Features:

  • Get automatic 4G LTE connection | Two Built-in Gigabit WAN for simple connection to your router, switch or computer
  • Fast 4G LTE speeds up to 150 Mbps for downloads and 50 Mbps for uploads with 4G to 3G fallback support
  • Works with any GSM Carier, including ATT and T-Mobile. Device will not work with Verizon or Sprint.
  • Two TS-9 connectors available to connect optional 4G/3G antennas to Improve performance of your mobile broadband
  • Reliable backup source when Broadband connectivity is not available. Compatibility-Microsoft Windows 10, 8, 8.1, 7, Vista, XP, Mac OS (10.6.8. and newer) and other operating systems running a TCP/IP network (for accessing Web Management User Interface). Compatible browsers such as Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.0, Firefox 2.0, Safari 1.4, or Google Chrome 11.0 browsers or higher (for accessing Web Management User Interface)
Highly recommended for rural internet access.

I'm using this for rural internet access and so, far, have had exceptional results with it. I chose it because it allows the use of two external antennas for MIMO, which can dramatically increase bandwidth. Mine has been operating for about a month without a hiccup. I'm also using a pair of Yagi antennas (ViewTV VT-BV1102 698-2700MHz Wide Band Directional Log Periodic Antenna with N Female Connector for GSM / CDMA / PCS / 3G / 4G / WLAN / DAS) along with these adapters (RF Connector Adapter TS9 Plug Right Angle to N Plug). I have it mounted inside a clear plastic hinged waterproof box (designed for tablets like an iPad), which is mounted to a mast. It feeds directly into a MikroTik Wireless Access Point / Router (Mikrotik OmniTikG-5HacD ac RouterBoard 5GHz 802.11ac 7.5dBi Gigabit Access Point), which is also on the mast. It's been a great way to get internet so far. Much better than the fixed-wireless services I've used in the past. I highly recommend this if you are close enough to a tower. I am about 4 miles and get 15-20 Mb/s. Note that this model comes with a power adapter which plugs in to the router. In hindsight, I wish that I'd purchased the POE (Power over Ethernet) version. The MikroTik AP is POE. The installation would have been cleaner/easier overall if both devices had been POE.

YES... this modem most assuredly DOES work on VERIZON'S network...

I was confused by contradictory reviews on this site about whether this modem would work on the Verizon network or not. I am glad I ignored the reviews which indicated that it doesn't work on Verizon. I decided to try the modem myself, and I can assure you it most definitely can work on the Verizon network. Here are the steps I took... 1) First, I wanted to confirm what 4G LTE band on the Verizon network I connect to in my area. I recommend this step, since I assume different areas connect on different Verizon bands. On an iPhone you can check which band you're connected to by doing the following: Dial the following to enter Field Test Mode: *3001#12345#* Select LTE Select Serving Cell Info Where it says "Freq_Band_Ind" will be the band you're connected to. I confirmed that I connect to Verizon 4G LTE on band #4. This device supports the following bands: Bands 2, 4, 5, and 12. Verizon is on 2, 4, 13. So I suppose if you connect to Verizon on band 13, this device is not for you. If you connect on 2 or 4, you should be fine. 2) I went to my local Verizon store. I told them I am going to be purchasing a tablet device soon (I didn't specify which) and asked them to provide me a new SIM that is ACTIVATED on my account. You use the data from your existing plan and pay $10 per month line access for a tablet. For this device ask for a MICRO Sim (3FF) or you can use a NANO Sim (4FF) with a MICRO Sim adapter (they're a couple bucks at most). 3) Insert your activated SIM card into the Netgear 4G modem and power it on. It will take a minute or two for the power light to turn from amber color to green. When you see all the bars turn green, you'll know you're device is connected to Verizon.Easy Peasy. I plugged the 4G modem into the WAN port of my Router, and now can connect to the router via WiFi to access the Internet at 4G speed!

FAST OTG Internet + great failover option

This Netgear is the fastest LTE modem I have found and works well in a variety of configurations. Most of the time, I have it connected to my home router as a failover option. Although this Netgear has its own failover configuration option, I use the option in my router so I only have to disconnect a power & network cable to be able to bring it along when we travel. It works well on Verizon networks and, because I use Xfinity Mobile, I simply had to configure it with their APN info. I have also tried various mobile configurations, including connecting it via ethernet cable to a TP-Link D600 for a fast wireless hotspot and, of course, it is even faster connected directly to a computer. It has basic routing functions e.g. DHCP and doesn't require any ongoing configuration changes for regular usage i.e. it just works.

