Netgear Nighthawk M1 Hotspot Review - MR1100 Overview

NETGEAR Nighthawk M1 Mobile Hotspot Router (MR1100)
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Looking to get a new 4G mobile hotspot? In this review, I go over the Netgear Nighthawk M1 MR1100 Hotspot Modem and Router. The Netgear Nighthawk M1 Mobile Hotspot features an internal battery that last ~20 hours, dual band 2.4g and 5g Wifi network, and the ability to share media over the network.
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I've been using the Netgear Nighthawk M1 MR100 for 6 months as my main source of internet. I've used it both on the road while traveling and in my home connected to my home router. It has worked great with fast speeds and long battery life. Using the Nighthawk hotspot on road trips has been great and allows me to have full internet while on the road.
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[@xFatalPhenomx]

Excellent review. Im glad you went through all the menus. It helped me see that it does have a UPnP. My Nighthawk is currently being shipped. Thanks again for the detailed review. Made me hit subscribe.✌

[@idontwantaname9750]

The UPnP won't matter if you're gaming. You'll still get a type 3 NAT

[@edwin3699]

Thank you for the review,very descriptive

[@NicholasMaietta]

I managed to snag mine for $164 used without the original box. Just arrived in my city I should have it tomorrow or the next day. Cannot wait.

[@jaybreezy9927]

So Im in the process of turning the storage unit that I rent into mancave. I have everything I need in there. Couch, lazy boy, space heater, flat screen, xbox, microwave, mini fridge, etc. Only thing im missing is the internet because it doesnt have any coaxial or ethernet outlets. Will this be a good fit for my situation?

[@jat-justamaturetech-philpj8285]

I live in a small studio apt. Will have 4 devices connected. Tv, home mini, laptop and phone. Do i still need a home router? And I'd like to pick it up and go when i leave the house, so when i get back will it auto connect to my devices? Does it come in 5G yet???

[@chrisdenison6550]

Great video! One question what is the website you used to setup and change some of you settings? Cheers Chris “The Aussie living in the Netherlands” 😉🇳🇿

[@itsclassicbants]

Thanks. Have you used personal hotspot on your phone for single device and is there much difference? (In terms of speed, PING (latency)

[@jeremytheonlyone]

I have a simcard that provide 50Mbps data, on an average signal of 3 antenna bar icon. It only ran on 5Mbps speed using ZTE MF920V wifi hotspot. I would want to know should I switch to NetGear instead?

[@KayanEnsan]

Thank you for the review! I have a question: when i connect the ethernet port to another router like you did. Can i pass the 20 devices limit for the built-in wifi?

[@Badboy7357]

You can if your wired router supports more. You set it for IPpassthough DHCP off and it will only provide internet to the wired router. That wired router will issue IPs and provide wireless, if it has that option. Wireless will be DISABLED on the Nighthawk when set this way. Your wired router will be doing all the routing work. The Nighthawk will be just a modem. I currently have mine plugged into an 8 port switch with Nighthawk set normally doing all the routing function, as 20 devices is more than enough for me. It covers my wired/wireless needs.

[@vigilr6595]

So if I decide to go with ATT do I need to buy the corresponding model or does it not matter?

[@tylerpearson2473]

Great videos. The best i've found for the MR1100. Thanks for posting them! I have one big question. Do you have any advice for how to optimize the advanced cellular settings to improve cell tower signal? I'm on the ATT network, and out of the box I was only getting one or two bars but decent speeds. Change the band region to WCDMA All and bars increased to 4, but speeds were terrible. LTE All was slightly better bars and medium speeds. Any thoughts or other ways to improve cell tower signal? I use the device on the go in the field, and would also be interested in additional antennas that might help. THanks!

[@chrisbailey4024]

You need to buy a Cel-Fi Go X signal booster. They are not cheap but worth every dollar. I bought one for my home because i only had 1 bar on my phone. Now I have 4-5 bars of LTE and a signal in every room where I had no service. I'm now going to get the MR 1100 and use that as my home internet. Being able to connect it to my router is going to be awesome! FYI my download speed is 28 mbps and 3 mbps!

[@amyconn2406]

Moving into a new house with zero wifi service from major companies. I was thinking going with this. You hooked it up with your home service. Would we need a home service to use it. We were thinking about just use our Hotspot on our AT&T phones

[@corinferragamo2822]

are you having problems with the battery heating up and not charging

[@SeattleRingHunter]

Will this modem power up and function with a powered USB plugged in without the battery attached?

