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Nighthawk M1 - wifi keeps dropping out
I have had my Nighthawk M1 for a year and the performance has never been great, but I have persevered. The kids constantly complain about the wifi, but recently it has got a lot worse. I wonder if th...
got an old router sitting around?
Put the M1 in passthrough and connect the router to it. Let the route manage wifi and the M1 the data connection
Thank you for the suggestion. I do have a Devolo "Magic" wifi mesh which I had been using. I turn the wifi off at the Nighthawk router and go through the Devolo's but it still keeps dropping out.
Is the Devolo hardwired into the M1 or wireless? If its wireless, hardwire it in.
Yes there is a CAT5 cable going from the Nighthawk to the devolo
SuzyS0000 wrote:
I turn the wifi off at the Nighthawk router and go through the Devolo's but it still keeps dropping out.
That is not the same as "passthrough" as recommended by plemans.
You need to disable the router bit of whichever M1 device this is.
That or put the secondary router into access point mode.
Thank you, I have had a look at the settings and will try that and set "passthrough mode" on
There is also another setting "use router as DHCP server". Should that be on or off?
