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ChristineT
Administrator
Dec 07, 2021
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Nighthawk MR5200 (M5) - We need your feedback!

Good day Nighthawk Community,   I'm reaching out to you today in hopes of soliciting your help. If anyone is experiencing any issues with the Nighthawk MR5200 (M5) Mobile Hotspot we want to hear ...
  • flyingtotoro's avatar
    flyingtotoro
    Nov 03, 2022

    Hi,

    maybe it is possible to also help with the issue we experience.

    We own two MR5200, let's call one "old" and the other one "new".

    We use to run "old" with a Vodafone (Germany) SIM which originally came from a "Vodafone GigaCube", some kind of relabeled HUAWEI 5G Router. This setup was running fine for about 12 Month or so, but recently we started to experience interruptions of LTE connections after 12 to 24 hours. Only a reebot of "old" would help getting reconnected.

    So we bought "new", used the very same SIM card with it. We experienced, that "new" wouldn't even connect to LTE nor any other band.

    So we ordered a fresh SIM card and used in "new" but experienced the very same behaviour. "new" wouldn't connect to any band.

    When using the fresh SIM card in "old", we were back to a connect time of about 12 to 24 hours, but then again interruptions of the connection.

    JohnPengcould you take a look at the model.json stats if we upload them?

    Many thanks in advance!

flegall's avatar
flegall
Aspirant
May 30, 2022

Hi all,

I am currently trying to register and fully create a PDU session in 5G SA with the MR5200 but I am failing to to it (I have succeeded with other smartphone terminals).
Indeed, I have a testing 5G SA platform on which I have configured an end to end 5G SA architecture (core + GNB) in test plmn id 001 01.

When I try to scan available networks, the MR5200 doesn't seem to find my network (this network is available for other 5G SA devices such as smartphones).

Is the MR5200 locked for a restricted list of PLMN IDs ? Only operators ones ? Is it possible to use test PLMN IDs (such as 00101, 20880, 20890, ...) ?

Thanks in advance for your support and help.

BR.

rylos's avatar
rylos
Star
May 31, 2022

I will NEVER EVER buy a netgear product again! It's 1 year that we are waiting for a firmware update to fix ETH Bridge Mode. It's a SHAME.

Netgear, you got my "good working" money for it.