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perseid
Aspirant
Oct 26, 2023

Nighthawk A7000 AC1900 with iPad Pro

Has anyone been able to use the Nighthawk A7000 AC1900 WiFi USB Adapter with the iPad Pro? I connected the Nighthawk to the iPad's USB C port but it is not showing under Settings/Wifi. Is there a trick or hack to be able to use it with the iPad? Thanks for any feedback

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  • michaelkenward's avatar
    michaelkenward
    Guru
    Oct 27, 2023
    perseid wrote:

    Has anyone been able to use the Nighthawk A7000 AC1900 WiFi USB Adapter with the iPad Pro? I connected the Nighthawk to the iPad's USB C port but it is not showing under Settings/Wifi. Is there a trick or hack to be able to use it with the iPad?

    Does the iPad pro run iOS? If not, forget it. Even if it does, Netgear seems to be incapable of updating its iOS drivers for newer versions.

     

    Why do you need a USB adapter for an iOS? Doesn't it do wifi without any help?

     

     

     

     

    • perseid's avatar
      perseid
      Aspirant
      Oct 27, 2023

      iPads run iPadOS which is mostly iOS for the tablet. The iPad's internal antenna is not very good at picking up weak signals, it would be strongly boosted by being able to use an external USB antenna like the AC1900.

      • michaelkenward's avatar
        michaelkenward
        Guru
        Oct 28, 2023
        perseid wrote:

        The iPad's internal antenna is not very good at picking up weak signals, it would be strongly boosted by being able to use an external USB antenna like the AC1900.

        You probably need a USB adapter designed for that purpose.

         

        Netgear seems to be useless at making Apple specific devices, probably not helped by Apple's aversion to anything that it does not make and sell. Even when Netgear does make something, it dies as soon as Apple pushes out an update.