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M6 and IP-passthrough with routable static IP
I have an M6 Pro (MR6550) and a T-Mobile business internet account, and I'm unable to use the M6 in passthrough mode. The M6 (the hotspot) does some pretty inexplicable things. Like ARP my firewall from 192.168.3.1. As I said, my firewall has a public routable (non RFC-1918) address, so 192.168.3.1 is not going to be adjacent on the subnet, and therefore my firewall will drop the ARP request at a minimum, and potentially trigger the IDS as there being misconfiguration of a peer on the network or even someone doing malicious probes. It also sends SSDP packets to my network segment as multicasts. Why? Only hackers use SSDP on a WAN interface: to figure out (1) if you're misconfigured and (2) to know what sort of machines are on your network so they can tailor attacks after fingerprinting the hosts and looking up their attack surfaces and vulnerabilities. But more to the point, it's a modem/bridge. It should be operating at layer 2 on the Ethernet side, and layer 3 on the 4G/5G side. The correct behavior is trivial: (1) When the APN provisioning is received from the 5G carrier, PROXY ARP the default gateway's IP address with your own (M6's) MAC address (or GARP it, that works too if the firewall has been sysctl'd to accept GARP's on a public interface... which is sometimes used for man-in-the-middle attacks on public networks). (2) Then ARP REQUEST the firewall's IP address so you know where to forward the packets. That 2nd step is likely unnecessary, since most IP neighbor implementations cache the address of an ARP requestor in anticipation of their being return traffic (i.e. some sort of answer). You don't need SSDP. Or mDNS. Or to be trying to figure out anything about what's attached to the firewall. That's just suspicious behavior. Also, don't IPv6 SSDP me if I'm not provisioned for IPv6! That just fills my logs with noise. If I do a ping -c 1000 8.8.8.8 then I see spans of 8 or 9 packets being passed, then 20 or so dropped, then 8 or 9 passed, then 20 or so dropped... until the test completes. How did this not turn up during homologation testing? I'm getting 62-70% packet loss!!!no software update available
I received a message from Netgear that I should update my MR6450 - Nighthawk M6 Pro mobile router as soon as possible. However, there is no software update available when I request an update through the device's menu. The current software version in my M6Pro is: NTGX65_12.01.54.00 and is from 12 April 2024.MR7500 (M7 Ultra Telstra) not connecting to 5G on Optus – firmware restriction?
Hello everyone, I have a Netgear Nighthawk M7 Ultra (MR7500) originally branded with Telstra firmware. Current firmware details: Firmware Version: NTGX75_10.04.09.00 GUI Version: M7_Telstra_v07.01.47.00 The device is unlocked and paid outright. I am using an Optus 5G SIM in a full Optus 5G coverage area. The same SIM connects to 5G immediately when inserted into a 5G mobile phone. However, in the M7 Ultra it only connects to 4G / 4G+ (never shows 5G or 5G NSA). Network settings: Band Region: LTE + 5G NSA Network Mode: Auto I would like to know: Does Telstra firmware restrict 5G connectivity on other carriers such as Optus? Is there an official global/unbranded firmware available for MR7500? Has anyone successfully converted a Telstra MR7500 to global firmware? Any guidance would be appreciated. Thank you.M7 Pro (MR7400)... Bridge Mode/IP-Passthrough Only Works After Reboot?
As the topic says... If I reboot the router to which the M7 is attached via eth, then I have to reboot the M7 as well before bridge mode works. Has anyone else experienced this, or the contrary; bridge mode works without having to reboot the M7? Also.... what gives with not being able to register the product for support? Netgear product registration either fails and says try again later, or the contact us link through support says support expired on 1900-01-01... Time travel!!!!! Woo hoo! <grumble>... and these compulsory forum tags that don't include relevant products... <sigh>MR7400 (M7 Pro AT&T)
I've got it setup, firmware updated, but I'm unable to change specific settings like WIFI settings, even disabling/enabling wifi is not enabled, either on the device or through http://attwifimanager/. A number of settings are simply greyed out and you're not able to interact with them. After factory resetting, I notice the settings are interactable for a brief time before the device restarts (out of no where) - I was actually able to update the wifi standby setting before the restart happened. Then they return to being disabled, grey options - but the setting that I did change before being disabled persisted as the value that I set. Super weird, could be firmware, or a faulty device because I don't see any other threads discussing the same thing.Orange Light
I have a Nighthawk M6 Pro. On the Home Screen, I get an orange triangle with an exclamation mark inside it. I understand this might be an error or maybe a notification that needs attention BUT I cannot find where to find out what this means. The manual is no help. This device is out of warranty so Netgear will not provide any support.
