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3G/4G/5G Modem/Hotspot Compatibility

Manufacturer Model Vendor 4G Standard 3G Standard Default Id Modem Id Protocol 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. 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.
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).
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 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).
Inseego MiFi2100 Verizon LTE CAT22 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 ** Editing still in progress.
Novatel MiFi6620 Verizon LTE 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 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 Band 1, 3, 5, 8
Not yet supported.
Inseego USB800 AT&T LTE CAT18 1410:B023 Serial and 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.
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