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PatriotsUnited
Aspirant
Jul 30, 2019

Nighthawk M1 LAN port slow compared to WIFI

Hi, I have an odd issue. I'm tring to set up the M1 as a modem via LAN cable through the IP Passthrough setting.

I can get the inital set up right and all seems well. But the download speeds are bad! only around a 1Mb/s download. Where on WIFI through the M1 I get ~23Mb/s download...... I've tried several settings changes, setting the network address on the computer to a static IP: 192.168.1.50,; setting DNS to staic IP; turning off DHCP; letting the computer auto configure the network....usally it goes to a 10.x.x.x or a 169.x.x.x. Not sure whats going on here??? Any ideas? Once I get this figured out I'll be hocking the M1 to a more powerful dual band WIFI router for my house. Thanks all

Model: MR1100|Nighthawk M1 Mobile Router

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  • n3t's avatar
    n3t
    Apprentice
    Sep 08, 2019

    I have never used the IP Passthrough feature so far, but do use my M1 often through Ethernet and so far always got the expected speeds of multiple dozens of Mbit/s.

     

    Have you been able to find a solution? Make sure it's not the patch cable which is defective.