NETGEAR Nighthawk M6 Pro, 5G and 4G LTE Mobile Hotspot Router with 2.8 inch Touchscreen, Ethernet, Wi-Fi 6E, up to 32-Devices (AT&T Unlocked For Global, Verizon, T-Mobile) MR6500 (Black) (Renewed)

I am replacing a trial LB2120 (LTE Cellular Modem) that was running about 5-25 Mpbs depending on available LTE bandwidth. Goal was to dump Comcast and avoid AT&T running into my house. I bought a < $200 Renewed M6 Pro, it is labeled for AT&T, I am using an AT&T SIM, and it found the APN without my intervention. Per current Amazon reviews, less than half give it 5 stars, almost a quarter gave it 1 star, some were very unhappy with the product. Given that the new units are almost $1000, why are the Renewed less than $200, where are they getting them from? I have worked with many peripherals of this sort, and this was one of the more difficult to configure, lots of reboots, configuration, and downstream effects to correct. That said in about 6 hours I brought it up in baby steps, and finally have the M6 integrated with my original Netgear 6700v3 (not a current device), and it is working very well. IP Pass Thru creates a direct feed to/from the 6700, with minimal effects from the M6. Some of the complexities are three User Interfaces > LCD GUI has very minimal features > The phone App has more features, but still not complete > Browser to 192.168.1.1 gets the most features Overall the features are dumbed-down from the Netgear 6700 type of device. > No reservations for DHCP address > It has port forwarding, but I didn't try it > The WiFi is weak, 2.4GHz couldn't make 40 feet of residential Weak WiFi may be due to small internal antennae. Aside from DDNS not working (it is getting the wrong IP address), the 6700v3 is working as well as it did with the Comcast cable modem. I am getting almost 100Mbs download, well above my usage goals. Update 4/24/2024 Unit is still working. It appears the default settings favor battery life over performance, a reasonable choice for a hotspot (and WiFi range is compromised by design). I am using it as a modem to a Router+WiFI, and favor performance over battery life. The best performance is to set the M6 "Power Mode" to "Plugged in" ... that didn't work with the USB-A power adapter that was delivered, and it gave a message about using the Adapter that was delivered (Netgear delivers with USB-C and Amazon "renewed" replaces that with a USB-A that won't support the "Plugged in Power Mode". It does work the a USB-C adapter. Over the M6 can be "made to work", like most things with this product, there are numerous weaknesses, but with time and web research, I have been able to get it to meet my needs.

I purchased this along with an external antenna for work use when out in a fully air conditioned field office but away from a wired internet connection, worked great when it did, and provided our laptops and mobile phones a decent internet connection except one major issue: over the course of a workshift, I found that I would be forced to reboot or even on occasion force a factory reset as randomly this device would completely fail to provide an internet connection, regardless that the signal indicator showed 5G UC and always had full bars, I would still completely lose internet connection and unable to even load google on both our phones and laptops until we rebooted and/or factory reset the device. This forced us to take time away from my work to troubleshoot the device and this would happen at least 3 or more times per workshift. So not sure if this is just a defect with my unit, but seeing quite a few other reviews having issues too, I think it may be safe to say this renewed Netgear MR6500, you cannot depend on this device for work, and needless to say, i'd imagine this would be annoying for anyone who games online or does anything that needs a stable and constant internet connection.

Alright, this thing was fantastic for the price point. I took this overseas for a few months and popped in a foreign sim card. As it stated, it was unlocked and the card worked immediately. I had it on both 5G and 4G LTE networks and it worked great. I used this for about 7 months and it held full charge each day. The WIFI range was better than expected for me. You can also set a pin on the screen to customize it to ensure your security of your WIFI network. I would recommend this to anyone that needs a portable hotspot that can take multiple devices at once. I had 8 devices at one time and it worked just fine.

The product arrived on time and as described.

