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Nighthawk M1 - selection of LTE Frequency/Band
Hello there, is there any way to select the LTE Band/Frequency the router should log on to? This would really help to avoid switching from a "good" cell to a bad one. With Huawei Routers I can do th...
Unless we get the password to telnet in and force a band via command, we will never have that ability.
Nothing is perfect, some people will say "let the network manage it" or "the algorithm knows best".
That is simply not true in some specific use cases. I am sure some netgear engineers know this, but their hands are tied im guessing.
I live in a rural area and the Nighthawk M1 just doesnt cut it, bouncing between band 30, 12 and 2.
I bought a Mofi 4500 so I could lock onto bands and guess what, it works. Drove up to a tower, line of site. Nighthawk M1 7mbps down on band 30. Mofi 4500 locked to Band 2 - 45-50 mbps down.....
In some scenarios automatic band selection just does not work. The nighthawk REFUSED to get off band 30.
2.5 Mbps download, 17.6 Mbps upload on band 20.
39.7 Mbps download, 11.9 on band 3.
Download speed is generally more important than upload for most conventional applications.
Edit: 39.7 Mbps download, 11.9 Mbps upload on band 3.
Just to add a little context, while the device was connected using band 20, the signal strength indicator was showing 4/5, whereas while connected using band 3, the signal strength was showing 2/5.
So the connection using band 3 was actually yielding a substantially superior download speed despite the fact that signal strength was apparently half that of the connection using band 20.Does anyone have a fix for this problem? I'm located in a rural area and my Nighthawk M1 is paper weight at the moment. I tried directional antenna but that has not fix the problem... I wish Netgear would do something about this. We did pay for a product that is extremely useless at the moment.They could make the changes to the software but they rather us suffer.lets see what they have to say now
Good luck, we all wish you well. But I wouldn't hold my breath. Most "mainstream" USA devices do not permit this funtionality or the major carriers have lobbied for it to be turned off / hidden.