[@RobsTechs]

How do u use this for just a modem my router is a triband router

[@edwin3699]

do I have to use a special size sim card ?

[@2024harley]

I did the mod to send data threw the Cat5 outlet but had to set it back because it only allows data threw the cat5 and not wireless. So now I get wifi AND Cat5 data

[@msiam]

Thanks for the review. As you, I've been using three M1 as my main internet source for about 1.5 years. Can you tell me why my lights sometimes blink blue sometimes 1 every 3 to 4 secs, and sometimes 2 blinks every 3 top 4 secs? Is there a tutorial on the blinking patterns?

[@Epic_Aviation]

That's showing network activity

[@leonelmejia-cardona3871]

my m1 is not connecting to my network do i have to have hotspot available in my plan ?

[@አባቡ]

Great review, thanks

[@msggry9504]

Thank you for the very informative video indeed. Can you please tell me if I can connect my TV smart TV and my Amazon echo show with it will be my iPad and my iPhone for home use mainly , will use it on the go only some times, will use it Sim card . Thank you for your help indeed.

[@PhillyCableDave]

Thank you for Sharing👍👍👍👍👍

[@123fineboy]

Can you connect a wired device and use the wifi for other devices at the same time?

[@skelepoo1543]

I have no signals at my house and a max of 7 mbps speed. I have a T-Mobile unlimited plan but again, no signals at my house. Will this really just bring my speeds up to 20 mbps?? Please respond thank you.

[@thatsentertainment5602]

Would this be better then the M2? I heard the M2 had reliability issues.

[@ruscuz9824]

How do you get the unlimited plan?

[@TheRealthug12]

pls read this u said in the vid about the battery but u can easily remove it and leave the charger in and it will work fine no battery warnings nothing basicly u can just leave the fullcharge battery when ur about to head out

[@AngelHernandez-lv7xy]

Ok so I’m confused now do dose the night hawk give WiFi or not

[@krimke881]

Somehow, this review feels more like a unboxing

[@ik1llpeeple4fun]

Can i put my att android phone's sim card in it for lte data??

[@austinmorris4017]

The battery on mine has swollen and I don't know what to do with it

[@danrauth3468]

How did you get unlimited. I went to AT&T and They said they didn't have unlimited?

[@SeattleRingHunter]

Can you block out the two other screens from being displayed on the LCD? Also can you turn off the WiFi so only the ethernet port is available for use?

[@Dr.Bright_site19]

Yes you can

[@slwhite1959]

Im not with AT&T but am loving all the reviews for this device. I know nothing about Unlocked things so do you think I would be ok buying one unlocked? I am currently with Verizon but not sure I will be staying with them. Thank you and love the video. You went into great detail.

[@msiam]

You will be fine unlocked. The unlocking is if you wanted to use the device on a network other that AT&T. You can take this to Verizon or tmo, . But it has to be unlocked before it will work in those carriers.

[@youllfloat2pennywise344]

@@msiam how do I unlock the device?

[@jorgeglez71]

how much do you pay for your monthly service with att?, great review!!

[@Papucho257]

Jorge G I pay 80 a month, unlimited but its strict nat type all the time so gaming isn’t great.

[@johnnyblaze9217]

@@Papucho257 what seller?

[@Papucho257]

Johnny blaze at&t, you create a company account and ask for the hotspot which the nighthawk includes two different networks. 5g and 2g but both have double nat type and it makes it strict so bad for gaming

[@coocoocachooglin]

It's halfway through 2021, does anyone know if they have updated this device?

[@drmusickgp]

Is this available in india?

[@youllfloat2pennywise344]

how do you know if this is unlocked?

[@AngelHernandez-lv7xy]

Is this good enough to use with a ps4

[@fatboycrazy3954]

Does this works for people that work on boats??? Like merchant seaman’s?

[@lowellknox8624]

Will it one day get 5g for real

[@jimbrannan6757]

I looked at this in my area and att unlimited plans were only available accept ones with Hotspots that were limited to 50 gigs that were $110 /mo. After that the plans throttled down to 3g on unlimited plans.

[@ryanbradshaw8658]

Otrmobile.com it's true unlimited at&t 4g LTE data for $60.00 a month. It's also NO CONTRACT

[@Moe412_]

Would this work as a fast wireless connection for a one bedroom apartment for the fire stick, home PC and maybe 2 mobile devices? Please some one let me know.

[@GaugingGadgets]

If you have a good signal with ATT it would work fine for those needs.

[@Moe412_]

Gauging Gadgets oh ok how about Verizon?

