Orbi and Night Hawk M1

[champion01]

Hi, not sure if this is possible, but was hoping someone could tell me if its possible to somehow connect the Nighthawk M1 devise to an Orbi devise to effectively use the 4G network and the M1 devise as the interenet connection to then plug into the Orbi to allow it to broadbast the internet aroudn the house?

[TheEther · Accepted solution]

Ah, I did not know of this limitation of the M1.  That's rather unfortunate.  You could use a range extender, as in

M1--Wi-Fi--extender---Ethernet---Orbi as AP

This, however, is a big hack.

[TheEther]

Sure.  Enable Access Point (AP) mode on the Orbi.

[champion01]

Thanks for responding. It seems the Nighthawk M1 wireless devise does have an ethernet port but it is designed only to plug the devise into hotel internet or an existing LAN that already has internet to then allow the M1 to broadcast that internet rather than use the mobile network...This is why the Orbi doesnt recognise that an internet connection is "found" becuase the M1 isnt transfering data via the ethernet port. Any ideas?

[TheEther · Accepted solution]

Ah, I did not know of this limitation of the M1.  That's rather unfortunate.  You could use a range extender, as in

M1--Wi-Fi--extender---Ethernet---Orbi as AP

This, however, is a big hack.