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Nighthawk M6 Pro MR6500 Dropping internet
My Nighthawk M6 Pro MR6500 keeps disconnecting from the internet. It will show it has a signal on the device itself but my computer will have no connection. I only use the ethernet port, I don't use ...
Mine was technically not losing internet, but was losing lan connection with my devices. In the info panel it would show that it had stayed connected throughout all my agony.
I switched it to 100 Base -T for a while. I tried using the M6 as the router and had my router as access point, but that didn’t work either. I tried IP pass through using my router as dhcp. I turned NAT off on my router and caused myself lots of pain, but finally got NAT back on, and both assigning dhcp, and it’s seemingly working. The M6 is 192.168.1.1, but my lan router made itself 192.168.0.1. I think before they were both on the 1.x subnet, and maybe that was part of the problem. Jpeng said there is a newer update, but I have to wait for AT&T to roll it out. Good luck. I guess I will keep it, it’s my only option unless I go starlink RV.
I switched it to 100 Base -T for a while. I tried using the M6 as the router and had my router as access point, but that didn’t work either. I tried IP pass through using my router as dhcp. I turned NAT off on my router and caused myself lots of pain, but finally got NAT back on, and both assigning dhcp, and it’s seemingly working. The M6 is 192.168.1.1, but my lan router made itself 192.168.0.1. I think before they were both on the 1.x subnet, and maybe that was part of the problem. Jpeng said there is a newer update, but I have to wait for AT&T to roll it out. Good luck. I guess I will keep it, it’s my only option unless I go starlink RV.
sbrady4 wrote:
Mine was technically not losing internet, but was losing lan connection with my devices. In the info panel it would show that it had stayed connected throughout all my agony.
I switched it to 100 Base -T for a while. I tried using the M6 as the router and had my router as access point, but that didn’t work either. I tried IP pass through using my router as dhcp. I turned NAT off on my router and caused myself lots of pain, but finally got NAT back on, and both assigning dhcp, and it’s seemingly working. The M6 is 192.168.1.1, but my lan router made itself 192.168.0.1. I think before they were both on the 1.x subnet, and maybe that was part of the problem. Jpeng said there is a newer update, but I have to wait for AT&T to roll it out. Good luck. I guess I will keep it, it’s my only option unless I go starlink RV.
When you set up a router to work with M6, please make sure they are not on the same subnet. As you mentioned, MR6500 is using 192.168.1.1 as gateway, your router needs to use a different one, such as 192.168.0.1 or 192.168.10.1, etc.
If you still see Ethernet data stability issue, you can open a new thread. We can track the case separately.
Thanks