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3G/4G/5G Modem/Hotspot Compatibility
| Manufacturer | Model | Vendor | 4G Standard | 3G Standard | Default Id | Modem ID | DefaultProtocol | Bands supported | Comments |
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| Alcatel | Link Key IK40V | Various | LTE CAT4 | 1d6b:0195 (Czech T-Mobile) | RNDIS | 4G LTE FDD: Band 1, 4, 7, 8, 20 HSDPA/HSUPA: 900/1800/2100 MHz EDGE/GPRS: 850/900/1800/1900 MHz | Works well. No external antenna jacks. This is the lead developer's 4G test modem when he uses the RNDIS protocol: link | ||
| Alcatel | MW40V | Various | LTE CAT4 | 1bbb:0195 | RNDIS | MW41NF FDD LTE: Band 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 12, 13, 17, 27, 28 UMTS: Band 1, 2, 4, 5, 8 GSM: Band 2, 3, 5, 8 MW41CL FDD LTE: Band 1, 3, 5, 7, 8, 28. Compatible with Band 26 TDD LTE : Band 40 compatible with B38 UMTS Band 1, 3, 5, 8 | No external antenna jacks. At least one report of working on 2022.5. Ethernet clients worked fine, but there was very limited speed (~ 5MB/s) to wireless clients. | ||
| Android (smartphones) | Various | Various | Depends on phone | Depends on phone | Depends on phone | Depends on phone | RNDIS | Depends on phone | At least 8 models of Android smartphones have been reported to work in USB tether mode. So far, these include the Samsung Galaxy A3 2015, Samsung Galaxy S7, Samsung Galaxy S8 Plus, Samsung Galaxy S10, Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra, and ZTE Blade A7 Prime. |
| Huawei | E3372H-153 (h and s) Non-Hilink | LMT (Latvia Mobile) | LTE CAT4 | UMTS | 12d1:1f01 | 12d1:14d | ECM | 4G: Band 1, 3, 7, 8, 20 3G UMTS: 900/2100 MHz | Has 2 external antenna jacks. Works well with FreshTomato. There are at least 6 versions of E3372 chips, so check model numbers carefully. This version was from Latvia Mobile. |
| Huawei | E3372H | Megafon | LTE CAT4 | UMTS | |||||
| Huawei | E3372 (h and s) Hilink | Various | LTE CAT4 | 12d1:14dc | ECM | 4G: Band 1, 3, 7, 8, 20 3G UMTS: 900/2100 MHz | This is the same hardware as the above modem, but this model has problems with some sites (~30%) due to a bug in the Broadcom driver. However, you can switch from Hilink to non-Hilink and vice versa by uploading the appropriate firmware found here: found here. See here for details. There are at least 6 versions of the E3372 chips, so check model numbers carefully. |
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| Huawei | E398 | Various | LTE CAT3 | 12d1:1446 | 12d1:1506 | Serial and QMI | Some versions have 1 antenna jack, and some have 2 jacks. In general this dongle works well, but sometimes the driver crashes because FreshTomato has problems with the qmi_wwan module. Update: it seems that using ONLY the USB 1.1 driver fixes this issue in 90% of cases (at least on ARM routers). |
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| Netgear | Aircard 791L | Verizon | LTE CAT6 | IS-2000 Release 0 | 4G LTE CA: Band 13, 44G LTE: Band 2, 3, 4, 7, 13 MTS/HSPA+ : 850/900/1900/2100 MHz CDMA 1X/EvDO/eHRPD: 800/1900 MHz GSM/GPRS/EDGE: 850/900/1800/1900 MHz | Features two TS-9 external antenna connectors. USB tethering worked well with Release 2022.5. | |||
| Inseego (Novatel) | MiFi M 2000 | Various | LTE CAT22 | HSPA+ /UMTS | 1410:??? | 1410:???? | RNDIS | Some versions of this have 1 antenna jack, and some have 2 jacks. In general this dongle works well, but sometimes the driver crashes because FreshTomato has problems with the qmi_wwan module. Update: it seems that using ONLY USB 1.1 driver fixes this issue in 90% of cases (at least on ARM routers). |
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| Inseego | MiFi2100 | Verizon | LTE CAT22 | HSPA+ /UMTS | 1410:b010 | 1410:b010 | RNDIS | 5G mmWave and Sub6: n2, n5, n66, n260, n261 4G LTE CAT 22: Band 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 12, 13, 14, 17, 20, 28, 46, 48, 66 4×4 MIMO Sub6, 2×2 MIMO mm 256 QAM Sub6, 64 QAM mmW | |
| Netgear | Aircard 791L | Verizon | LTE CAT6 | IS-2000 Release 0 | 4G LTE CA: Band 13, 44 4G LTE: Band 2, 3, 4, 7, 13 MTS/HSPA+ : 850/900/1900/2100 MHz CDMA 1X/EvDO/eHRPD: 800/1900 MHz GSM/GPRS/EDGE: 850/900/1800/1900 MHz | ||||
| Novatel | MiFi2200 | Various | LTE CAT3 | CDMA EV-DO Rev.A | 1410:5030 | 1410:6000 | Serial and QMI | -DELETE ME- | ** Editing still in progress. |
| Novatel | MiFi6620 | Verizon | LTE | CDMA | 1410:???? | 1410:???? | CDC-ECM? | LTE Band 13/4 EDGE/GSM: 850/900/1800/1900) HSPA/UMTS: 850/900/1900/2100) | Worked well in tethered mode with Release 2022.5. It's recommended that you use a LAN subnet other than the one(s) configured in FreshTomato to reduce conflicts. |
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| Novatel (now Inseego) | USB730L | Verizon | LTE CAT6 | HSDPA 7.2 | 1410:9030 | 1410:9032 | RNDIS /CDC-ECM | US LTE Bands: B2/B4/B5/B13 Global LTE Bands: B3/B4 LTE-U Carrier Aggregation: 13+4, 13+2 CDMA EV-DO rA: BC0/BC1 Quad band: UMTS/HSPA B1/B2/B5/B8 Quad band: GPRS/EDGE Band 1, 3, 5, 8 | Not yet supported. |
| Inseego | USB800 | AT&T | LTE CAT18 | HSPA+ / UMTS | 1410:B020 | 1410:B023 | RNDIS | 4G LTE: Band 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 12, 13, 14, 17, 18, 20, 28, 29, 30, 66 HSPA+/UMTS: Band 1, 2, 4, 5, 8 Carrier Aggregation: 5 CC Download CA | Not yet supported.This modem uses a series of 5 Vendor IDs, each for different functions. The ID listed in the Vendor ID column is for the modem itself. |
| ZTE | MF833U1 | LTE CAT4 | LTE-FDD: Band 1, 3, 5, 7, 8, 20, 28 LTE-TDD: Band 38, 39, 40, 41 DC-HSPA+/HSPA/UMTS: Band 1,2, 5, 8 GSM: 850/900/1800/1900 MHz | ||||||
| ZTE | MF923 | AT&T | LTE CAT4 | LTE: B2/B4/B5/B17/B29 4G HSPA+ : 850/1900/2100 MHz 3G UMTS: 850/1900/2100 MHz | This mobile hotspot was tested as working when connected to the USB port of a Netgear WNDR3400v1.The Micro USB port of this device receives power input from the router, so the hotspot can be powered that way. Caution is advised, as not all routers are designed to output adequate USB power for a device such as this. Overheating might be possible. | ||||
dongle_compatibility.txt · Last modified: 2022/09/19 21:34 by hogwild
