NETGEAR Nighthawk 4G Modem Router MR1100

Late to the review but honestly, if you're thinking of getting a mobile router BUY THIS ONE! Yes it's pricey, but it has become an invaluable piece of kit for me. I work in video production so often deal with files of 2GBs or more - and this thing turns 4G/5G simcard data into super speedy internet. I've used it all across the UK/Europe and Africa so far in the last year and never had a problem.

I just moved onto a narrowboat and work from the boat daily. I did my research before buying a source of Internet, it was either something like this or Starlink. However the biggest drawback of Starlink is its very expensive and draws a lot of power. Knowing I am based at a permanent mooring for the time being and the 5G signal being very good here I decided to give this a try. I am very happy with my purchase. It has been used daily non stop and hasnt missed a beat yet. The speeds I am getting vary from 20-200 mbps but I havent noticed any drops or outages. And I havent even used an external ariel yet. The battery is great, it lasts more than a day on a full charge of constant use. Definitely recommend!

I was a bit confused with researching mobile Sim routers, as I guess some purchasers are not as savvy as others. (It is a bit like shopping for water containers with a tap. There is a lot of negative feedback from those, with complaints of “ the tap is useless”which you should read: they didn’t loosen the lid to allow air in. User error, or faulty item ? But, I ‘m delighted to say, I have a 3 x improvement, both in Upload and Downloud, using the same SIM card, same static location, than I had before. And I have done about 30 tests, at different times, before and after. I bought this from Amazon direct, but from Warehouse, used like new. ( it was like new, still sealed). Although it seems a huge outlay, if it is important to you in getting connected with better results , I suggest Buy one! ( you can always return it if it doesn’t live up to your expectations! That’s Amazon, a great return policy. I will add, remember to set up your SIM card to get that communicating with the router. You will find that in the software, under Advanced Setting, Cellular. Click Add. Then you need the info of your SIM provider, APN etc it may be already on your phone if you look hard enough, and just add it to the list. Highly recommended from me! The battery lasts about 8 hours, but you can run it with the battery removed, as long as you have a 12v power supply. And I will add; I wasn’t paid to say this, and the item I paid full price for.

I got this to be a back up for data access on the go, I live in Prestwick in Ayrshire, all the networks CLAIM to have 4G but in reality, non really deliver its always hit n miss, I bought Smarty unlimited data sim at £20, they use "the 3' network it shows 4G on my device right at the mast but you can see clearly from the speed tests in NO WAY do you get 4G speeds, in London you might, in Manchester you might, in Liverpool you might but rest of UK esp here on Scotland you wont get much at all above the odd 50 mb download so never expect 1gb, its not going to happen. Now we tested several devices connected same time, it was ok to start depending on network, but 4 or more caused lag and often will drop off network totally. The kit itself is small, neat and smart, easy to set up BUT you will really need to delve deep into the best sim or sims to get depending on your network area coverage in my case I bought a Smarty Sim at £20 unlimited data only on The Three network, the same deal on Three actual network web site is £34. EE were around £29 for just 70mb, so it depends on what you think you need data wise and to be fair £20 for unlimited on Smarty was best deal in the UK I can find. Charge time seems fine at around 2 hrs for full charge and around 8 hrs data time, depending on network access and numbrr of devices connected. A pont to note is that from time to time you do check uour connection as for some odd reason it does disconnect for no reason. Other wise its a neat bit of kit that does work and connects - but do your homework on best network(s) will work for your area.

I’ve seen enough reviews of this modem to know it’s generally well accepted as a great piece of kit. Unfortunately in my case it wasn’t a good experience and it just didn’t work and wouldn’t connect to any cellular network I tried, and in some cases wouldn’t recognize a SIM was installed. After many, many hours of trying, many hours looking up support articles and many hours of looking up YouTube, I gave up and returned it. A little unsure about whether to try another one or not, will decide once I am reimbursed for this one. In the meantime, I’ll do a bit of research on any equivalent or better options that might be out there. If anyone has any suggestions, I’d be happy to hear.

I should have bought this years ago. Not sure if the newer one is any better, or if you need that for the extra money. I don’t think i would get 13 hrs battery life but this is more than i need to work on the road. I am away from the office and done a few speed tests in the weeks that i have had it. Today i am getting 1.0GB / 950 Mbps which is amazing. I got the unlimited data SIM from EE (via Amazon) and don’t regret the upfront cost. Together they are working brilliantly and i cant fault it them. I have already forgot the password i did on set up which doesn’t help but i can cope with that. One criticism rather than a fault, is the one button on the router makes it a little difficult to navigate but once set up all you really need is the power one - or at least for what i do. It connects effortlessly to my iPad, phone and laptop and does what it needs to. On one site where my phone gets very little signal, I still managed to get 150Mbs.