Works with T-Mobile

So far it seems to be working with T-Mobile. I just popped in the sim and was good to go. I have the T-Mobile One Plus plan with 3 lines and am using one of the lines in this modem. I live out in the country and only have 20Mbps DSL for internet so I like to keep my phones off of my DSL Wi-Fi to keep it fast for gaming or streaming to my PC/laptop/DirectTV. However, I cannot get phone signal in certain parts of my house. I bought one of these modems and put it in bridge mode ( easy to do in the settings) in an area of my house that has signal. Then I hooked it up to an old Linksys WRT54G router I had and am able to now get full internet to my house. I only use it for my phones right now but it is working great. On a good day I get about 10-15Mbps download speed/4Mbps upload so the old WRT54G router is plenty and isn't slowing me down at all. Because I want the range out of the router and the speeds aren't close to max for this particular router I don't mind that it is only a 2.4Ghz router and not 5Ghz. I just made sure to put my WRT54G on channel 6 in the router settings and I put my DSL router on channel 1 so the signals aren't overlapping or interfering with each other. I live in the country and my routers are the only routers within a mile of me so I don't have to worry about interference from other people. I'll have to keep an eye on things for awhile to see if T-Mobile has an issue with how I am using this line. I am hoping since I am only connecting with my phones that they won't have an issue like they might if I was using it with my PC or laptop since I think T-Mobile requires a certain amount of data to come from a mobile device unless you specifically sign up for a hotspot plan. If you are using a mobile phone plan exclusively as a hotspot they might have issues even if you're staying under the 10GB hotspot limit if more than half your data is coming from hotspot use (or whatever limit your particular plan may have)

Works Great on AT&T's unlimited plus plan.

Works Great! If you have AT&T's unlimited plus plan, this can be added to that plan for $20/month and you will have unlimited internet at home. I connected this to a Linksys wireless router and it worked without changing any settings. The unlimited plan says that speeds may be reduced after 22gb. I have personally never seen this. I live out in the sticks, so the towers I'm using are never congested. That's probably why my data has never been slowed to this point. I ordered this modem on Amazon and an unused ATT micro SIM card on ebay. When I called ATT, the 1st person told me I would have to go to a store to activate it. I hung up and called right back. The 2nd person activated it with no problem over the phone. It shows up in my account as an "unknown device". I get download speeds from 20 - 60 Mbps with this modem. The only other home internet option where I live is Satellite which is terrible. This modem on the ATT unlimited plan is great. We can watch multiple Netflix or Amazon video streams at once with no problems. Update August 2018: Over a year later and this device is still working great. We still use this as our home internet and have never experienced any slowdowns. The Unlimited Plus Plan is no longer available, but people that already have it can keep it. The new unlimited plans don't allow these stand alone modems or hotspots with unlimited data.

After IMEI is registered GREAT Modem.

This device is NOT AT&T Network Ready. I gave the IMEI number to AT&T wireless and they claim it is a 2G device. In other words, it's not in their system. 2G devices are no longer connectable to the AT&T network. They are shutting 2G down. I could not get a sim card to attach it to their network. I'm revising my review because the issue was with AT&T, not the modem. Let me explain. AT&T's on-line helpdesk listed the modem as a 2G device. Apparently all "unknown" devices default to 2G. A trip to the local AT&T wireless store and I got the required SIM. BUT now the device connects as a SmartPhone, and I'm billed as a SmartPhone.. BUT Data rate ~ 1.5M down and 300K up. NOT GOOD. Another call, this time directly to tech support. They will get the IMEI listed as a hotspot. Can take up to 2 weeks... This should fix the billing and the ultra-slow data rate. When the title said AT&T Network Ready I believe it was because the device was configured with a default Name of "AT&T Mobile" and a APN of "Broadband". This is correct for AT&T. However, the AT&T Network was never configured for the correct block of IMEI's. Hence, my problems. AND BTW, I made 3 calls to Netgear Tech support and got disconnected each time. I asked to speak with someone stateside and was to ld to call back.?? Not Good Tech Support. Update: One day after I talked to the AT&T tech support my modem's IMEI was in the AT&T network. I now get 4G connectivity. All is working and the data rate is substantially improved. (6Meg down and 5Meg up on two bars.) As soon as my antenna adapter comes in I should see more bars and a higher data rate. My smartphone only shows 1 bar. I apparently am on the very edge of a cell.

