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Netgear Nighthawk M1
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Netgear Nighthawk M1

4.1(5,022 ratings)from the retailer listing

The budget IRL workhorse: an ethernet port and long battery, often cheap secondhand.

$208.20

Tracked 2026-08-24. The retailer listing is the price you pay.

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Price history · 6 points12-month avg $208
2026-07-17 · $175.17 low$223.95 high · 2026-08-24
Is the Netgear Nighthawk M1 good for streaming?
The Netgear Nighthawk M1 is a connection for streaming builds, tracked at $208.20, rated 4.1 out of 5 across 5,022 retailer reviews. On its own it supports up to 720p30, which needs about 3,000 kbps on the wire. Its 12-month tracked average is $208 across 6 points. It is used in 6 build guides on StreamPartPicker. Nothing here is lab-tested by us; that ceiling is a planning budget from our published model.

What it contributes to the stream

Tier this uplink carries
720p30
Bitrate at that tier
3,000 kbps
H.264
Uplink it adds
~6 Mbps
4,200 kbps usable at the 70% headroom rule

This part alone, with every other slot assumed generous and a platform that allows the tier. Your build's real verdict is the lowest ceiling across all its slots, which is what the configurator computes. Conservative planning budgets, not measurements: methodology.

Where it fits in a build

Your uplink on the move. An ethernet port lets you wire it straight to the encoder. See every connection pick

Stream contribution~6 Mbps up
Type4G router
EthernetYes
Network4G LTE

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Netgear Nighthawk M1

$208.20Tracked 2026-08-24

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We do not lab-test hardware. Ratings and review counts come from the retailer listing and are labelled as such; stream-quality figures are conservative planning budgets from our published model. Prices are tracked at build time, not live, and were last refreshed 2026-08-26. How the numbers are derived: methodology. How picks are chosen: editorial policy.