Nighthawk MR6500 Pro M6 vs Nighthawk MR5100 Pro M5

[JBish]

First off... the M6 did not want to even stay on without the battery in, but to use the ethernet port it says to not have it in... Once I got it figured out, then it would not connect to the cell tower or it would connect then disconnect after a couple minutes. The way I got it to connect to a tower and stay connected was to copy my config file from the MR5100Pro M5 and upload it into the M6 Pro... Now the device is not finding the band the M5 used and is only using b2, if I connect the m5 back up... Goes right to the faster of the bands which is b66... There is some issues with this device such as wrong apn's, device overheating etc... So riddle me this if the m5 connects to the faster signal b66(4-5 bars) every time I switch my sim into it, why is the m6 not even seeing the stronger signal and giving me a weaker slower signal b2(2 bars and slower speeds)... Both devices are in the same exact spot and should pick up the same cell tower signals... But unfortunately this is not happening... With no way to change or set a band to the strongest signal it makes the M6 inferior to the M5...Firmware and config files are mucked up from the door...

M6 Pro Bands: 

4G LTE (Domestic): 2, 4, 5, 12, 14, 29, 30, 46, 48, 66
4G LTE (Roaming): 1, 3, 7
5G Evolution: 256 QAM, 4x4 MIMO, LAA
5G: n2, n5, n66, n12, n14, n30, n66, n260

M5 Pro Bands:

HSPA/UMTS (3G/4G): 850, 900, 1900, 2100
4G LTE (Domestic): 2, 4, 5, 12, 14, 17, 29, 30, 46, 66
5G Evolution: 256 QAM, 4x4 MIMO, LAA, 2 CA, 3 CA, 4 CA, 5 CA
5G: n2, n5, n66, n260

[JohnPeng]

Thanks for working with me to debug your issues. Still trying to figure out why M6 doesn't work properly in the first place.

Regards

John

[JBish]

Seems a bit of a mystery...🙂🙂