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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...
I also like the T-Mobile plans, and I hate to lose the Binge-On. Everything would be great if I were closer to one of their towers. The closest one to me is at least 4 miles away through some trees. Now that they are in full leaf, the slow internet speed is just intolerable. I also asked T-Mobile for the unlock code for my hotspot. They said that for that kind, they have to refer the request to the manufacturer. After waiting a week, I just found an outfit online that did it for me for $4.00. I had the unlock code within hours, not days. I got the Z915 to work with AT&T, but not automatically. In Auto mode it natively went to some Cingular APN. Once I put “nxtgenphone” or “broadband” as the APN it worked fine.
I paid about $5 to have somebody on e-bay set me up a SIM for a $35/month AT&T unlimited plan. I’ve tried it and so far so good. When I pop the SIM in my phone I’m getting speeds up around 70 Mbit download in town. Not quite as good from my rural tower – maybe 40 or so at the tower, but no more than 20 at home using the Z915. Still not bad though, compared to what I had put up with before to get T-Mobile. I haven’t used 22 GB yet on the AT&T unlimited, but when I do I’ll see whether there is any slowdown I can notice. Meanwhile, I checked to make sure the video streaming is not limited. Some other unlimited plans state that they limit video streaming to 1.5 Mbit (equivalent to 480p). I checked the YouTube player “Stats for Nerds” and it said I was getting at least 720p in Auto resolution mode, but I changed it from Auto to 1080p and it accepted it just fine and stuck with it. From what I can see, the resolution is full 1080p.
I have discovered LTE CA combinations for Netgear MR100 and MR2100 devices (EU-models). This would help you to know supported CA-combinations: https://mt-tech.fi/en/netgear-nighthawk-mr1100-and-mr2100-supported-4g-ca-combinations/ .
Thanks, now we have ability to add band to lock, it could be nice to have a working solution with external antenne, all frequency over 1800 use the internal antenna and not the external.
It could be nice to have an option to add selection of antenna (internal / external etc.)
Maybe this could be performed with an AT command ?
Thanks.
Good news folks, there's a firmware update available now, I just installed it and can say its big improvement.
The update can be made from router control panel at 192.168.1.1.
New firmware number is 12.06.07.00
Enjoy.
- Really?!?
For which market? USA/AT&T?
-Jonathan I got the MR1100EUS version -Europe
- Thanks for confirming. Alas that was my suspicion as I’ve seen that version number before for the EUS edition.
The USA edition is dead in the water. No updates for more than a year. Fingers crossed the MR2100 gets released soon. Hi,
Thanks for the message, i have apply the firmware update too. EUS version.
I did notice maybe a less speed on my aggregation but this need to be confirmed in time because something speed is less from my provider.
I did notice also that ethernet standby option is removed (or I have done a bad search in the settings)
What change did you notice on your side ?
Cheers.
After I made the upgrade my connection is much stable and much faster, I don't know based on what criteria this has improved because there is no info anywhere at the moment to see what Netgear did with this upgrade. My internet was not that fast before and I was a bit disappointed with this product. Now after this upgrade definitely I like it more, need to wait a bit longer until I get fiber optics in my area. Until then I'll use the LTE connection with the M1. Just to give you an idea, usually the speed test results were 20mb download vs 50mb now.
Much better results!!
Cheers.
Ok :)
This is great then, will look futher but what I did notice too but need confirming for next couple of days.
When I manually change BAND in setting, I have set B7 / B3 and B28 for selection, most of the time, it didn't reconnect to LTE provider, it was needed to create a manual APN to switch on it and/or back to APN auto to have the connection UP again.
It seems that with this firmware, it wasn't needed anymore. At least on different BAND change it was happening :)
Not related to this firmware update (I think it was the case before but like I didn't fully tested it) :
Connecting an USB key to USB port and router without his battery, the power supply adapter is not enough, when I'm starting download, the router reboot ifself.
If I use a power adapter supercharge (for my phone) 40W, it's ok no more reboot.
In fact, the router was connected to 40W charger for last days.
And today, I have put the NETGEAR one and noticed it, so i don't know if it's firmware related or not.
I'm remembering that USB-C and ethernet in the same time, last week, the router reboot too on download (maybe after that i have used the 40W power supply).
Cheers.
For information : External antenna is always used for lower BAND than 2300. So B7 (2600) is using internal antenna.
