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OmarAlmajdi's avatar
OmarAlmajdi
Follower
Jun 12, 2019
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Nighthawk M2 MR2100 Port forward help

Hello,    Can someone please help me with port forwarding my Router to host a server. I recently bought this device and have no idea how to port forward it.   Thanks for reading.
  • ArodiD's avatar
    ArodiD
    Jun 28, 2019

    Hi DrEvilJim ,

     

    The latest FW 10.13.05.00 does not have port forwarding feature enabled.  Port forwarding will be enabled in a future MR but no ETA at this stage which I not what you want to hear.  I will update this post once it becomes available.

     

    Regards,

     

    Arodi

    Community Team

Bourkie's avatar
Bourkie
Aspirant
Jun 20, 2019

I have just update the the new firmware after the long re-assurance that the port forwarding would be enabled and there is no change to the menu. 

 

What is going on! This has been assured to me by both Netgear and Telstra and was sold to me as a solution back in April for its Port Forwarding abilities....

Blanca_O's avatar
Blanca_O
NETGEAR Employee Retired
Jun 25, 2019

Hi Bourkie

 

May we please have the firmware version? Kindly PM me the device IMEI and PRI or you can provide a screenshot of the About tab page. 

 

Regards, 
Blanca 
Community Team

  • DrEvilJim's avatar
    DrEvilJim
    Aspirant
    Jun 28, 2019

    Hi Blanca,  do you have any update to this issue regarding port forwarding function for M2, and the new firmware upgrade that is supposed to resolve this issue.

    Regards, jim

    • ArodiD's avatar
      ArodiD
      NETGEAR Expert
      Jun 28, 2019

      Hi DrEvilJim ,

       

      The latest FW 10.13.05.00 does not have port forwarding feature enabled.  Port forwarding will be enabled in a future MR but no ETA at this stage which I not what you want to hear.  I will update this post once it becomes available.

       

      Regards,

       

      Arodi

      Community Team

      • Bourkie's avatar
        Bourkie
        Aspirant
        Jun 30, 2019

        Thank you for the straight answer. Unfortunately I have been told otherwise since late April and was not able to provide the webservices for my customer as informed by Telstra and Netgear. The difficult part is now discussing with Telstra why we need to get a credit for the M2 as we have been forced to purchase a second solution incorperating the Huawai B618 to have successful port forwarding. The manual and sales literature for Telstra states the M2 has this feature, but clearly dosent, and is therefor advertising features it dosen't have.

         

        The M2 was very fast and quite easy to operate, and having the battery was a bonus for any power interuptions we may have had. As far as how difficult it has been to get a straight answer is now what Netgear need to address.

         

        Thank you for being honest with the functionality.