mobile business staff on the go, from commuters to first responders and service technicians — access secure WiFi wherever your work takes you. With the option to connect the 5G Mobile Router to your existing home router, you can bring 5G speeds into your home network and all your WiFi devices. Dual-band 2.4GHz and 5GHz WiFi 6 is ideal for all your mobile connectivity needs: from fast throughput to high-end video streaming on your smartphones, tablets, and computers.

When your 5G/LTE cellular provider is having technical difficulties, the DWR-978 will jump to action by switching to the Internet via your fixed-line (Fiber/Cable/DSL), so you can keep working, playing or watching as normal. x2 high-performance antennas deliver Wi-Fi speeds of up to 2.6 Gbps throughout every corner of your home, making it easy for you to stay connected at the highest speeds possible despite any structural interference.Experience next‑gen 5G connection speeds of up to 1.6 Gbps and high‑speed Wi‑Fi up to 2.6 Gbps on all your connected devices throughout your home, office or holiday home. Versatile design lays flat for discreet positioning or stands upright for easy viewing (stand included). The NETGEAR® Nighthawk® M5 Mobile Router upgrades your mobile broadband experience to unparalleled heights with WiFi 6 and incredible new speeds with 5G. Keep your entire family connected to 5G over WiFi for up to 32 devices. Perfect for If you are looking at a router like the D-Link DWR-978, then chances are that the main appeal is the fact that it is a mobile/cellular data router. The rise in popularity of mobile SIM routers in the last few years has been pretty astounding and part of that is to do with the availability, improved affordability and increased coverage of 5G worldwide. Although the option to USB tether of WiFi Hotspot’ a mobile phone has always been an option, the loss of bandwidth in this connection has been quite noticeable between the phone and the connected client device, as the phone is also business doing many other things and also needs the internet too – therefore the appeal of a full-featured and better antenna equipped router that runs on a SIM card for it’s data is significantly more appealing. Mobile SIM routers have a tendency to arrive in two very distinct forms. One is the mobile router type, battery-powered, that is more often or not found at airports for business visitors and/or for students needing internet access on the go and the other is a full-featured prosumer router like the one found in homes and businesses alongside broadband internet plans – only it can run from an internal SIM slot. The D-Link DWA-978 5G SIM router falls very much in that second category – providing all the features and services of a modern premium router, but with support of one of the more active internet connections (WAN and SIM slot).

Multiple Gigabit Ethernet ports provide optional high-speed connectivity for a wired device at home or in the office. My only real complaint here would have to be the PSU. On the plus side you have removable clips for UK/Europe/US plug types, which is always handy and economic for travellers, BUT the length of the PSU cable is comically short. Arriving at a little under 1 metre, this PSU is rather counterintuitive for a SIM router. SIM routers are always at their best when they are deployed high up in an office/house, as the more layers of ceiling/roof/floors above the SIM router, the lesser the effectiveness of your cellular data connection. But 1-metre connection from the nearest mains power point is going to make this REALLY hard and even ISP routers arrive with 1.8-3M PSU cables. It’s a really odd choice by D-Link on this. It’s a small gripe, but one I think alot of users will notice early in the tweaking/movement in the system’s deployment to get the best signal. The design of the D-Link DWR-978 5G Router is not going to be for everyone and the band has clearly tried to set this solution apart from more home user markets and towards something more business’y – and in that it mostly succeeds. It is noticeably larger than many other SIM routers on the market (arriving at 234.5 x 245 x 55.25 mm), but this extra physical coverage is largely down to those 4 internal antennae and two external antennae, so it’s hardly surprising that it is hitting this kind of scale. Let’s discuss the physical ports and connections of the D-Link DWR-978 and what sets it apart from more affordable 5G SIM routers on the market.The DWR-978 is the complete solution for those hard-to-read areas where fixed-line ISPs (Internet Service Providers_ are unreliable or unavailable. Insert your 5G SIM card and let your network and all of your devices be powered by 5G cellular data. Increase network performance and reduce interference with 802.11ax (WiFi6), 2×2 MIMO and 2.4/5GHz dual-band