[@GaugingGadgets]

I believe this device only works with ATT

[@Moe412_]

Gauging Gadgets oh ok thanks..

[@ericmedina192]

Wait so do we need a router to run the hotspot?

[@outoftime788]

lol this dude aint rite. says no wifi. but thats wat a hotspot is

[@keving1774]

Does it have throttling problems?

[@marsco25177]

Even the 34$ plan on this reply throttles. This person has 1 of 2 reasons why they think it doesnt. 1 they dont reach their cap. Or 2 they do but live in an area where when on deprytoritasation there arent a ton of people on that tower.

[@jacksprat7087]

How do you get unlimited thru AT&T? They tell me they have no unlimited for this device????

[@marsco25177]

He doesn’t. Zero companies offer unlimited.

[@harolddupont7602]

How did you get unlimited data with the nighthawk? AT&T has told me they dont offer it. They have a 5gig plan and then charge for every gig after that.

[@GaugingGadgets]

I used a company call netbuddy.co but there are several out there that are on ATT but provide true unlimited data for ~$60 a month.

[@RoyExplores]

​@@GaugingGadgetsthree years later, do you still recommend netbuddy? Thanks.

[@robertmunguia250]

Will this be sold unlocked?

[@petrayoung7349]

no

[@coletown_us]

This is an ATT product. Can it be unlocked for use on other GSM networks such as T-MOBILE?

[@jimbrannan6757]

These are sold by Tmobile and are also sold by Amazon unlocked

[@coletown_us]

Jim Brannan not currently sold by T-MOBILE. Amazon offering is >15% more expensive, which is why I wondered if the ATT version can be unlocked.

[@jimbrannan6757]

@@coletown_us Sorry, I meant Tmobile versions,

[@Yuaa3]

Look up night nighthawk mr1100. It’s connected through T-Mobile and sprint

[@msiam]

It can be unlocked and yes it can be used on tmo..

[@SabiNxtDoor]

How u get unlimited data?

[@williamdelacruz9800]

Can u game with this?

[@mr_b7712]

Na i have one unless u want 200 ping don't get it

[@user-do5sx1tn2h]

berapa kos boss

[@nickfloris103]

Using this who is the internet provider.

[@AngryPeopleReplyToMe]

Even new batteries discharge when charged above 80% that’s why iPhones learn your sleep schedule and charge up the last 20% right before you wake up

[@marsco25177]

This doest work for cricket or ATT go. It works for 5 seconds then provider locks sim card to 0.05 download.

[@krisdphillips]

If you set your TTL to a cell phone, it'll stop doing that

[@marsco25177]

On the Nighthawk settings?

[@krisdphillips]

@@marsco25177 I don't think the Nighthawk has this option, but you can change your TTL on the devices behind the router or at a router capable of it (like OpenWRT) behind the Nighthawk.

[@irvinquijano]

Does this work for gaming ps4 good?

[@gregphillips3806]

No the latency is terrible, online gaming is in real time, this sometimes lag but not real bad just not good for real time, streaming is actually not real time, it works good with streaming and downloading

[@Zanewv]

This router does put out wifi signal, he said it didn't at 5:10, just got mine today works great.

[@kingkwad129]

you sound like mordecai from regular show

[@death-vw8zy]

I have called all of this services and every one of them AT&T Verizon Sprint T-Mobile says there is no such thing is unlimited data

[@themightymonarch5365]

Same boat dog nobody gives out unlimited prepaid these days

[@GaugingGadgets]

The company I use is netbuddy.co

[@M0DFATH3R]

Shannon Bishop it’s unlimited with iPad plans it just runs slow sometimes

[@M0DFATH3R]

@@ProStar-Ghost great info

[@Papucho257]

Shannon Bishop go to at&t and get a business accout. I pay 80 a month for unlimited

[@williricho]

my step dad found this in the basment today i stole it i gonna use it for streaming

[@braveheart4388]

An old cat 16 phone even with screen not working costing 50 dollars will perform the same. Nothing special in this

[@PB-zb1ue]

I’m sorry to say this Netgear Nighthawk M1 is a piece of crap! Mine keeps turning on and off and service does throttle your speed! My average speed is 7download speed and does not function as stated!

[@joffmv]

It depends on your location or how much your signal is.

[@ferry651]

are you having problems with the battery heating up and not charging

[@msiam]

When using this as a modem/ router it is advised not to leave the battery inside charging. Charge the battery then remove it and lay it aside. Constant charging a full battery harms the battery