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Windows XP drivers for Nighthawk LTE Mobile Hotspot Router Model MR1100
I'm attempting to help an elderly friend. Until recently he has been accessing the internet from his old Windows XP machine (for email only) via a Telstra supplied 4G Wifi router, plugged into a USB ...
Hi DrDunc,
If the XP machine has an Ethernet NIC then you can plug in via Ethernet. Depending on the FW version you are on, you may need to tap the power button to wake up the Ethernet port. If you are plugged in via USB to PC then the Ethernet port shuts off until USB tethering is no longer happening.
If the XP machine does not have an Ethernet NIC, then try downloading and installing the drivers from the following link: http://www.downloads.netgear.com/files/aircard/AC790S_Zain/Driver%20package%204.3.0.0.exe
If you are still having issues then PM your contact details and we can work out a suitable time to troubleshoot whilst you are on-site.
Kind Regards,
ArodiD
There are some posts confirming that Ethernet tethering (forwarding the mobile ISP IP direct to the Ethernet interface of the system configured) is workable. Exact conditions - carrier specific firmware or generic Netgear provided bugware - are unclear. When I see that Netgar does still fail to provide a download for the M1 USB tethering drivers does not give me much trust in this product.
Windows XP is extremely old and an End Of Life OS. You should run a newer OS that is getting security updates.
I’ve used both Ethernet tethering with a router and USB tethering with a Mac and both worked fine for me.
If you use Ethernet tethering it would be best to remove the battery and use a QuickCharge 2.0 compatible charger.
I’ve used both Ethernet tethering with a router and USB tethering with a Mac and both worked fine for me.
If you use Ethernet tethering it would be best to remove the battery and use a QuickCharge 2.0 compatible charger.
Case850 wrote:
Are you able to point to the relevant documentation and firmware version for a Telstra M1 for Ethernet tethering to work?
From memory sharing the M1's mobile data over ethernet has worked for me on every firmware release I've tried it on (but I did update to the latest firmware available at the time when I got my device and didn't use the ethernet port till late last year).
It's a mobile hotspot designed to be portable, to be used as you move from place to place. Using it in a fixed location, plugged in to power 24/7 with ethernet connected is quite a different use case.
There have been improvements made over time to ethernet functionality including adding an option to disable the ethernet timeout for the benefit mainly of those using the hotspot plugged into power with ethernet connected. By default and on old firmware ethernet would be disabled after 2 minutes of inactivity to minimise the battery usage.
The manual talks about enabling data offloading and what that entails.
However if ethernet data offloading is disabled & you are not using USB tethering then the ethernet port would be used to share the internet connection from the mobile hotspot to the device it's physically connected to. I've connected the M1 to a R8000 and it's worked fine for me. I took the battery out and used a QuickCharge 2.0 compatible charger.