Proxysmart: modems support

Mobile residential 4G proxies can be built on these 4G modems:

USB modems:

Alcatel (TCL) MW40v, MW41, MW43, MW45v1, IK40, IK41

  • IP rotation: yes
  • SMS: yes
  • USSD: yes

Anydata W140, W150

  • IP rotation: yes
  • SMS: no
  • USSD: no

Brovi E3372-325

  • IP rotation: yes
  • SMS: no
  • USSD: no
  • Notes: Better to avoid.

CLR900A

  • IP rotation: yes
  • SMS: no
  • USSD: no

Franklin T10, T9

  • IP rotation: yes
  • SMS: no
  • USSD: no

Huawei E173, E156

  • IP rotation: yes
  • SMS: no
  • USSD: no
  • Notes: Stick mode (PPP)

Huawei E3276, E3272, E3372, E303

  • IP rotation: yes
  • SMS: yes
  • USSD: no
  • Notes: Stick mode (CDC)

Huawei E3372, E5576, E8372, E3276, E3272

  • IP rotation: yes
  • SMS: yes
  • USSD: yes
  • Notes: HiLink mode

Huawei K5150, K5160, E8278

  • IP rotation: yes
  • SMS: yes
  • USSD: no

JetPack AC791L

  • IP rotation: yes
  • SMS: no
  • USSD: no

Joy’s D20

  • IP rotation: yes
  • SMS: no
  • USSD: no

MSM8916 modems

  • IP rotation: yes
  • SMS: no
  • USSD: no
  • Notes: They have various brands or just “4G” on the cover; Avoid, very cheap.

Novatel MIFI

  • IP rotation: yes
  • SMS: no
  • USSD: no

Olax U80, U90

  • IP rotation: yes
  • SMS: send & read
  • USSD: no

Proxidize

  • IP rotation: yes
  • SMS: yes
  • USSD: no
  • Notes: Not recommended.

Vodafone K5161h, K5161z

  • IP rotation: yes
  • SMS: yes
  • USSD: no

Xproxy XH22 and Xproxy other

  • IP rotation: yes
  • SMS: no
  • USSD: no
  • Notes: Better to avoid

ZTE MF110, MF190

  • IP rotation: yes
  • SMS: no
  • USSD: no
  • Notes: Stick mode.

ZTE MF79N, MF79RU, MF79U, MF667, MF688, MF823, MF833, MF923, MF927, MF971

  • IP rotation: yes
  • SMS: send & read
  • USSD: no

ZTE F50

  • IP rotation: yes
  • SMS: send & read
  • USSD: no
  • Notes: 5G

ZTE M300z

  • IP rotation: yes
  • SMS: send & read
  • USSD: no
  • Notes: Cat12

LTE modules (chips)

You will need

  • the chip itself
  • 2 pigtails e.g. IPEX-SMA
  • SMA antennas
  • M.2 to USB adaptor

Fibocom L850-GL

  • IP rotation: yes
  • SMS: yes
  • USSD: no
  • LTE cat9
  • Notes: must be switched to NCM mode

Fibocom L860-GL, L860-GL-16

  • IP rotation: yes
  • SMS: yes
  • USSD: no
  • LTE cat16

Foxconn T77W968 (Dell DW5821e)

  • IP rotation: yes
  • SMS: no
  • USSD: no
  • LTE cat.16

Foxconn T77W595 (HP LT4120)

  • IP rotation: yes
  • SMS: read
  • USSD: no
  • LTE cat.4

Huawei ME906

  • (native Huawei, not HP version)
  • IP rotation: yes
  • SMS: yes
  • USSD: no
  • LTE cat.4

Quectel EC25, EG25-G,EP06, EC200T, EM12G, EG91, RM520N-GL

  • IP rotation: yes
  • SMS: yes
  • USSD: yes (only EC20, EC25, EC200T, EP06)
  • RM520N-GL has 5G

SIMCom SIM7600, SIMA7630C

  • IP rotation: yes
  • SMS: yes
  • USSD: no
  • LTE cat.4

SierraWireless AirCard 340U

  • IP rotation: yes
  • SMS: yes
  • USSD: no

SierraWireless EM7455 (Dell DW5811e)

  • IP rotation: yes
  • SMS: yes
  • USSD: no
  • LTE cat.6

SierraWireless EM7565, EM7511

  • IP rotation: yes
  • SMS: yes
  • USSD: no
  • LTE cat.12

Xproxy XM16 (SierraWireless EM7511)

  • IP rotation: yes
  • SMS: yes
  • USSD: no
  • LTE cat.12

4G/5G LAN routers

Example setup :

Alcatel HH71

  • IP rotation: yes
  • SMS: yes
  • USSD: no

Cudy LT400, LT500

  • IP rotation: yes
  • SMS: no
  • USSD: no

Huawei 5G CPE: H112-370, H122-373, H155-381

  • IP rotation: yes
  • SMS: read
  • USSD: no

Huawei B311-221, B535-333, B818-263

  • IP rotation: yes
  • SMS: yes
  • USSD: no

Netgear Nighthawk M1,  M6, M6 Pro

  • IP rotation: yes
  • SMS: read
  • USSD: no

Tenda 4G03Pro

  • IP rotation: yes
  • SMS: ~~
  • USSD: no

TP-Link (Strong) AX3000

  • IP rotation: yes
  • SMS: ~~
  • USSD: no

ZTE MC7010CA, MC801A, MC8010CA, MC8020

  • IP rotation: yes
  • SMS: read/send
  • 5G

ZTE MF286D, MF289

  • IP rotation: yes
  • SMS: read/send

Zyxel NR5103E

  • IP rotation: yes
  • SMS: no
  • USSD: no
  • Notes: SSH access must be enabled by dumping supervisor password from the UART console port.

Android Phones

More info on connecting Android Phones.

These (and not limited to) have worked with USB+ADB:

Motorola Moto G stylus 5G

  • IP rotation: yes
  • SMS: read/send
  • USSD: no

Samsung Galaxy: A22 5G, A32 5G, S8, S8+, S9

  • IP rotation: yes
  • SMS: no
  • USSD: no

Xiaomi: Redmi 3

  • IP rotation: yes
  • SMS: no
  • USSD: no
  • Notes: Usb tethering doesn’t autostart after phone’s reboot

Xiaomi: Redmi Note 10 Pro, Mi A2 lite

  • IP rotation: yes
  • SMS: read
  • USSD: no

Adding support of a new modem

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