Netgear nighthawk

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Does anyone use any of the netgear nighthawk range of Wi-Fi routers.
Do you use them with or without a Wi-Fi aerial.
Read some reports they seem impressive.

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A friend of mine has a nighthawk 1 with no antenna fitted and was parked beside myself.
I have a tp link mifi unit and we both done a speed test on both our units. I was getting a download speed of 2mbs and he was getting a speed ot 25mbs, so a big difference.
I have now ordered a nighthawk 2 after seeing this
 
hulio said:
A friend of mine has a nighthawk 1 with no antenna fitted and was parked beside myself.
I have a tp link mifi unit and we both done a speed test on both our units. I was getting a download speed of 2mbs and he was getting a speed ot 25mbs, so a big difference.
I have now ordered a nighthawk 2 after seeing this
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You just made me seriously consider this option.
Just think what a nighthawk 2 with aerial would hsve achieved.
I am thinking of buying a used one on eBay.
Thanks.
 
hulio said:
A friend of mine has a nighthawk 1 with no antenna fitted and was parked beside myself.
I have a tp link mifi unit and we both done a speed test on both our units. I was getting a download speed of 2mbs and he was getting a speed ot 25mbs, so a big difference.
I have now ordered a nighthawk 2 after seeing this
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I have now ordered a nighthawk 2 on eBay.
 
I have been testing the Netgear nighthawk M2 at home comparing it with my current huawei router, and the results are quite remarkable.
I am using an EE SIM card and we get three bar reception here so not full 4 bar.
I also bought a antenna costing only £15 on Amazon. I have only tested internally but it can be used externally.
On average over the day taking six readings at different times my Huawei router averaged 38mgps. The Netgear 96mgps. With the internal antenna this increased to 117mgps. I will now test this on our travels through the winter, but so far I am impressed not only with improved reception, but all of the other helpful features of the Netgear. The App makes using it much easier. I will keep you all posted.
 
Fisherman said:
I have been testing the Netgear nighthawk M2 at home comparing it with my current huawei router, and the results are quite remarkable.
I am using an EE SIM card and we get three bar reception here so not full 4 bar.
I also bought a antenna costing only £15 on Amazon. I have only tested internally but it can be used externally.
On average over the day taking six readings at different times my Huawei router averaged 38mgps. The Netgear 96mgps. With the internal antenna this increased to 117mgps. I will now test this on our travels through the winter, but so far I am impressed not only with improved reception, but all of the other helpful features of the Netgear. The App makes using it much easier. I will keep you all posted.
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Hi I've just received an nighthawk 2 also I bought from ebay and on first tests at home I've jumped from 32mbs to 107mbs so all good. Can I ask which antenna you bought ?
 
hulio said:
Hi I've just received an nighthawk 2 also I bought from ebay and on first tests at home I've jumped from 32mbs to 107mbs so all good. Can I ask which antenna you bought ?
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I bought this one on prime but there are others just as good. I find it makes a difference when the router is in the middle of the room with the aerial on the window ledge, but not much when next to one and other. It has a magnetic base which will be handy for the van conversion when we get it. It can be stuck to the side or on the roof if need be. The aerial work better when horizontal.

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mistericeman said:
Thought my Teltonika was expensive ....

You lot must be well coined
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I bought mine second hand on eBay and saved £150. Still expensive but it’s a great bit of kit. Those who are really well coined would go for the 5G version the M5 at £600. The toffs would go for the MR5200 at just short of a grand.
 
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I have a NETGEAR Nighthawk MR100 and am very happy with it. Works out in the wilderness as well because it handles Band 28 which is common in the sparsely populated Swedish countryside. Not all routers do that.

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Geek said:
It's just a matter of where you are and what network you're on. This is what I get here from a Huawei. The 5G signal is much faster, but this is 4G.View attachment 115836
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Do you use an external antenna. Also what did you get on your mobile.
The Netgear was 5 times faster on the same network than the iPhone.
 
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Geek said:
No, that's just the router, though signal strengths here are excellent.
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My point as already indicated was it was 5 times faster than the mobile both on EE. I don’t use an antenna also, but I am considering one. Currently we are near Keswick getting 9mbts on the phone 35mbts on the Netgear.
 
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Fisherman said:
My point as already indicated was it was 5 times faster than the mobile both on EE. I don’t use an antenna also, but I am considering one. Currently we are near Keswick getting 9mbts on the phone 35mbts on the Netgear.
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Its not possible to go a lot faster on 4G than I'm getting: there is a hard limit of 150mb/sec down built into the spec.
 
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