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Guest Network on MR1100 (Nighthawk M1)
Hey there, I have recently purchased the Nighthawk M1 MR1100 from Amazon US. Based on your official Netgear US feature factsheet, it is clearly stated that the Guest Access feature is avail...
Hi dwinters ,
Guest network is not a feature of the MR1100 as far as I am aware. I double checked the AT&T datasheet as cannot see any mention of guest network feature. Please refer to https://www.netgear.com/images/datasheet/mobile/AT&T_MR1100_2A1NAS.pdf
Can you please let me know what website you saw mention of guest support so we can update with correct information?
Regards,
Arodi
Community Team
Hey Arodi,
Thanks for your reply. There are 4 sources I’m looking at — I’m quite sure that feature is available.
[1] Here is the Netgear US website
https://www.netgear.com/home/products/mobile-broadband/mobilerouters/MR1100.aspx#tab-features
“Guest Access”
[2] AT&T website on settings up Wi-Fi for MR1100
https://www.att.com/devicehowto/tutorial.html#!/stepbystep/id/stepbystep_KM1318010?make=Netgear&model=NetgearMR1100
[3] Official YouTube video on setting up on MR1100
https://youtu.be/4lIpaJJ6lD8
[4] Overview of the settings page of MR1100 [4:07]
https://youtu.be/y1BDi0QgP9g
The main reason why I bought this router is to test it before I buy another 9 for use in other business offices.
It looks the feature was deactivated on some variants of the MR1100, together with Client Privacy (AP isolation).
Really looking forward for Netgear to release a firmware update to rectify this.
Thanks for your reply. There are 4 sources I’m looking at — I’m quite sure that feature is available.
[1] Here is the Netgear US website
https://www.netgear.com/home/products/mobile-broadband/mobilerouters/MR1100.aspx#tab-features
“Guest Access”
[2] AT&T website on settings up Wi-Fi for MR1100
https://www.att.com/devicehowto/tutorial.html#!/stepbystep/id/stepbystep_KM1318010?make=Netgear&model=NetgearMR1100
[3] Official YouTube video on setting up on MR1100
https://youtu.be/4lIpaJJ6lD8
[4] Overview of the settings page of MR1100 [4:07]
https://youtu.be/y1BDi0QgP9g
The main reason why I bought this router is to test it before I buy another 9 for use in other business offices.
It looks the feature was deactivated on some variants of the MR1100, together with Client Privacy (AP isolation).
Really looking forward for Netgear to release a firmware update to rectify this.
Hi dwinters ,
Thanks for the links. I am checking with the US team. I assume those links are from a previous version of firmware. I know with the AU variant we never enabled guest access. The link for the datasheet provided previously is the latest.
Regards,
Arodi
- Hey Arodi,
Thanks for the prompt reply. I’m currently using the retail US variant from Amazon US.
I can certainly understand that some features such as LAA are not available for some regions due to regulatory restrictions.
However, Guest Network and AP isolation should not be subjected to such restrictions.
Both features are pretty much a standard in home and commercial routers (including Mobile Hotspots).
What I’m really concerned is that this feature is already baked into this device and firmware, but deliberately turned off for some variants, even though it is advertised that this feature is available before sale.