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Nighthawk MR1100 and Helium Indoor Mobile HotSpot
Hi all, I've got an old MR1100 that I used to have a Verizon SIM card installed but have switched to using a Helium Mobile SIM. It worked alright for a couple of days but then the hotspot remain...
New Helium Mobile SIM attempting to make it work with in the MR1100 connected to the Helium Hotspot router. I'll go ahead and post this where you suggested. Thanks for pointing me in the right direction.
What is the intention to operate both the MR1100 -and- the Helium HotSpot together? Anyway, a moderator can move your thread accordingly, no need to start with a new post.
The MR1100 is my primary internet source since everything else is too expensive in my rural area, the Helium hotspot is meant to extend the range better than some netgear PoEs I was using previously and make a little crypto while we use it. This worked for a few days.
LoRa WAN is mainly for IoT not require reasonable bandwidth, like for Smart Metering for electricity or water, or for the sake to host some small personal or private crypto mining (I understand this can be connected by Wi-Fi or by Ethernet), while the MR1100 is more an LTE 4G Internet connection. What have I missed? Netgear PoEs'
That pretty much covers the basis. I'm thinking the main problem is that the MR1100 is older tech while the Helium SIM operates on T-Mobile frequencies that the MR1100 cannot fully operate on. Perhaps it's also the fact that the MR1100 is an LTE router and and the Helium Hotspot needs a static IP, which if I understand kinda goes against the nature of LTE internet.
Meerschaum23 wrote:
The MR1100 is my primary internet source since everything else is too expensive in my rural area, the Helium hotspot is meant to extend the range better than some netgear PoEs I was using previously and make a little crypto while we use it. This worked for a few days.
Let's go back to this point here ... probably we don't talk of the same technology.
The MR1100 (aka. Netgear M1) does have an Ethernet port, allowing to connect either an Ethernet switch, or a single Ethernet device, why not that magic Helium Indoor Mobile HotSpot.
Can you connect a PC or a Mac to the M1 LAN port, and a get private RFC1918 IP address assigned, for example 192.168.1.nnn ? The M1 Web UI is reachable from this device using http://192.168.1.1/
Note: The M1 DHCP server must remain enabled, and you can't enable IP Pass-through Mode - otherwise, the M1 will assign the mobile network assigned IP address. Either a public one, or some carrier grade NAT address.
Can you get to this point, confirming the M1 is correctly configured with the Helium Mobile SIM card (and all required details like the APN required) and get Internet access)?
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The main confusion is coming from the naming (and designation) for this Helium device as a Mobile HotSpot. As you see from Cell Service Mobile Hotspot Modems, AirCards, & Mobile Routers this applies to the MR1100, and unlikely this specific Helium device making up a mobile Internet connection on it's own.