{"id":2512,"date":"2015-03-29T12:04:15","date_gmt":"2015-03-29T12:04:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.4gltemall.com\/blog\/?p=2512"},"modified":"2018-05-18T17:45:31","modified_gmt":"2018-05-18T09:45:31","slug":"netgear-ac790s-4g-lte-cat6-mobile-hotspot-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.4gltemall.com\/blog\/netgear-ac790s-4g-lte-cat6-mobile-hotspot-review\/","title":{"rendered":"Netgear AC790S 4G LTE Cat6 Mobile Hotspot Review"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.4gltemall.com\/netgear-aircard-790s-4g-mobile-hotspot.html\"><strong>Netgear AC790s<\/strong><\/a> LTE hotspot was presented in September 2014 and has since been introduced by Telstra to its product range in Australia.\u00a0Comparing with other mobile LTE routers, the main difference is the large battery with touchscreen display and support for LTE-Advanced Cat6.\u00a0In Europe area, the Netgear AC790s is not yet available, and it is doubtful that we will get the device in near future because the successor with LTE CAT9 is already waiting in the wings.\u00a0Actually, the predecessor of AC790s model is the Netgear AC785s, which was very good. Luckily, we have seen the Netgear AC790s closely at MWC.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" title=\"Netgear Aircard AC790S\" src=\"http:\/\/www.4gltemall.com\/media\/wysiwyg\/storage\/telstra-4g-advanced-2-aircard_790s.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"650\" height=\"480\" \/><br \/>\nNetgear AC790s, which was exhibited at the exhibition booth of Netgear, was provided with a small branding by Australian operators Telstra. Till now, Telstra is the only provider with whom the Netgear AC790s is available.\u00a0But the rest of the devices are no branding and with original Netgear, for example the software.\u00a0The unit is operated by a large colorful touch screen, although a web interface is still available, but not required for operation.\u00a0The touch screen is not as fast as you would expect from a smartphone, but for a mobile hotspot, it is sufficient in any case completely.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" title=\"Netgear AC790S\" src=\"http:\/\/www.4gltemall.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/telstra-4g-advanced-2-settings.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"650\" height=\"430\" \/><br \/>\nMuch more important than the touch screen is the integrated modem in AC790s.\u00a0This could support LTE (Cat6) with peak download speed up to 300 Mbit\/s for the downlink and 50 Mbit\/s for uplink. Of course the device is also backward compatible with 3G and 2G along with various data accelerator.\u00a0The connection to the computer is via WiFi 802.11 ac, ie to 2.4 GHz and 5 GHz.\u00a0It is possible to enhance the speed and the signal strength with an external antenna(Buy Netgear AC790S antenna from here: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.4gltemall.com\/4g-antenna-two-ts-9-connector.html\">http:\/\/www.4gltemall.com\/4g-antenna-two-ts-9-connector.html<\/a> ).\u00a0There are two connectors for the external antenna and they are protected with a sliding mechanism from dust and dirt. On the other side, it\u2019s the power button.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" title=\"Netgear Aircard AC790S Antenna\" src=\"http:\/\/www.4gltemall.com\/media\/wysiwyg\/storage\/telstra-4g-advanced-2-aircard_790s-antenna_ports.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"650\" height=\"360\" \/><br \/>\nA very interesting accessories for the Netgear AC790s hotspot is available, the DC112A SmartCradle.\u00a0It is a docking station that not only strengthen the router signal through USB \u00a0and thus charging the battery, but also has other functions.\u00a0Thus, the wireless signal is amplified and there is a Gigabit LAN port on the back of DC112A.\u00a0In addition, the mobile radio is improved signal over the external antenna connections.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.4gltemall.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/DC112A-cradle.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2513\" title=\"DC112A cradle\" src=\"http:\/\/www.4gltemall.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/DC112A-cradle.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.4gltemall.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/DC112A-cradle.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.4gltemall.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/DC112A-cradle-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.4gltemall.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/DC112A-cradle-450x300.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Netgear AC790s LTE hotspot was presented in September 2014 and has since been introduced by Telstra to its product range in Australia.\u00a0Comparing with other mobile LTE routers, the main difference is the large battery with touchscreen display and support for LTE-Advanced Cat6.\u00a0In Europe area, the Netgear AC790s is not yet available, and it is doubtful &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.4gltemall.com\/blog\/netgear-ac790s-4g-lte-cat6-mobile-hotspot-review\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Netgear AC790S 4G LTE Cat6 Mobile Hotspot Review<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[694,35],"tags":[1610,1572,1573],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.4gltemall.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2512"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.4gltemall.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.4gltemall.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.4gltemall.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.4gltemall.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2512"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.4gltemall.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2512\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5948,"href":"https:\/\/www.4gltemall.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2512\/revisions\/5948"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.4gltemall.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2512"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.4gltemall.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2512"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.4gltemall.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2512"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}