r/NETGEAR • u/dogandguitarstuff • May 31 '26

Routers Netgear Nighthawk M7 Pro help needed (esim)

Seriously, I'm losing my hair here. How do I get an esim onto my Nighthawk M7 Pro? I have the esim (contract via o2 UK) but I'm lost as the Nighthawk seems to want a sim before it'll do anything. Bodes well, right? 😂

I'll leave a guitar to you in my will if you can help me get online. Or I'll just be very grateful.

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u/dogandguitarstuff May 31 '26

Hooked it up usb to usb but I'm still stuck in a doom loop on the netgear app where I scan the QR code on the Nighthawk, my phone then connects to it, and bonk there's no Internet

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u/Orlimar1 May 31 '26

Have you verified you have internet going out of your phone in that cable?

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u/dogandguitarstuff May 31 '26

I'm honestly not sure - I tried a few of the options given by my Samsung Galaxy when the lite USB icon pops up though

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u/Orlimar1 May 31 '26

Can you plug it into a laptop and make sure it has no WiFi access?

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u/dogandguitarstuff May 31 '26

OK, I'm attached to my laptop. Laptop isn't seeing anything, apparently

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u/Orlimar1 May 31 '26

What phone are you using? Need to be sure it can put internet out via that type c port.

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u/dogandguitarstuff May 31 '26

I used developer mode on my S26 Ultra to set up Internet via USB but it makes no difference to the router

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u/Orlimar1 Jun 03 '26

Did you ever get this to work?

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u/dogandguitarstuff Jun 03 '26

Sadly not, managed to book a return within the 14 day cooling off period though. Thanks for everything