Works Well With Alternate Carriers If You Do Your Research

Plenty of reviews on here, but I wanted to put up my experience in case it helps others. I used this with a relatively unknown carrier, at least outside of Alaska, GCI Communications. I did my due diligence and made sure that the unit supported the channels/frequencies that GCI was using, so I thought it was worth a shot. I have had zero troubles and am super pleased with the device thus far. Where I live, my only internet option is cellular, so I've had to put a lot of work and money into making that act like a "normal" internet connection. I was originally using a normal wifi hotspot connected to a wifi to ethernet adapter that was then connected to a common household router. I would swap the SIM's when I hit my cap, but I wanted to get multiple simultaneous cellular connections through a load balancing router to increase my throughput and reduce hassle. I was looking for a cellular "hotspot" that would act more like a router and this does exactly that. In normal bridge mode, like a typical hotspot, I lose administrative control over the device as the device simply acts as a network passthrough of the cellular connection. The extra layer 3 hop (router mode) is necessary for me to maintain administrative control over the actual cellular modem in my home network. I had to look up and put in GCI's APN information, which was easily found on the net and didn't require a call to the carrier. After that and setting a custom static IP on the device, it just worked. I get good signal strength with the device and after a couple months, haven't had to do any resets or deal with any problems like my regular hotspot has. I am a network engineer and communications expert by trade, so I'm not a "fair" judge of device complexity, but it seems this wouldn't be too difficult for most users. My application is particularly advanced, but at a basic level, this would essentially turn a cellular connection into a wired one. I love that I can put in my plan details and it keeps track of my usage against my cap and billing cycle. This gives me a lot more confidence that my carrier's usage tracking is accurate. You can also do some cool stuff with it like send SMS (text) messages from the web interface to any carrier network. It will also text me when firmware upgrades are available and plan limits are hitting a configurable threshold. It also receives text alerts from the carrier when I hit certain percentages of the data plan usage. There is also a screen where you can see the cellular side and get your exact signal strength, cell tower ID and other fun information that is often "invisible" on a cell network. The device can do basic port forwarding, but this is somewhat irrelevant for me as my carrier puts me into a private (RFC1918) space and forwarding wouldn't work anyhow. There is also an option to configure a DMZ, but I haven't played with it, again because it's somewhat irrelevant in my situation. I haven't tried UPnP either, but I don't see any options to enable it so I'm not sure. Overall, it has everything I would want and need and allowed me to do exactly what I wanted to do. With the extra boost of a second load balanced connection, I've easily got reliable 1080P streaming and I can barely tell I'm on a cellular-only connection. In fact, it's so good that I intend to buy a second one to replace my funky hotspot/wifi adapter that I use for the second internet connection!

It works great with our OnHub Router and works on Verizon LTE B4

This is definitely worth the money. We put my wife's T-Mobile sim in and within a minute it locked on to Band 12. I tried a Cricket sim and because it's basically at&t it locked on and we had LTE. What the product doesn't tell you is that it picks up Verizon LTE also. I tried our VZW sim just to see, and it picked up LTE Band 4!

Works great as a home internet replacement solution (but data used is Mobile Hotspot data)