This little box arrived faster than I was expecting. The folks at my local AT&T store sent me home with a SIM card. At first I was thrown because while I’ve changed SIM cards in a lot of phones over the years, this device takes a nano SIM card. I could not see the performation on the SIM card initially to break it down from a regular SIM to a Nano SIM card. Once I figured that out setup was easy-peasy. Mine didn’t come with any directions and I’m an RTFM kind of person. The directions suggest that if I use it plugged in to remove the battery to help with heat dissipation. That’s a pretty bad design, honestly, and even without the battery in it I can feel some real heat from the device. So just an FYI for anyone who sets up first and reads the manual only when something goes wrong. I pressed the power button on the side for 2-seconds and it took a few minutes to power up, find a signal and enter the setup routine, all of which it did automatically. I only had to follow the directions in the touchscreen and I was online in no time. I’m only getting 30mbps up and 11mbps down from my second floor office which is more than enough for what I need. There is an external antenna made by Netgear just for this and it plugs into two cute ports that have doors covering them. I may get that to see how much it improves speeds if moving the device to different locations in my house doesn’t get a better 5G signal. It’s not bad for the money. It’s small, cute, and easy to setup and connect to my devices. I would have given it 5 stars from the start if heat dissipation was designed better.

Was able to swap ATT/T-Mobile SIM cards and get solid fast Wi-Fi connections to either provider and it worked fine. I was worried when I saw this had an ATT logo instead of the Netgear logo but it was truly unlocked and worked equally well with either provider for me. However, I spent many hours trying to use the rj45 connection to share with my home network with no success. I was also unable to directly connect it to my laptop and connect to either provider. I previously purchased and returned a new Nighthawk M6 prior to making this purchase and had no issues with the network connection or direct to laptop setups. I was hoping to save substantial cash by going with a refurbished unit. The shipment arrived quickly but the device, charger and cable were just dropped in the box to rattle around. I did not contact the seller for a replacement so no issues with them at all. After messing with the device and getting nowhere on the wired connection frustration won out and I returned this purchase. No problems with the return and a full refund for the device and extended warranty were promptly issued. New Nighthawk M6 Pro purchased from Netgear arrives Monday, they're having a sale that includes their antenna. It stung quite a bit hitting 'confirm purchase' for several hundred more dollars but my prior testing of the M6 without an antenna justified the expense for me. I didn't want to spend the time on returns and testing were I to receive another questionable refurbished device.

I bought this because it has an ethernet port on it, and my Unifi Dream Machine supports having a backup internet connection. To use the ethernet port, you have to use it without the battery. Also, it has IP Passthrough mode so it's not another layer of NAT. The power supply it comes with will NOT power it without the battery, it brings up a message on the screen when you don't have a battery in it that says to use the "included power supply." The power supply that came with mine was definitely not the one that came with it, it was pretty sketchy. I grabbed a USB-C power supply and cable, and that worked. The unit needs to reboot when you switch the power mode to run w/o a battery. It also needs to reboot again when you turn on IP Passthrough. IP Passthrough also disables the Wifi, so you can only use the ethernet port. I'm on Google Fi, so I just popped in a data only SIM and selected the T-mobile profile.

I had a feeling this was too good to be true and it was. First the device had a scratch on the screen, but I figured for the price, I could live with it. Then tried to charge it and the charger provided wouldn’t go into the charging port due to some obstruction on the charger side. So I used another charger that met the reqs. After a few hours of charging I went ahead and turned it on so I could start setting it up but the device would not go past the Netgear screen and would reboot on its own. Tried many variations of turning off and back on and removing the battery pack, etc. and same results. Only once did it go into the setup steps and the rebooted right after selecting the language. No way this was tested! Didn’t even tried to get another one as I don’t trust it.

con ninguna de las telefónicas funciona el 5g

El producto en general parecía cumplir con las especificaciones , wifi 6 gestión a través de de la aplicación buen rango. Sin embargo al ser Reacondicionado era evidente que algo le falló y en este caso fue el display, que se trababa la pantalla, no se actualizaba el comando al apretar la pantalla, si no hasta presionar unas tres veces, también se tardaba hasta tres minutos en iniciar y mostrar la wifi para los dispositivos, adicional los cambios en el sistema requerían un reinicio y era una enorme tiempo desperdiciado para hacer pruebas de conectividad. Adicional el equipo en la página oficial dice que trabaja con todas las bandas sin embargo no es solo poner la Sim e iniciar , para funcionar con la banda 28 hay que cargar manualmente la APN algo que no es complicado pero lamentablemente las restricciones de la operadora impiden que funcione por más de 10 minutos y regresamos al problema inicial de que hay que reconfigurar la APN y esperar el reinicio de 3 minutos.