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Manufacturer | Model | Vendor | 4G Standard | 3G Standard | Default Id | Modem Id | Protocol | Bands supported | Comments |
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Alcatel | Link Key IK40V | Various | LTE CAT4 | 1d6b:0195 (Czech T-Mobile) | RNDIS | 4G LTE FDD: B1, B4, B7, B8, B20 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 BandsFDD LTE: B1, B2, B3, B4, B5, B7, B8, B12, B13, B17, B27, B28UMTS: Band B1, B2, B4, B5, B8GSM: 850/900/1800/1900MHzMW41CL BandsFDD LTE: B1, B3, B5, B7, B8, B28 compatible with Band26TDD LTE : Band 40 compatible with B38UMTS Band 1, 3, 5, 8 | No external antenna jacks. At least one report of working on 2022.5, but with very limited speeds (~ 5MB/s) to wireless clients. Ethernet clients received full speed. | ||
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 | E3372 (h and s) Non-Hilink | Various | LTE CAT4 | 12d1:1f01 | 12d1:14d | ECM | 4G: 3G UMTS: 900/2100 MHz | Has 2 external antenna jacks. Works well with FreshTomato. | |
Huawei | E3372 (h and s) Hilink | Various | LTE CAT4 | 12d1:14dc | ECM | 4G: 3G UMTS: 900/2100 MHz | This is the same hardware as the above modem. However, 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. See here for details. |
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Huawei | E398 | Various | LTE CAT3 | 12d1:1446 | 12d1:1506 | Serial and QMI | 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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Netgear | Aircard 791L | Verizon | LTE CAT6 | IS-2000 Release 0 | 4G LTE CA: B13, B44G LTE: B2, B3, B4B7, B13MTS/HSPA+ : 850/900/1900/2100 MHzCDMA 1X/EvDO/eHRPD: 800/1900 MHzGSM/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 | n/a | 12d1:1446 | 12d1:1506 | Serial and QMI | 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 | LTECAT22 | 5G mmWave and Sub6: n2, n5, n66, n260, n2614G LTE CAT 22: B1, B2, B3, B4, B5, B7, B12, B13, B14, B17, B20, B28, B46, B48, B664x4 MIMO Sub6, 2×2 MIMO mmW256 QAM Sub6, 64 QAM mmW | |||||
Novatel | MiFi2200 | Various | LTE CAT3 | CDMA EV-DO Rev.A | 1410:5030 | 1410:6000 | Serial and QMI | ** Editing still in progress. | |
Novatel | MiFi6620 | Verizon | LTE | LTE Band 13/4EDGE/GSM: (850/900/1800/1900)HSPA/UMTS: (850/900/1900/2100) | Worked well with Release 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 | Serial and RNDIS | 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 B2/B3/B5/B8 | Not yet supported. | |
Inseego | USB800 | AT&T | LTE CAT18 | 1410:B023 | Serial and RNDIS | 4G LTE: B1, B2, B3, B4, B5, B7, B12, B13, B14, B17, B18, B20, B28, B29, B30, B66 HSPA+/UMTS: B1, B2, B4, B5, B8 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: B1, B3, B5, B7, B8, B20, B28LTE-TDD: 38, 39, 40, 41DC-HSPA+/HSPA/UMTS: 1,2, 5, 8GSM: 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. | ||||