We live in a rural area and because we are so far back from the main road our local cable company would not run service to our almost 200 year-old home. This meant our only internet option was the phone company's DSL service, which has been far from reliable or fast. I purchased the Netgear 4G LTE Modem as a trial replacement for that expensive DSL service that has only able to achieve 11MB down and 1MB up max at best and constantly requires a reboot of the DSL modem to get it working again. Using T-Mobile's 4G LTE service, I was able to get the modem up and running in minutes without any configuration (essentially plugging in the micro SIM card and powering it on), and the signal strength LEDs on the unit indicated 3 out of 5 bars. Putting the router into bridge mode via the router's web interface (comes shipped in router mode), I then connected it to a dual band Wi-Fi router (2.4GHz and 5GHz) and commenced to test it out. Running Speedtest on an iPhone 6s while connected to Wi-Fi, I was able to achieve 51MB down and 18MB up when connected to 5GHz, and about 18MB down and 6MB up on the 2.4GHz connection. Already I was getting better internet speeds than with my current DSL service. My next test was see how it would perform with streaming HD (1080p) video on my Roku 4, since I knew that would consume the most data of all of my usual internet activities. Initially, Netflix and Amazon video would take a really long time to load and when streaming the quality kept dropping to where the picture would get blocky and dark. Even with my slower DSL service this did not happen so I was a bit confused as to the reason for this. After some online research, I learned that with T-Mobile the "Binge-On" video streaming feature (which is enabled by default) allows you to watch all the video you want without counting against your 4G LTE allotment, but the downside is that it only streams at slower 3G speeds. However, you can disable this by enabling HD video in your T-Mobile account (if you have that option with your service). Please note that if you do this and disable the "Binge-On" feature, streaming video will then count against your 4G LTE monthly allowance. Additionally, T-Mobile sees this router as a mobile hotspot so once you reach your monthly Hotspot 4G LTE data allowance, it will drop your hotspot internet speed down to a crawl (512kbs). I learned this quickly after streaming a bunch of HD shows and movies in my Roku 4 and chewed through my 10GB/month mobile hotspot allowance in two days. However, it's interesting to note they do not throttle LTE speeds on your mobile devices, just your Hotspot speed. What this translated to using my current setup was this: after they throttled the hotspot speed, I ran Speedtest on my iPhone while connected to Wi-Fi and was still getting great download and upload speeds (no throttling noticed). Then, when I ran Speedtest on my Mac and PC while connected to the same Wi-Fi, those results were down to an abysmal crawl (like 0.3MB down and 0.1MB up). So connected mobile devices are not affected after the hotspot throttling using this modem with T-Mobile, only PC and computers seem to be impacted. I am thinking of getting a T-Mobile CelSpot (which T-Mobile currently provides for free with a deposit) to see if I can reach 4 or 5 bars on the router to see if that further improves my internet speeds. I have yet to reach that data consumption plateau (>32GB/mo) where T-Mobile states they may "deprioritize" LTE data usage, which means LTE data speeds could drop as other customer's DSL data use is prioritized before mine. However, I will provide an update once I have had more time to test this unit as a viable home cable or DSL internet replacement solution. PROS: Small footprint Easy setup Great 4G LTE data speeds Router placement not dependent on cable or phone line location CONS: Data use counts against your Mobile Hotspot plan (T-Mobile) Best LTE signal may require moving router around your home

Nice and unlocked

You can ignore the meaningless “AT&T Network-Ready” statement. This is an unlocked device and will work with other UMTS and LTE networks in the supported frequency bands. I inserted a T-Mobile SIM card and got connected without any help. The modem has a simple and elegant web interface; I think it’s nicer than what you typically get in NETGEAR routers. (HTTPS is not supported, unfortunately.) Setup is very easy and takes only a few minutes, assuming you understand what you’re trying to do. The device can operate in two modes: router (default) and bridge. The router functionality is very basic. It can act as a DHCP server (with no address reservations) and provide NAT. It also can support a DMZ host, static port forwarding, and port filtering (blacklist or whitelist). There is no mention of UPnP in the manual or the web interface, so I assume it’s not supported, but I didn’t test it. The bridge mode allows you to connect the modem to a real router, just like you would connect a cable modem. I suppose this is what most people will do, myself included. You won’t find any IPv6 settings, but it is supported in both the router and bridge modes. You may need to enable it in the APN profile though. In my case, only IPv4 was enabled by default. Speaking of APN profiles, one should be configured automatically when you insert a SIM card, and you can edit them. The modem can send and receive (but not forward) SMS messages. You compose and read them via the web interface. You can have text alerts sent to up to three numbers when it approaches and/or exceeds a usage threshold for the current billing cycle, as well as when a firmware update is available. The bottom line is: considering its functionality and ease of use, this device exceeded my expectations.

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