I am testing a IP Passthrough mode on the Netgear M5. It limits the speed of the connection to ~200Mbps when enabled. When I revert to normal (router) mode and double-nat, the connection speed is 500-800Mbps. Tests were run over ethernet and the router was factory reset before each test. Is this a device limitation or firmware issue? Device: Nighthawk M5 (MR5200)Firmware: NTGX55_10.12.05.00PRI: 02.04

Extremely disappointing, they killed the option rather than fixing it. Had high hopes for this 5G router.Any feedback from support?

Although this is a 5g cellular, the router is only 1g. So the input can be 5g, but the output is 1g. Unfortunately this model does not have a 10g lan or sfp+port, so you are limited to getting less than 1g speeds unless you can use wifi. I think, netgear missed the point of having the 5g cellular with 1g ethernet that limit some users who rely on wired connections.Cheers,Madura

Strange behavior can you verify if the slower Throughput rate from the MR5 end or the router connected to it.

Both - I connected it directly to the ethernet port (of two different devices) for testing.And after the last firmware update, passthrough mode stopped working altogether.

I’m facing the same issue with MR5100 NTGX55_10.12.05.00 FW from Zain Kuwait. IP Passthrough disables the internet and I gonna return the unit as this is the only reason I got it in the first place.In router GUI dashboard, it shows that Zain KW(5G) Not connected.Netgear should fix this ASAP as this is one of the main advantages to make me choose Netgear over Huawei

Slow internet with ip passthrough mode on MR5200 (M5 - 5G device)

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Dalilama
Initiate
Jun 24, 2020
Strange behavior can you verify if the slower Throughput rate from the MR5 end or the router connected to it.
- mishref
  Tutor
  Jun 24, 2020
  Both - I connected it directly to the ethernet port (of two different devices) for testing.
  
  And after the last firmware update, passthrough mode stopped working altogether.
  - Dalilama
    Initiate
    Jun 26, 2020
    Extremely disappointing, they killed the option rather than fixing it. Had high hopes for this 5G router.
    Any feedback from support?
- nmperera
  Initiate
  Sep 20, 2020
  Although this is a 5g cellular, the router is only 1g. So the input can be 5g, but the output is 1g. Unfortunately this model does not have a 10g lan or sfp+port, so you are limited to getting less than 1g speeds unless you can use wifi. I think, netgear missed the point of having the 5g cellular with 1g ethernet that limit some users who rely on wired connections.
  Cheers,
  Madura
  - mishref
    Tutor
    Sep 20, 2020
    Ethernet connection is fine, I have gotten stable speeds of 800-900mbps over it (which is amazing for 5G). My issue is that passthrough mode (disabling the double-nat) was slow. In the latest update it doesn't work altogether.

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Slow internet with ip passthrough mode on MR5200 (M5 - 5G device)