I have 2 of these now and as long as you get the right service provider these work amazing well. I have just had one of the batteries exspand due to over heating so I removed it and replaced it with a genuine Netgear battery and all is good again. I would highly recommend

I work in IT remotely in the Scottish Highlands with local BT broadband delivering insufficient speeds for both download and (increasingly important for zoom/teams calls) upload. Hence the need for a 4G router. This unit, in conjunction with a Poynting 4G-XPOL-A0002 directional antenna is making the most of the two bar signal from the nearest mast on the EE network. Typical download speed is 70 mbs but I’ve seen 123 recently! Upload is consistent at about 10mbs. My work colleagues in different cities/towns in the UK can’t believe it when I screenshare the results of a speedtest (and neither can I). Like some other reviewers it did seem to take a lot more fiddling (and frustration) to setup than I’d expect. It really ought to just be a case of popping in the SIM and away you go, but for some reason it wasn’t straightforward. My top tip, if you’ve just got yourself a new SIM is to put it in your phone and do the initial activation & top up there FIRST to ensure the SIM is fully working. Only once you’re 100% sure that the SIM is working should you then proceed to use that SIM in this device. It’s only a hunch but I think that may have been the cause of some of my initial setup trauma. The unit itself feels really solid & well made. Being battery powered means it will keep working for a number of hours (I think the claim is 7?) without mains power- handy if used at home with possible power cuts. The app that comes with it (or the website used for config) has all of the features you’d expect. I use the unit as effectively our full time home router and have it plugged into the mains at all times, without the battery in place. (The battery is fully charged and just left to one side in case of power cuts - pop it in and within a couple of minutes the router is back up again). Batteries are not meant to have power flowing through them constantly and some users have reported the battery getting too hot (causing the device to shut down) and even becoming misshapen/leaking under prolonged constant charging. So if you’re planning on leaving it on all the time, I’d strongly suggest leaving out the battery. It’s important to realise that the supplied USB charger does NOT provide sufficient power to charge the unit if it is also under heavy active use at the same time. This can lead to the device powering off randomly and I suspect is the cause of some of the dissatisfaction from some users. Simply purchase a decent charger (for about £15) to solve that problem. I bought a “Quick Charge 3.0, Anker 18W 3Amp USB Wall Charger (Quick Charge 2.0 Compatible) Powerport+ 1” device from Amazon. So, ensure you use a SIM that’s already setup, buy a decent charger, and don’t leave the battery in (if you’re leaving it on constantly as a home router) and my experience has been that it’s a cracking little device and worth the extra money over cheaper devices.

