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Although it's not widely known yet, the new Netgear Nighthawk LTE Hotspot has 2 ports in the rear, that open up to accept this antenna. The dual connection ports of this antenna connect perfectly into the hotspot, greatly enhancing signal strength. I use this hotspot as my home internet source. Like many routers and hotspots, the Nighthawk has an Admin page you can access with any internet browser. On that page, there is a section you can navigate to which shows your signal strength in dB. The dB strength for cellular signal is measured in minus, for example a perfect cell signal is around -50 dB, while a barely usable cellular signal is around -120 dB. The Netgear's Admin page showed I was getting a signal of around -115 dB, BEFORE I connected this antenna. After connecting the Netgear MIMO Antenna, the signal strengthened from -115 to -99 dB! This is significant since every 3 dB of signal gained, equals a double in signal strength! Put into simpler, more useful terms... before this antenna, running an internet speed test showed my download speed was around 6-8 mbps.... after connecting this antenna, I am now getting regular tests above 30 mbps, and tonight I ran a test of over 56 mbps (see attached picture)!! Using this antenna to get better cell signal to the hotspot makes that big of a difference. The antenna comes with very little in the way of instructions or descriptions, so what I'm about to say is important to your success with it. This is a DIRECTIONAL, flat panel antenna. What that means for you is that it is only designed to receive a signal on ONE side of the device... you have to point that side toward the outside of your house. Unfortunately, there is no description whatsoever on the antenna as to which is the correct side to point outwards. If you look at the antenna, the BACK side of the antenna has a "hump" built into it. The FRONT side of the antenna is a completely flat surface. That FLAT side is the one you want pointing out of your window to receive the best signal. The unit does come with plastic "suckers" that will attach to the antenna, and they will only mount on the antenna in one direction..... that is the perfect way for you to know which way to mount the antenna, because when the antenna is mounted to glass with the suckers... that is the correct orientation with the front of the panel facing outside the window. If you don't know the direction of your nearest cell tower... walk around your home or business with your cellphone, and place it in different windows to see where you have the most bars. Whatever window gives you the most signal, is probably the best one to stick the antenna onto. You can just set the Nighthawk on the window sill (as shown in my attached picture). In short, this antenna works great, and the combination of this antenna and the Netgear Nighthawk LTE modem was the answer I desperately needed for high-speed internet at my location. Couple these items with AT&T's unlimited cellular data service and you have a great high speed internet solution. I couldn't get cable internet service at my home because they said it "wasn't offered in my area" even though a home 1/4 mile from here has it.... but with this setup I went from having a service that could barely be described as "broadband", to something here that is running twice as fast as cable internet in my area. Highly recommended. Should be offered as an 'upsell' in the AT&T stores for folks like me who have weak cell signal in their homes.