NETGEAR Nighthawk M6 5G Mobile Hotspot, Router with Sim Card Slot, Modem, Portable WiFi Device for Travel, Unlocked with Verizon, AT&T, and T-Mobile, WiFi 6, 2.5Gbps (MR6150)

When I got the Mobile Hotspot, it was a terrific benefit to connect with devices anywhere in the USA. It was the first problem with “ Not Connected; Go to SETTINGS > Advanced > Cellular to confirm your APN settings [Error 512].” which is the facer issue. Verizon has no idea how to correct APN, and I had a contact with Netgear customer service. They were great to support me, and they told me about Verizon’s problem with APN. I bought a SIM card from Verizon but they didn't know to settle up and struggled with it then gave it up. I went to the store two times and contacted Verizon many times. (never helpful)

Great

This was purchased to allow us to have WIFI while in the middle of the ocean on a cruise. We were assured that T-Mobile uses Star Link and would work anywhere a satellite was overhead. This device worked perfectly while we were in the US. Once onboard or in any other country, this DID NOT WORK AT ALL. T-Mobile charged us $89 for a month of service. We were willing to pay that to have reasonable service while on our cruise and in foreign countries--the cruise ships charge SO much more. Unfortunately and sadly, it does not work as advertised. When the cruise ended, and we took it back to T-Mobile for a refund of the service, we were told that Star Link is just getting started and doesn't work well. Buyer beware! If you want to use in in the US, you should be fine. If you think that you can take it outside of the US...you can't; at least not in early 2023.

سيء جدا لا يتناسب مع قيمته المرتفعة جدا يقطع النت ولا تعاد الا بعد اعادة التشغيل ترتفع درحة الحرارة لدرجة لا تستطيع لمسه، لا انصح بشرءه

Consumer Cellular does not (yet) sell mobile hotspot units, but they can provide a sim for an unlocked unit -- with no guarantees, of course. We recently transferred service from Verizon, where we had several mobile hotspots running for our work-from home needs. We live in a rather remote area, but have good cellular coverage, and no cabled internet. The cellular networks have worked exceptionally well for us. CC usually uses AT&T or T-Mobile networks, so we had hopes for the Netgear device. We took a chance on this Netgear device when the Inseego Jetpack unit from Verizon crashed and burned 2 days after moving it over. Conspiracy theories aside, the Inseego unit was great, but gave us grief with the Consumer Cellular sim right off the bat. One Inseego unit is still working -- don't know why. But, the second Inseego unit is now ready for recycling. Got the Netgear unit within hours from Amazon, thankfully. Moved the CC sim to the unit, fired it up, allowed it to do a firmware update, and we're now off to the races. Everything is connecting well to the unit. It immediately found the proper APN for CC and I think it is working better than the old unit. We may yet have to upgrade the remaining Inseego unit - we'll see if it crashes. Although the Netgfear is a little pricey, its reliability, connection, and wifi coverage is excellent. We're back to work! Note we have not experienced the issues some others there have noted. We did not have to use Netgear's app to set things up; it was immediately accessible via our laptop browser with plenty of configuration options. The APN can be manually configured, if needed. So, we certainly have no complaints. Had this unit updated and running in minutes.