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Nighthawk M1 External Antennas AT&T
Howdy folks, I just got a M1 on AT&T and wondering about external antennas for this unit. I am having issues because the specs indicate there is a 4x4 MINO internal antenna, but there are only t...
Here is a Kb discussing Antennas for Netgear aircard and retailers that sell them.
https://kb.netgear.com/23901/External-Antennas-for-AirCard-products
DarrenM
I'm using this external omni antenna (mounted on a wall using a bracket), connected via a pair of short SMA to TS-9 pigtail adapter leads: http://poynting.tech/product/xpol-1/. This has increased the signal level on my M1 from 2 or 3 bars to the full 5 bars. Poynting also make a high gain directional antenna: http://poynting.tech/product/xpol-2/. Both of these allow 2x2 MIMO transmissions. I have no connection with the company but they seem to be well built.
My guess is that if/when an LTE 4x4 MIMO antenna becomes available, it won't be possible to use this on the M1 because there are only 2 TS-9 connections, unless there's some way of multiplexing the signals.
I too would like to know if attaching an external antenna to the TS-9 ports deactivates the 4 built-in antennas, thus preventing 4x4 MIMO transmissions from being received if they're present. Could we please get some feedback from Netgear staff on this?