Ich nutzte seit über 6 Jahren den Vorgänger (M1) sehr intensiv. Gerade, wenn man, wie ich, viel unterwegs ist, ist der Router spitze gewesen (Tags auf der Arbeit, im Urlaub, in der Freizeit - autark zu sein und nicht von fremdem W-Lan abhängig zu sein - gerade in Hotels - mega entspannt mit dem Netgear). Super stabile Verbindung, mehrere Geräte laufen sauber - ohne Ruckeln oder Aussetzer. Er war/ist stets zuverlässig gewesen. Der Akku hält einen Tag lang; wurde einmal ersetzt (Verschleißteil). Daher habe ich mich entschlossen, nachdem nunmehr wieder der Akku "totgearbeitet" war, mir den Nachfolger zu leisten, zumal meine Sim-Karte (unbegrenzter Datentarif) von Anfang an 5G "konnte", ich es sich aber mit dem M1 wg 4G nicht umsetzen lies - was nicht schlimm war, da das Teil anscheinend die Daten "an sich zieht" und zuverlässig an die verbundenen Geräte abgibt/abgab. Mittlerweile ist das Gehäuse sehr zerkratzt, da er bei mir in der Handtasche oder Rucksack "rumfliegt" und ich (gewohnt durch meine stabilen, kratzunempfindlichen Sony-Handys) nicht pfleglich mit solchen Gebrauchsgegenständen umgehe - sprich: kein extra Case oder Ähnliches drumherum packe. Aber: er läuft und läuft und läuft und läuft... mehr kann ich nicht erzählen... Daher nun zum NETGEAR Nighthawk M3 und meiner Kaufentscheidung: JA, das Teil ist teuer. Aber Geiz ist nicht immer geil, jedenfalls in meinem Leben nicht und daher habe ich nicht lange überlegt und den Nachfolger (bezogen auf meine Einleitung hier) bei Amazon bestellt. Auch das, wie immer (Amazon) schnell, zuverlässig und klasse. Der Kundenservice, soweit ich den bisher -wenig- nutzen musste, ist ebenfalls 1A und hat m. E. KEINE Konkurrenz ;-) NETGEAR steht für mich seit dem M1 auch für: super Verarbeitung, einstöpseln und fertig. Der NETGEAR Nighthawk M3 geht sogar noch einen Schritt weiter. Die Einstellungs-App hatte ich ja bereits vom M1. Nun erscheint beim Einschalten des NETGEAR Nighthawk M3 direkt ein QR-Code und man kann anfangen, die Geräte zu verbinden. Zack.... läuft. So muss das sein; das erwarte ich auch bei einem solchen Preis. Kinderleicht in Betrieb zu nehmen; läuft einfach. Ich bin wieder super zufrieden und hoffe, dass auch der NETGEAR Nighthawk M3 mind. 6 Jahre hält. Wie erwähnt muss das Teil bei mir "sehr viel Arbeiten", wird ständig von mir mitgeschleppt und ist hoffentlich für die Zukunft gesehen weiterhin mein treuer und zuverlässiger Begleiter. Ich kann den NETGEAR Nighthawk M3 uneingeschränkt empfehlen. Ich kam damals auf den mobilen Router durch Videos, die ich mir im Vorfeld zur Information meiner Kaufzwecke angesehen habe. Nutzer/Camper, die begeistert von dem Teil waren. Seither habe ich keine schlechten W-Lan-Empfänge mehr in Hotels, weil gefühlt 100 Leute draufzugreifen, hab mein eigenes Netz, schließe mein Laptop unterwegs an, Handy sowieso (auch für Maps und Spotify unterwegs im Auto; lässt sich ja auch nachladen im Kfz am USB-Stecker) und bin glücklich und autark; egal wo ich bin. Handynetzt ist klar - natürlich Voraussetzung. Hatte ich aber noch keine Probleme - oder einfach nur Glück :-) Geschmack ist aber verschieden und ich kann auch verstehen, wenn jemandem das Teil zu teuer erscheint. Ich sage: Das Teil (jedenfalls der Vorgänger; den neuen habe ich gerade 2 Tage) ist jeden Cent wert. Aber das muss jeder für sich entscheiden, ob und wie viel Geld man dafür ausgeben möchte. Ich habe einen unlimitierten 5G Tarif und bin glücklich. Werde mir erlauben, in ein paar Monaten ein weiteres Kommentar abzugeben, glaube aber nicht an eine Verschlechterung.

Uitstekend verbinding overal in Nederland

Efficace et facile à configurer

So I live in a forest with little connection and it is very fast

Title: TOUT SIMPLEMENT PARFAIT POUR NOUS Description: Avons pris ce NET GEAR M3, afin de pouvoir regarder la SMART TV dans notre camping car. Bien qu'il soit équipé d'une parabole automatique, cette dernière s'avère inefficace, lorsqu'il y a présence d'arbres entre elle et le satelitte... En regardant des tutoriels sur YouTube, la plupart des solutions proposées étaient, de percer le toit pour installer une antenne wifi et installer un module avec passage de fils à cacher à l'intérieur. Avec le NETGEAR, aucun trou à percer ! Nous avons pris un petit support mural et bien qu'il y est une autonomie de 13h, afin d'en avoir plus il est relié à une power banque, reliée elle même sur une prise 12v. Nous l'utilisons avec une carte free de 40GO à 3,99€. Au moment où j'écris ce commentaire, nous sommes dans un camping, près de Fontainebleau, et sommes complètement "immergés" sous les arbres (et heureusement, vue la température extérieure de30°! Évidemment, la parabole n'a rien trouvé, mais NETGEAR, approvisionne, la TV, mon mobile, 2 ordinateurs portables, et c'est ultra rapide et fluide. Le module peut recevoir 32 appareils, donc nous avons de la marge! De plus, j'ai subi ces derniers temps des problèmes avec la fibre à mon bureau et au domicile, donc en cas de récidive, au lieu d'attendre les passages des techniciens et me bloquer du temps et déplacements en fonction de leurs plannings.... Je me dépannerai sans ces contraintes entre temps. En conclusion ; Pas de trous Utilisable dans 125 pays Idéal pour se dépanner Plus besoin de partage de connexion avec les mobiles et de plus, autant mon mobile Huawei P30 Pro, n'avait qu'une barre, par ses propres moyens, qu'en le raccordant en wifi à NETGEAR, il est passé au maximum, donc très bon investissement, à 449€,pour ce petit appareil.. FREE propose une carte en illimité à 9.99€,Je crois que je vais "craquer"