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)

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.

I bought this for use in an RV and wanted the external antenna connections. A new one was $700 and under $400 for the refurbished device. Due to the 90 day refund window, I bought the refurbished item. It looks new to me and I had no issue getting it activated at the local AT&T store. Edit to add an issue with activation. This issue is not related to the device, rather a problem with AT&T. The day after I purchased a 12 month 20 GB per month prepaid plan, I could not connect and pull data. I returned to the AT&T store and the sales people couldn't help or determine what the problem was. I went home and called customer service to find a solution. They had to activate the Sim card again and it has been working well since then.

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.

I have an AT&T unit I paid cash for and it is taking forever to get it unlocked. Why is it locked to begin with, I own it!! Anyway I need a secured connection when I travel (I am a software developer). So I ordered this unit which is identical to the one I own and put my TMOBILE sim in a boom, it works. Ethernet works great and WIFI signal is solid. You can adjust lots of settings for example WIFI strength so if you are in a hotel you can keep the signal basically in your room or boost so it goes further; I would say 100 feet. The connection is encrypted if you want and that is what I need so yeah for 160 bucks I solved my issue and I can now travel in a few days and still do my work. The important part of this unit is the ethernet port. In my line of work some of it needs to be absolutely security with ethernet and this offers that just like you were on home internet. With ethernet, you can also plug into router as a backup for your home

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.

Easy to set up. Network connections are quick to connect and no dropouts. When last checked it was downloading at approx 340 Mbps . The user interface is excellent. It is slow to boot but I'm not in a hurry. I'm using Consumer Cellular which resells AT&T so there were no issues with activating the sim. I'm not sure about the warranty, supposedly it's one year for a perfect refurbished unit with no scratches and that describes the unit that I received however there was no paperwork, not even a shipping invoice, so I don't know what the warranty terms are for this unit.