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Netgear M5200 vs Huawei CPE Pro 2

mikeliuk — Sat, 22 May 2021 14:32:55 GMT

Which is the better 5G router between the Netgear M5200 (currently seen as low as GBP 520 on Amazon) and the Huawei CPE Pro 2 (currently seen as low as GBP 370 on Amazon) ?

What are the advantages and disadvantages of these compared to each other? I currently cannot find a good comparison online although there are reviews of each individually.

Noting one interesting piece of info: https://community.ee.co.uk/t5/Other-phones-gadgets-tablets-and/Huawei-CPE-Pro-Netgear-M2/m-p/850138/highlight/true#M16129

Re: Netgear M5200 vs Huawei CPE Pro 2

Leanne_T — Sun, 23 May 2021 13:53:03 GMT

Hi @mikeliuk

Thanks for coming to the community 🙂

Is there anything in particular you are looking for from the router, that might help other users provide some advice?

@Peter_C may have some knowledge on both of these routers and provide some help when online 🙂

I hope you find the information you are looking for.

Leanne.

Re: Netgear M5200 vs Huawei CPE Pro 2

mikeliuk — Sun, 23 May 2021 19:23:33 GMT

I guess configurability and performance come to mind.

From looking at the individual reviews, it seems that the Netgear MR5200 displays more useful information regarding the mobile signal. I have the Netgear MR1100 and like the ability to offload to another wifi network (intended to be a fixed line route to the internet).

Just found a nice summary table although I've not yet checked its accuracy: https://router-switch.com/pdf/netgear-m5-mr5200-5g-mobile-wifi-router-datasheet.pdf

It retails for between GBP 700 and GBP 520 so it's a long way off affordable yet. 😁

Edit: I've typoed the Netgear model name in the subject but oh well.

Re: Netgear M5200 vs Huawei CPE Pro 2

Pras1011 — Sun, 10 Oct 2021 22:42:20 GMT

Any more information on which one is better?