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Nighthawk M6 and Dell WD19 Dock
I have a new Nighthawk M6 Pro from AT&T. When connecting directly to the ethernet port from my laptop, everything works fine. However, when I connect to it from my Dell WD19 docking station, the co...
I tested on my Lenovo docking and could see the same issue if connection through Ethernet port. But since M6 support USB tethering, you can connect the device to the docking using USB cable. It can provide the network connection to your laptop. I just tried on my Lenovo docking.
I will check further on the ethernet connection to see whether changing some device configurations will make ethernet connection works as well.
Thanks
Yeah, moving the M6 to my laptop will cause WiFi signal in other areas to drop. For now, I'll connect to my laptop directly, but a solution would be great.
TBone1985 wrote:
Yeah, moving the M6 to my laptop will cause WiFi signal in other areas to drop. For now, I'll connect to my laptop directly, but a solution would be great.
Try connecting M6 to your docking's USB port, not the laptop's USB port. Let me know whether that works for you.
- I ended up buying Netgear mesh network router and it’s connected to it. I can then connect it to the network connection in the router. Working well.