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3G/4G/5G Dongle compatibility

Manufacturer Model Vendor 4G Standard 3G Standard Default Id Modem ID DefaultProtocol Bands supported Comments
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. The lead developer uses this as 4G test modem with RNDIS protocol: link
Note: the modem's address is 192.168.1.1, so you should change the router's address to make it work.
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 that it works on 2022.5. Ethernet clients worked fine but there was limited speed (~ 5Mb/s) to WiFi clients. The modem's IP address is 192.168.1.1, so you should change the router's address to make it work.
Android (smartphones) Various Various Depends on phone Depends on phone Depends on phone Depends on phone RNDIS Depends on phone At least 8 models reported working in USB tether mode. 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. There are at least 6 versions of E3372 chips, so check model number carefully. This version was from Latvia Mobile.
Huawei E3372H Megafon LTE CAT4 UMTS 12d1:14fe 12d1:1506 ECM 4G: Band 1, 3, 7, 8, 20

3G UMTS: 900/2100 MHz
Has 2 external antenna jacks. Works well.
Huawei E3372
(h and s) Hilink
Various LTE CAT4 12d1:14dc ECM 4G: Band 1, 3, 7, 8, 20

3G UMTS: 900/2100 MHz
Same hardware as above modem, but has problems with ~ 30% of sites due to a Broadcom driver bug. However, you can switch from Hilink to non-Hilink and back by flashing the appropriate firmware: found here.

See here for details. There are at least 6 versions of the E3372 chips. Check model carefully.
Huawei E398 Various LTE CAT3 12d1:1446 12d1:1506 Serial and QMI Some versions have 1 antenna jack, and some have 2. In general this dongle works well, but sometimes the driver crashes as FreshTomato has problems with the qmi_wwan module.
Using ONLY USB 1.1 fixes this issue in 90% of cases on ARM routers.
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 2022.5.
Inseego (Novatel) MiFi M 2000 Various LTE CAT22 HSPA+ /UMTS 1410:??? 1410:???? RNDIS Some versions have 1 antenna jack and some have 2. In general, this works well, but sometimes the driver crashes, as FreshTomato has problems with the qmi_wwan module.
Using ONLY USB 1.1 fixes this issue in 90% of cases on ARM routers.
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 tether mode with 2022.5. 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 5 Vendor IDs for different functions. The ID listed here is the Vendor ID 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 tested as working with a Netgear WNDR3400v1. The Micro USB port of this device gets power input from the router. Not all routers have eqnough USB power to do it. Overheating is possible.
dongle_compatibility.txt · Last modified: 2023/11/12 23:09 by hogwild