Proxysmart: modems support

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

USB modems:

AC791L

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

Alcatel (TCL) MW40v, MW41, MW43, 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

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, 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 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 Pro (H112-370)

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

Huawei 5G CPE Pro 2 (H122-373)

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

Huawei B311-221, B535-333

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

Tenda 4G03Pro

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

ZTE MC7010CA, MC801A, MC8010CA

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

ZTE 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

For USB tethering + ADB.

Motorola Moto G stylus 5G

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

$80