclendenenas of today November 16, 2017, Netgear has not disclosed the supported external antenna specs for the Nighthawk LTE hotspot. MIMO (often described as dual-polarized, cross-polarized, or slant-polarized) vs standalone non-MIMO antennas, ohms, watts, etc. There is no way to recommend an antenna for the Nighthawk LTE hotspot without this information. Further Netgear has not disclosed what happens to Nighthawk LTE hotspot performance when using external antennas. For example, the Nighthawk LTE hotspot may be limited to 250 megabit throughput (not the advertised 1000 megabit throughput) when using external antennas. We are waiting for Netgear to disclose all of the above information.
Any idea when Netgear will release the information needed to know what antennas to buy for the NR1100 Nighthawk?
I'm sorry to note that most people here are almost completely lost with LTE antenna speculations. Netgear cannot know the environment you are using your MR1100. The external antennas are selected based on the radio conditions. Internal 4x4 Mimo antennas are good but if the distance to tower is longer then it may be good to use external mimo antennas. When you connect 2x2 Mimo antennas to MR1100 then internal 4x4 Mimo antennas are disabled. I have reached 600 Mbps download with both internal 4x4 Mimo and external 2x2 Mimo so both antenna solutions can give equally good performance. If you are using MR1100 in urban/city area then it is absolutely worth to try two external omni directional mimo antennas in 90 degrees angle because omni mimo can utilize signal reflections better than internal 4x4 mimo antennas.
- Hey TeeJay.
Thanks for the very useful info.
I'm in the UK and have a signal issue inside but have found with the M1100 outside and at about 3m high I get good throughput.
Can you advise what 2x2 external omnis you are using please? I'm familiar with 2.4G & 5GHz antennae but not LTE.
Thanks again!
TobyHi,
When I use outdoor 2x2 Omnis this is my choice: REN 66008X ODN (CSG Networks), 2 units required when using MIMO.
